scholarly journals Investigations into Structural Behavior of Concrete-Filled RHS Columns with Unequal Flange Thickness under Compressive Load

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 5463
Author(s):  
Guangyuan Fu ◽  
Gongyi Fu ◽  
Siping Li ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Feiliang Wang

Previous studies have shown that components with an unequal-walled concrete-filled rectangular hollow section (CFRHS) can achieve a greater resistance under bending than those with equal-walled CFRHS. However, the study on the compressive behavior of the CFRHS column is limited. Therefore, this paper investigates the performance of compressed CFRHS columns with unequal flange thickness, based on experimental and numerical approaches. In the test, the effects of slenderness and eccentricity on the compressive capacity of the CFRHS columns with unequal shell thickness are discussed. Numerical models based on the finite element method are established, to evaluate the resistance and failure pattern of each specimen in the test. Parametric studies are carried out based on the validated model, to investigate the effect of eccentricity, wall thickness, and steel and concrete material properties on the load-bearing capacity of the compressed CFRHS column. In addition, the analytical expressions of the resistance of CFRHS columns with unequal wall thickness are derived, and the prediction values are validated through comparing with the test results. It is found that eccentric compressed columns with unequal-walled CFRHS have a similar load-bearing capacity and better ductility when compared with the equal-walled CFRHS.

2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 2171-2175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Ping Liu ◽  
Yong Jian Liu ◽  
Jian Yang

Based on the experimental results, this paper presents the effects of concrete-filled in chord on the static behavior of rectangular hollow section (RHS) steel tubular trusses, including failure modes, load bearing capacity and structural stiffness. Failure of RHS trusses occurs at joints wether concrete-filled in chord or not, concrete-filled in chord changed the failure mode. Load bearing capacity and stiffness of joints subjected to compression load increased significantly, while it is limited to the tension joints. Concrete-filled in the compression chord tube can increase its stiffness significantly, while tension chord tube, it is not that obvious. Finally, based on the results discussed, failure modes and their formulas of calculating the load bearing capacity are discussed. Meanwhile, two methods, that is, amplified factor method and stiffness discounting method, which calculate the structural displacement when considering the joint deformation effects are presented.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Andrej Mudrov ◽  
Gintas Šaučiuvėnas ◽  
Antanas Sapalas ◽  
Ivar Talvik

This article considers the calculation of load-bearing capacity of flange-plate joints with bolts along two sides of rectangular hollow sections (RHS) under axial tension. It provides a review and comparison of various calculation methodologies for establishing the load-bearing capacity of RHS flange-plate joints, such as suggested in EN 1993-1-8:2005 and STR 2.05.08:2005 as well as those proposed in different countries and by other authors. Common design principles and derived results for load-bearing capacity of flange-plate joints have been analysed and compared. Following the numerical modelling, which has been done using ANSYS Workbench finite element program, the derived results for load-bearing capacity have been compared with analytical load-bearing capacity results for flange-plate joints of the same structure. The analysis has focused on one type of flange-plate joints with bolts – both preloaded and non-preloaded – along two opposite sides of the tube, with the flange thickness of 15 mm and 25 mm.


2017 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Chiara Bedon ◽  
Roman Kalamar ◽  
Martina Eliášová

Compared to traditional construction materials, structural glass members subjected to main compression are relatively unusual in buildings, despite a substantially high material compressive strength. The major limit for the use of glass columns is in fact represented by an overall residual load-bearing capacity highly affected by the tensile brittle fracture of glass. An optimal and fail-safe design approach, in this regard, should take care of a multitude of geometrical and mechanical aspects, including boundary details and possible defects, as well as accidental loading scenarios. Aiming to assess the feasibility and vulnerability of structural glass members, based on earlier research efforts, the paper deals on the load-bearing performance of a reference set of full-scale glass columns. Careful consideration is in fact paid for the experimental investigation of glass members with square hollow cross-section and subjected to dynamic impacts, being representative of an accidental loading scenario. Full-scale experimental results are presented, as well as further considered for validation and calibration of Finite Element (FE) numerical models accounting for possible damage propagation in all the structural components, hence allowing to assess the residual load-bearing capacity of the examined structural typology.


