Abstract:This paper presents an experimental study on the moment resisting capacity and stiffness of the proposed prestressed bolted connection. Highstrength bolts with square tubes were used as fasteners in such connections. Two groups of experimental tests were conducted with Tshaped glulam beamtocolumn connections at monotonic and reversed cyclic loading. The failure mode, momentrotation curve, strength, stiffness and energy dissipation property of the prestressed bolted connections with square tubes were obtained and compared with those of traditional bolted connections. The results show that the initial rotational stiffness of prestressed bolted connection increases significantly as a result of the friction between steel tubes and steel plate at the friction stage, and the energy dissipation capacity of prestressed bolted connection is also improved.