Axial Bearing Capacity Design Method of Cold-Formed Steel Quadruple-C Built-up Section Members

The finite element model involving geometric large deformation,materials and contact nonlinearity is established.Specimens of cold-formed steel quadruple-C built-up section members are simulated and the finite element models are proved to be valid.Then,numerical analysis on the behavior of specimens with different slenderness ratio and flange flakiness ratio are carried out,and then the axial bearing capacities of specimens are obtained.Based on effective width method and direct strength method (DSM) in related codes,two design methods of cold-formed steel quadruple-C built-up section members under axial compression are proposed:effective length method and correction factor method.It is shown that:the final failure characteristics of all specimens are local buckling and distortional buckling.In the case of not considering the reduction of effective length,the results calculated by each code are slightly lower than those of test and FEM when the slenderness ratio is less than 50,while the results are too conservative when the slenderness ratio is more than 50.     

Critical Temperature of Axially Restrained Steel Columns withPartial Fire Retardant Coating Damage

In order to investigate the fire resistance of steel columns with partial fire retardant coating damage in fire, based on the differential equation of equilibrium on each portion of steel column, the deflection of steel column after the fire retardant coating damage was derived, with the pined ends and rigid ends of the columns at elevated temperatures. The critical temperature calculation method was proposed for partial fire protection damage and axial restrained steel columns by taking the edge yielding criteria. The deflection and axial displacement were verified by finite element method at elevated temperature. With a case study, the critical temperature and relationship of axial force and temperature were obtained for pined column with axial restraint. It was shown that the axial force of the steel column at elevated temperatures was increased and the critical temperature was decreased by the axial restraint. The longer the fire retardant coating damage was and the higher the axial restraint was, the lower the critical temperature was.     

Axial Force in Restrained RC Columns during Heating and Cooling Phases

Using the computer program of SAFIR, the influences of some parameters (i.e., axial/rotational restraint ratio, sectional dimension, load ratio, load eccentricity ratio, reinforcement ratio, and heating time, etc.) were analyzed on axial forces in restrained concrete columns exposed to ISO834 standard fire with cooling phase, compared with those in the standard fire without cooling phase.Based on the simulation results of 2880 cases, a practical calculation method for axial force in column was proposed.It was shown that: (a) for axially and rotationally restrained columns in fire with or without cooling phase, the enhancement coefficient of axial force increased gradually first, and then reduced gently or kept constant, and finally decreased quickly.However, in the late stage, the enhancement coefficient corresponding to fire without cooling phase dropped more significant than that with cooling phase; and (b) the influences of the rotational restraint ratio, column length and thickness of concrete cover on the enhancement coefficient of axial force in axially and rotationally restrained columns were limited subjected to fire with cooling phase, while the peak value of the enhancement coefficient increased with the increase of the axial restraint ratio, load eccentricity ratio and reinforcement ratio or with the decrease of the load ratio and sectional dimension.     

Shear Performance of Steel Plate with Trilateral Constrained

The load carrying test for four steel plate shear walls specimens with various ratio of width thickness are carried out so as to test the failure mode and the shear strength of steel plate with trilateral constrained, and the lateral stiffness and the buckling mode are investigated in the test. The result indicates that the ratio of width thickness of steel plate exerts effects on the shear carrying capacity and failure mode; the buckling of steel plate does not have lateral stiffness. Based on the failure mode of steel plate, the computation model of lateral performance is presented by theoretical analysis. The restraining stiffness of double angle and the buckling restrained stiffness of steel plate are the important design conditions. Formulae to determine the elastic lateral stiffness and the angle type is proposed, which can be used in the preliminary design of steel plate with trilateral constrained.     

Elastoplastic Bending Buckling of Q420 Eccentric Compression Members with Double-angle Combined Cross-section

The experiments were carried out to investigate the behavior and failure modes of Q420 double-angle combined cross-section members whose specification were L160×12, L160×14, L160×16. The results show that all the members fail with an elastoplastic bending buckling. Based on the improvement of the inverse calculation segment length method and some relevant procedures, the related curves of axial force and moment with different specifications, different slenderness ratios and residual stresses were calculated. The calculation method of in-plane stability and column curves were proposed. The nonlinear power function model is appropriate for such members' moment-rotation relations under equal bending moments.     

