I've seen many engineers go to a through bolt & plate just so that they could call it punching shear. Numerically it pans out but, rationally, I'm dubious that it's a significantly stronger connection. I agree with both of KootK's comments here. I've seen engineers using through bolt...
Peak shear stress, peak dilation (normal displacement), and peak normal stress of the regular and irregular joints (15°°-15°°, 30°°-30°°, and 15°°-30°°) vs. the number of loading cycles were plotted to compare the cyclic behaviour of all the joints under varying normal stif...