scholarly journals Starred angles supporting secondary trusses

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Murray C. Temple ◽  
Kenneth Hon-Wa Mok

In some large industrial buildings, it is common to span large areas by using primary trusses in one direction and secondary trusses in the other. The secondary trusses frame into the vertical web members in the primary trusses. Starred angles are frequently used as the vertical web members in the primary trusses because of their symmetrical cross section and the ease with which the connections can be made. These starred angles are usually designed as axially loaded members, but the open nature of the cross section and the fact that the secondary truss frames into one of the angles has raised some doubts about this loading assumption. As a result of this concern, an experimental research program was undertaken to investigate the behaviour and strength of starred angle web members supporting secondary trusses. The results obtained indicate that these starred angle compression members are not concentrically loaded, as the stress distribution across the angles is not uniform. It was found that if the slenderness ratio is modified in accordance with the requirements of ASCE Manual 52, the load-carrying capacity of the starred angles supporting secondary trusses can be determined using Clause 13.3.1 of CAN3-S16.1-M84. Key words: angles (starred), buckling, columns (structural), connections, trusses.

This paper presents an experimental investigation on ductility behaviour of reinforced concrete compression members, rectangular in cross section, modified to elliptical shape in cross section by bonding precast segment covers followed by Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer wrapping (CFRP) under concentric and eccentric loading conditions. Eighteen reinforced concrete rectangular compression members of size 100mm×150mm in cross section and 300mm in height were prepared using normal-strength concrete. Reinforcement ratio was kept at minimum, to simulate compression members that need retrofitting. Out of eighteen specimens, nine specimens were converted to elliptical shape in cross section. From nine remaining rectangular specimens, three specimens retained as it is without wrapping FRP and designated as Group1, remaining six specimens were wrapped with one and two layers of CFRP and designated as Group2. Out of nine elliptical specimens, three specimens were retained as it is without wrapping FRP and designated as Group3, remaining six elliptical specimens were wrapped with one and two layers of CFRP and designated as Group4. Specimens were tested upto failure under monotonic axial compression with concentric and eccentric load conditions. From the experimental results, it is observed that rectangular compression members shape modified to ellipse in cross section and then wrapped with CFRP show outstanding increase in the ultimate load carrying capacity which may be due to increased cross sectional area and effective confinement of FRP wrapping. As the number of layers of CFRP increases the ultimate load carrying capacity increases. With increase in eccentricity, the ultimate loads of the compression members were found to be decreased. Elliptical specimens wrapped with one and two layers of CFRP reported exponential increase in deformation ductility under concentric load condition and considerable increase under eccentric load condition compared to rectangular specimens wrapped with CFRP.


2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kala ◽  
Z. Kala

Authors of article analysed influence of variability of yield strength over cross-section of hot rolled steel member to its load-carrying capacity. In calculation models, the yield strength is usually taken as constant. But yield strength of a steel hot-rolled beam is generally a random quantity. Not only the whole beam but also its parts have slightly different material characteristics. According to the results of more accurate measurements, the statistical characteristics of the material taken from various cross-section points (e.g. from a web and a flange) are, however, more or less different. This variation is described by one dimensional random field. The load-carrying capacity of the beam IPE300 under bending moment at its ends with the lateral buckling influence included is analysed, nondimensional slenderness according to EC3 is λ¯ = 0.6. For this relatively low slender beam the influence of the yield strength on the load-carrying capacity is large. Also the influence of all the other imperfections as accurately as possible, the load-carrying capacity was determined by geometrically and materially nonlinear solution of very accurate FEM model by the ANSYS programme.


2018 ◽  
Vol 219 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Gordziej-Zagórowska ◽  
Elżbieta Urbańska-Galewska

The influence of eccentricity at intersections of truss members on the load carrying capacity of the truss joint is presented in the paper. The research truss elements were designed as cold-formed open cross section. Analytical calculations, numerical analysis and experimental research were conducted to reveal how the eccentricity affects the effort of material in the joint area. The results of analysis and investigations are compared and discussed. The main achievement of the tests carried out is statement that slender plane members of the compression chords are safe compared with the results of analytical calculations.