Stability Behavior of Shuttle-Shaped Steel Lattice Columns With Bending Moment

The stability behavior of shuttle-shaped steel lattice columns subject to combined axial force and bending moment was examined through elastic buckling analysis and geometrically and materially nonlinear analysis. Firstly, the concept of section stiffness variation ratio is proposed for shuttle-shaped lattice columns and the elastic buckling behavior is discussed. Then, the effect of bending moment on the stability behavior of lattice columns is investigated, with the emphasis on the development of axial stress, bending stress and shear stress. The influence of column component spacing and diaphragm thickness on the stability bearing capacity is also analyzed. It is shown that the elastic buckling mode of the lattice column is dependent on its section stiffness variation ratio; for lattice columns with C-shaped buckling mode, the reduction in stability bearing capacity caused by bending moment is smaller than that of columns with S-shaped buckling mode; the maximum stability bearing capacity of the lattice column can be achieved by adjusting the column component spacing, and the spacing corresponding to the maximum capacity is basically consistent with the critical spacing for transformation of C-shaped buckling mode and S-shaped mode; and it is more effective to increase the thickness of columns with S-shaped buckling mode to get larger bearing capacity.     

高强钢焊接薄腹工形截面双向压弯构件的稳定性

应用ANSYS有限元,分析了Q460高强钢焊接薄腹工形截面双向压弯构件的稳定性能,提出了可供实际应用参考的设计公式。分析中考虑的主要参数有腹板高厚比,构件长细比,翼缘宽厚比及荷载偏心率。结果表明,对受压为主的构件,腹板局部屈曲对构件稳定承载力影响较大,而对受弯为主的构件,这一因素对构件稳定承载力影响较小。有限元分析结果与现行规范方法计算结果比较表明,目前规范方法尚不能较好地计算高强钢焊接薄腹工形截面双向压弯构件的稳定承载力,因而提出了修正直接强度法,该法精度较好且偏于安全。     

Design Approach on Flexural Load-carrying Capacity of Steel Beam to CFST Column Joints with External Stiffening Ring

A 3-D finite element model is established by ABAQUS to simulate the behavior of the joints with concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) column to steel beam using external stiffening ring.The load versus deformation curves of this type of joints are compared between theoretical and experimental results,and in good agreement.Parametric analysis is performed to study the flexural load-carrying capacity of the joint.The width of external stiffening ring,the steel ratio of CFST column,the ultimate strength of steel beam,the strength of steel tube and beam,the concrete strength,the axial load ratio,and the beam to column linear stiffness ratio are considered as parameters.The simplified practical design approach is proposed based on parameter analysis of the flexural load-carrying capacity of these joints.The practical calculated values are in good agreement with the FEM results.     

Collapse Analysis of Steel Trussed Arch Structure Considering Damage Cumulative Effect

Based on an actual project, the ABAQUS material subroutine considering damage cumulative effect and member buckling was adopted to analyze the collapse process of steel trussed arch structure. The failure mechanism and the failure mode of such structure under severe earthquake conditions were studied. The results indicated that, under the action of severe earthquakes, the cumulative damage increased and structural stiffness declined, which leading to the structure failure. The damage cumulative effect caused the decrease of the member stress and the increase of nodal displacement and member strain. Subjected to seismic waves, the webs at the columns of the middle main truss failed at first; then the failure region extended along the out-of-plane direction of the main truss and extended from the column foot to the top of structure. After the earthquake, the webs at the one-quarter point of the main truss and the webs at columns with large slenderness ratio buckled. It will lead to early failure of part members if member buckling is considered. However, it has little effect on the failure mode of structure.     

Design Method of Reinforced Concrete Sandwich Beam column Joints

The experimental results of reinforced concrete sandwich beam column joints were studied intensively and finite element method simulation of such joints were performed for the sake of design method.Basic design criterion and computation contents were provided according to failure mode of specimens and other experimental results.And the limits of parameters were proposed based on the analysis of seismic behavior influence factors and comparison of traditional joints and sandwich joints.Hence, formulas of load resistant capacity were acquired by the results of load resistant capacity of specimens and nonlinear finite element method simulation.It is found that three measures should be taken for sandwich joints in order to reach demanded ductility and load resistant capability.Firstly, several parameters should be limited, including shear compression ratio, axial load ratio, ratio of beam concrete strength to column concrete strength, and minimal amount of transverse reinforcement of joint.Secondly, shear load resistant capacity and axial compressive load resistant capacity should be computed to ensure load resistant capability of joint, and essential strengthen measures could be applied if necessary.Thirdly, appropriate construction details should be taken to avoid reducing of beam bar anchorage capacity.     