2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Douglas Goode ◽  
Artiomas Kuranovas ◽  
Audronis Kazimieras Kvedaras

The paper presents the analysis of the experimental data of 1817 on concrete‐filled steel tubes ‐ CFSTs. These results are compared with the predicted results of the load‐bearing capacity of calculations of slender elements according to the methods suggested by Eurocode 4. The following types of tested CFSTs were analysed: circular and rectangular hollow section stub and long columns fully filled with concrete, which were with or without applied moments at the ends of specimen. During the results obtained in the result of the tests on the load bearing capacity for circular concrete‐filled steel tubular columns correspond with the calculated values based on methods presented by Eurocode 4. The experimental values of load bearing capacity for members of concrete‐filled rectangular hollow sections agree very well with the theoretical values where the concrete cylinder strength is below 75 N/mm2. The analysis demonstrated that preloading of concrete‐filled hollow section members does not influence the load bearing capacity. This paper also presents the examination of stress state distribution for concrete‐filled hollow section members, influence of concrete preloading and of longitudinal stress strain curves. Santrauka Straipsnyje aptariami 1817 betonšerdžiu plieniniu vamzdiniu strypu eksperimentiniai duomenys. Šie duomenys lyginami su rezultatais, gautais remiantis Eurocode 4 pateiktais kompozitiniu elementu laikomosios galios nustatymo metodais. Analizuojami tokie betonšerdžiu plieniniu strypu bandiniu tipai: pilnavidures trumpos arba liaunos apskritojo ir stačiakampio skerspjūvio vamzdines betonšerdes plienines kolonos su ju galuose veikiančiu lenkiamuoju momentu arba be jo. Apskritojo skerspjūvio betonšerdžiu kolonu bandymu metu gautieji laikomosios galios rezultatai atitinka remiantis Eurocode 4 pateiktais metodais apskaičiuotasias ju reikšmes. Stačiakampio skerspjūvio betonšerdžiu elementu laikomosios galios bandymais rastosios reikšmes labai gerai atitinka teorines reikšmes, kai šerdies betono ritininis stipris nesiekia 75 N/mm2. Analizuojant nustatyta, kad išankstinis betonšerdžiu elementu apkrovimas neturi beveik jokio poveikio elementu laikomajai galiai. Šiame straipsnyje taip pat nagrinejamas betonšerdžiu elementu itempiu būviu pasiskirstymas, betono apspaudimo poveikis bei išilginiu deformaciju ir itempiu kreives.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (0) ◽  
pp. _J1810105--_J1810105-
Author(s):  
Keisuke MORI ◽  
Yutaka HASHIOKA ◽  
Masahiko NAWATA ◽  
Takanori YOKOI ◽  
Kazutoshi AKAZAWA

1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
N C Jensen ◽  
I Hvid

The influence of some simple design variations on the compressive load bearing capacity of tibial and talar prosthetic components in total ankle joint replacement were investigated in an attempt to suggest improvements to current prosthetic designs. Eighteen paired ankle joint preparations were fitted with three types of tibial components and two types of talar components. The tibial component with an intramedullary peg tolerated significantly higher loads before mechanical failure than the two other designs that were equal in load bearing capacity. The mean value of ultimate force was 40 per cent higher and the mean value of yield force was 15 per cent higher. However, for the coefficient of stiffness there was a significant fall of 18 per cent in the mean value. The talar components were equal in load bearing capacity and stiffness.


2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 1513-1516
Author(s):  
Chuan Li Chang ◽  
Jian Xue Song

Ten construction sites are chosen as survey places, and several parameters for scaffold designing are collected, such as the wall thickness of steel tube, the weight of three kinds of couplers, the working tighten-moment on belts of couplers. Corresponding to different tighten-moment of the right angle coupler and anti-slipping tests are carried out. Reliability of 97% and wall thickness of 2.7mm should be considered in scaffold designing only about 10% of the practical used couplers comply with the National Code. The working tighten-moment of couplers should be 40 ~ 50N • m, which is up to the load bearing capacity of coupler.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tien-Thinh Le

In this study, a surrogate Machine Learning (ML)-based model was developed, to predict the load-bearing capacity (LBC) of concrete-filled steel square hollow section (CFSS) members, considering loading eccentricity. The proposed Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was trained and validated against experimental data using the following error measurement criteria: coefficient of determination (R2), slope of regression, root mean square error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE). A parametric study was conducted to calibrate the parameters of the ANN model, including the number of neurons, activation function, cost function and training algorithm, respectively. The results showed that the ANN model can provide reliable and effective prediction of LBC (R2 = 0.975, Slope = 0.975, RMSE = 294.424 kN and MAE = 191.878 kN). Sensitivity analysis showed that the geometric parameters of the steel tube (width and thickness) and the compressive strength of concrete were the most important variables. Finally, the effect of eccentric loading on the LBC of CFSS members is presented and discussed, showing that the ANN model can assist in the creation of continuous LBC maps, within the ranges of input variables adopted in this study.


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