1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 708-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray C. Temple ◽  
Ghada Elmahdy

Built-up struts that buckle about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the connectors should be treated as a "built-up" member as opposed to a "simple" member. This mode of buckling causes shear and moments in the connectors which deform the connectors. These deformations increase the lateral deformation of the member and hence affect the load-carrying capacity. To account for this effect the easiest method is to use an equivalent slenderness ratio such as the one included in the Canadian Standard. This note outlines the derivation of the equivalent slenderness ratio equation, discusses when it should and should not be used, and includes a numerical example. A rewording of the applicable clause in the Canadian Standard is suggested. Key words: battens, built-up members, connectors, slenderness ratio.


2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 433-438
Author(s):  
Xian Lei Cao ◽  
Ji Ping Hao ◽  
Chun Lei Fan

To obtain a better understanding of the behavior and load-carrying capacity of Q460 high-strength single-angle compression members bolted by one leg, using static loading way to 48 angles carried out experimental study. The experiments show test specimens produce biaxial bending, most small slenderness ratio members are controlled by local buckling, and slender specimens are controlled by overall buckling. In addition to these factors in model experiment, influences of residual stresses on ultimate load-carrying capacity were analyzed by finite element numerical simulation analysis, the results show the residual stresses affect the ultimate load-carrying capacity of angles by about 5% or less. Comparison of the load-carrying capacity of experimental and theoretical results indicate the difference of experimental and finite element values ranges from -9.99% to +9.76%, American Design of Latticed Steel Transmission Structure (ASCE10-1997) and Chinese Code for Design of Steel Structures (GB50017-2003) underestimate separately the experimental load-carrying capacity by about 2.34%~33.93% and 1.18%~63.3%, and the agreement is somewhat good between experimental program and the finite element analysis. Based on model experiment and simulated experiment, the formula of stability coefficient of single-angle compression members was established. It provides basic data for spreading Q460 high-strength single-angles members attached by one leg.


2014 ◽  
Vol 969 ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Jan Valeš

The presented paper deals with the load-carrying capacity analysis of compress steel members having the square closed (box) cross-section with non-dimensional slenderness 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 a 1.2. The axis of these beams is randomly three-dimensionally curved. Initial curvatures are modelled by random fields applying the LHS method. Load-carrying capacities are then calculated by the geometrically nonlinear solution using the ANSYS program. The results are presented both in form of histograms and of the table. The analysis of load-carrying capacity of beams with individual nonlinear slenderness is carried out, and the values are compared with the values of design load-carrying capacity according to the standard.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Błachut ◽  
O. R. Jaiswal

Localized and global, of eigenmode type, initial geometric imperfections were superimposed on perfect torispherical, ellipsoidal, and toroidal shells of circular and elliptical cross section. Reduction of the load-carrying capacity was then calculated numerically for various geometries and the yield point of material which was assumed to be mild steel. Results show that the buckling strength of torispheres and ellipsoids could be strongly affected by imperfections, but reduction of its magnitude was dependent on the choice of imperfection shape and, more importantly, on the imperfection’s location. Calculations carried out for closed toroids of circular cross section show that these shells are not sensitive to eigenmode-type imperfections, while toroids with elliptical cross sections are sensitive to eigen-imperfections.


1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray C Temple ◽  
Sherief SS Sakla

Single-angle compression members are complex members to analyze and design. The two generally accepted design procedures, the simple-column and the beam-column approaches, in general, underestimate the load-carrying capacity of single-angle compression members welded by one leg to a gusset plate fixed to a rigid support. One of the reasons is that these approaches do not properly account for the end constraint provided by the gusset plate. The effective length factor can be adjusted, but this is difficult to do as the end restraint is not easy to evaluate in many practical cases. Another reason is that these approaches are not based on a rational understanding of the failure mechanism of these members. An experimental program confirmed that the finite element method can be used, with a reasonable degree of accuracy, to predict the behavior and load-carrying capacity of single-angle compression members welded by one leg to a gusset plate fixed to a rigid support. The finite element method was used to study some 1800 different combinations of parameters. It was found that out-of-straightness, residual stresses in the angle section, Young's modulus of elasticity, and the unconnected gusset plate length do not have a great effect on the load-carrying capacity. The most significant parameter is the gusset plate thickness with the gusset plate width being the second most important parameter. An empirical design equation is proposed.Key words: angles, buckling, columns (structural), compressive resistance, design equation, gusset plates.


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