高温下钢管约束型钢混凝土柱的受力性能

火灾下无防火保护的结构构件温度会迅速上升,从而造成钢材和混凝土的强度明显下降。为了研究火灾下钢管约束型钢混凝土柱的受力性能,考虑火灾下钢管约束型钢混凝土柱的不均匀温度分布及温度对材料力学性能的影响,提出了火灾下受轴心荷载作用的钢管约束型钢混凝土柱承载力的计算方法。利用有限元软件ABAQUS对提出的计算方法进行了验证,结果吻合较好。进而采用该计算方法对影响高温下承载力的参数进行了分析,研究表明：随着构件截面尺寸的增加以及混凝土强度和钢材强度的提高,构件的承载力逐渐增加,而钢管壁厚的改变对承载力并无太大影响。利用有限元软件ABAQUS分析了荷载比、构件尺寸、钢管壁厚等因素对构件耐火极限的影响,发现耐火极限随着荷载比和钢管壁厚的增加而减小,随着构件尺寸的增加而增大。     

Experimental Analysis on Beam-column Behavior of Steel-concrete Composite Pylon

Ten specimens with perforated ribs, which can be divided into two series, were made to observe the behavior of steel-concrete composite pylon under axial load and cyclic load respectively. The experiment reveals the ultimate capacity and failure mode of two types of specimens under the cyclic load with different actual axial load level. Furthermore, it can be concluded from the results that the failure mode can be divided into two types, that is compression failure and tension failure. And the behavior of those specimens under cyclic load is influenced significantly under high axial load or without axial load at all. In addition, perforated ribs will prevent the plates under compression from overall buckling effectively based on the observation that the wavelength of plate is limited between two neighboring perforated ribs. At last, comparison on the interaction behaviors of the axial load (N) versus moment (M) is made between the results of experiment and calculation according to the criteria.     

柱失效方程中荷载相关特性对承载力抗震设计可靠度的影响

以竖向荷载和水平地震作用组合下的钢筋混凝土柱和钢柱为对象,研究了失效方程中荷载相关特性对柱承载力抗震可靠性的影响。根据现行《混凝土结构设计规范》和《钢结构设计规范》分析了不同柱弯矩轴力相关曲线的特性。结合多个框架结构实例,对比了柱失效方程中荷载相关曲线与规范考虑情形的异同。实例分析表明:水平地震和竖向荷载组合作用下,小偏压RC柱和工字型钢柱的荷载相关曲线与规范考虑的情形较为符合,均近似为负相关的直线;水平地震和竖向荷载组合作用下,大偏压RC柱的荷载相关曲线则与规范考虑的情形有较大出入,存在明显的正相关段部分。在此基础上,考虑失效方程复杂特性,依据已有的荷载和抗力变量概率模型,采用Monte Carlo法分析了水平地震和竖向荷载组合作用下柱的可靠性。结果表明:钢柱和小偏压RC柱的承载力抗震可靠度随轴压力荷载效应比值的变化幅度较小,与规范模式计算结果较接近;大偏压RC柱的承载力抗震可靠度随轴压力荷载效应比值的变化会有较大幅度波动,与规范模式计算结果差异较大;当轴压力荷载效应比值为负时,大偏压RC柱的承载力抗震可靠度会低于规范计算值较多,现行柱可靠性设计方法会偏于不安全。     

早龄期约束水泥砂浆环开裂预测模型分析

采用约束圆环试验研究了早龄期水泥砂浆的应力变化规律与开裂趋势。应用早龄期砂浆水化热模型、收缩与徐变等预测分析模型,建立了考虑温度、干缩与自收缩、徐变及硬化等多种效应综合作用下的约束水泥砂浆环早龄期时变应力分析模型,讨论了约束钢环与砂浆环的相对约束刚度对钢环约束效应的影响,提出了圆环开裂预测因子以分析约束水泥砂浆环的开裂趋势,与实际观察结果和数值分析结果的对比表明,上述理论分析与预测模型是合理并适用的。     

Effects of Stitcing on the Buckling Strength of Stitched Composite Laminates

A theoretic model is proposed based on the mechanism of the buckling failure of the stitched composite laminates containing delaminations. The buckling strength of the stitched composite laminates under the in-plane compressive load is predicted. The critical percentage elongation of the stitching thread is taken into account as a control parameter of the buckling failure. The energy method is used to calculate the buckling strength of the stitched composite laminates, and the minimal potential energy is used to calculate that of the unstitched composite laminates. The result shows that the buckling strength of the stitched composite laminates is larger than that of the unstitched composite laminates. The effects of stitching technical parameters such as the stitch thread diameter, stitch step and stitch space on the stitched composite laminates are also analyzed.     

Fire Resistance Analysis of High Strength Q460 Steel Beams-Part I：Theoretical Analysis

In order to investigate the fire resistance of high strength steel beams made from Q460, the method to compute temperature distribution of high strength Q460 steel beams was derived and the temperature distribution was calculated by using finite difference method. The modified equations of temperature for components of steel beam were proposed. According to critical moment at room temperature and mechanical properties of high strength Q460 steel at elevated temperature, the critical moment and stability checking coefficient were obtained by analysis. The load bearing capacity and critical temperature as well as stability factor were studied by using equivalent stiffness method through considering the effect of temperature gradient on stiffness.     

Experimental Analysis of the Behavior of Steel Plate-masonry Composite Wall-beams

When steel plate-masonry composite structure used in the existing masonry structure with load bearing walls is removed for a large space, composite action should be considered between the beam and the supported masonry wall due to the arch effect formed in the supported wall. In order to investigate the working mechanism, failure mode, and load-carrying capacity, strain distribution in critical sections and mid-span defcection of this type of composite wall-beam, five steel plate-masonry wall-beams were tested under concentrated loads and analyzed, which considered variables of height-span-ratio of supported masonry wall, height-span-ratio of composite beam and thickness of steel plate. The results show that steel plate-masonry composite wall-beam starts failure from the masonry located at the line between loading point and supporting point; strain distribution of steel plate along section height meets the plane section assumption; the height-span-ratio of supported wall can directly influence the failure mode of masonry wall, buckling load corresponding to steel plate experiencing local buckling and ultimate load of tested specimens; the reasonable height of supported masonry wall is beneficial to the formation of composite action between supported masonry wall and composite beam, and the excessive high masonry wall will reduce the ultimate load of the tested specimen. Finally, the reasonable range for height-span-ratio of supported masonry wall was presented, and the proposed value representing the flexural stiffness of the steel plate-composite beam relative to the in-plane stiffness of the supported masonry wall was at least more than 79.     

The Critical Load of Varied-Axial-Force Beam-Column Calculated by CDC Method

The varied-axial force beam-column is widely used in practice. Unlike the academic method, the numerical method is usually used only to solve its stability problem, but not to give the general answer a series of problems for beam-column. In this paper, firstly, a new conception of dimensionless beam column is presented. Secondly, based on the column deflection curve (CDC) method, the calculation formula for critical load of variable-axial force beam-column is derived. Thirdly, the numerical results under axial symmetric load are derived. Finally, the interaction formula on the critical load of beam-column under concentrated axial load, even distributed axial load and triangular distributed axial load and under these loads acted simultaneously are proposed respectively. The method given in this paper expands the application of CDC.     

Full-Scale Test and Analysis of Mechanical Behavior of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular Column Node in Space Truss Structure

To investigate mechanical behavior and seismic behavior of concrete filled steel tubular column node (CFSTCN) in space truss structure, both full-scale test and Finite Element Method (FEM) were employed. The test load was 1.6 times of design load and by incremental step loading. Meanwhile, stress and deformation in CFSTCN were observed to monitor bearing capacity of the node. The results show that steel tubular works in elastic state and a small part of concrete beyond of compressive stress limits; steel tube and concrete adhesive well. The hysteretic energy dissipation capacity and failure mode under cyclic loading were revealed by nonlinear FEM. weakest position and ultimate bearing capacity of the node were obtained from FEM results. The method of combining full-scale test and FEM can well reveal the mechanical behavior and the seismic behavior of the node.     

Experimental Investigation on Buckling Behaviors of Irregularly Shaped Aluminum Alloy Structural Components Under Axial Compression Load

The experimental and numerical investigations on buckling behaviors of aluminum alloy components with different irregularly shaped sections were carried out. The buckling load carrying capacity obtained through experiments, numerical simulations, and equations described in the design code were compared. Results obtained through experiments and numerical simulations in good agreement, which shows the validation of the numerical model. And the validated FEM model will be used for parametric analysis of buckling behavior of irregularly shaped aluminum alloy structural component. Equations in the design code do not include effects of the buckling type and need to be improved further.