scholarly journals Bending Resistance of Metal-Concrete Composite Beams in a Natural Fire

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Chybiński ◽  
Łukasz Polus

Abstract In this paper, the bending resistance of three metal-concrete composite beams was compared in real car fires in an open car park. Steel and concrete composite beams are often used for the construction of ceilings in multi-storey car parks. The authors made an attempt to evaluate how the replacement of a non-alloy steel girder with a stainless steel or aluminium alloy girder affects the bending resistance of a composite beam under fire conditions. The analysed beams were not fire-protected. They consisted of a concrete slab and a girder made of: non-alloy (carbon) S235J2 (1.0117) steel, X6CrNiMoTi17- 12-2 (1.4571) stainless steel, and AW-6061 T6 (EN AW-Al Mg1SiCu) aluminium alloy.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonchang Choi ◽  
Youngcheol Choi ◽  
Sung-Won Yoo

This study intends to improve the efficiency of the composite beam combining a slab made of steel fiber-reinforced ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) and a steel girder without top flange. To that goal, the experiment is conducted on 24 composite beams fabricated with varying compressive strength of UHPC, steel fiber content, stud spacing, and slab thickness to evaluate the behavior of the studs and the flexural behavior of the composite beam combining the UHPC slab and the inverted-T steel girder. The experimental results show the test members developed sufficient ductile behavior with respect to the slip limit of 6 mm stipulated in Eurocode-4 and regardless of the considered test variables. The experimental ultimate horizontal shear force is seen to be clearly larger than the static strengths of the stud predicted by Eurocode-4 and AASHTO-LRFD. Improved design formulae for the composite beam shall be derived to reflect the UHPC slab thickness.


1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 514-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. El-Ghazzi ◽  
H. Robinson ◽  
I. A. S. Elkholy

The longitudinal shear failure of the slab of composite beams is constrained to occur at a predetermined shear surface. A method for calculating the longitudinal shear capacity of the slab of simply-supported steel–concrete composite beams is presented. The method is based on analyzing the stresses at failure of the concrete elements located at the slab shear surface.A design chart based on estimating the transverse normal stress required within the concrete slab to achieve the full ultimate flexural capacity of the composite beam is proposed. Alternatively, using elastic–plastic stress distribution across the concrete slab, the longitudinal compressive force due to bending and hence the applied moment can be predicted for any longitudinal shear capacity of the slab. The proposed design and analysis when compared to previous tests and analysis showed good agreement.The slab width and the shear span of the composite beam are found to be two important parameters which cannot be neglected when estimating the longitudinal shear capacity of the slab. These two parameters have been neglected in the empirical solutions previously adopted.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristi L. Selden ◽  
Amit H. Varma

Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a three-dimensional (3D) finite element modeling (FEM) technique using the commercially available program ABAQUS to predict the thermal and structural behavior of composite beams under fire loading. Design/methodology/approach The model was benchmarked using experimental test data, and it accounts for temperature-dependent material properties, force-slip-temperature relationship for the shear studs and concrete cracking. Findings It was determined that composite beams can be modeled with this sequentially coupled thermal-structural 3D FEM to predict the displacement versus bottom flange temperature response and associated composite beam failure modes, including compression failure in the concrete slab, runaway deflection because of yielding of the steel beam or fracture of the shear studs. Originality/value The Eurocode stress-strain-temperature (σ-ε-T) material model for structural steel and concrete conservatively predict the composite beam deflections at temperatures above 500°C. Models that use the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) stress-strain-temperature (σ-ε-T) material model more closely match the measured deflection response, as compared to the results using the Eurocode model. However, in some cases, the NIST model underestimates the composite beam deflections at temperatures above 500°C.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.10) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
T Subramani ◽  
A Periasamy

Composite plays a vital role in replacing the existing mild steel in reinforcement and exterior truss structure. This study proposed to design shear connector for joining concrete slab and steel section. Shear connectors has analyzed and predict the best connector for a particular composite beam with respect to static load and the amount of steel in the connector as a common aspect. The use of composite structures is increasingly present in civil construction works nowadays. Composite beams, especially, are structures which include substances, a metal phase placed in particular inside the tension region and a concrete phase, positioned in the compression go sectional location, both are related with the aid of steel gadgets called shear connectors. The main features of this connector are to permit the weight for the joint the beam-column, to restriction longitudinal slipping and uplifting on the factors interface the shear forces. Our project paper presents 3D numerical models of steel-concrete composite beams to simulate their structural behaviour, with emphasis on the beam column interface using Simulations software ANSYS 18.1 based on the Finite Element Method. Mostly these type of structures are widely used in the dynamic loading structures like bridges and high rise buildings.  


Author(s):  
Balbir Singh ◽  
Ee Loon Tan ◽  
Zhu Pan ◽  
Olivia Mirza ◽  
Julius Boncato

To combat the present situation of greenhouse gases emission from cement production, a promising solution is to utilise supplementary cementitious by-product materials such as fly ash to produce green concrete known as Geopolymer concrete (GPC). However, despite fly ash based concrete is a promising substitute for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete, it is not yet being utilised to its full potential for structural applications.  And so, to utilise green concrete to its full potential, this paper aim is to conduct an experimental study that will integrate fly ash based concrete within steel-concrete composite beams. The research will include casting of composite beams with GPC mix, and an OPC concrete as a reference mix designed according to British Standards. To determine the ultimate moment capacity, a total of Four (4) composite beams comprised of coventional and Bondek steel profile concrete slab are designed and tested according to Australian Standards. From the test results, it was found that composite beam with conventionalconcrete slab outperformed the beams with Bondek profile sheeting. Also, regarding of ultimate bending moment capacity, the composite beam with geopolymer concrete experienced almost identical to OPC composite beam.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Haigen

Steel-concrete composite beams are composed of concrete slabs and steel girders by shear connectors. Due to the limited rigidity of shear connector, and the shrink & creep property of concrete, relative slippage exists between the concrete slab and steel girder under bending, and it is difficult to analyze the effect of those factors by the ordinary beam theory, the finite element method(FEM) and so on. A differential equation of equilibrium is constituted corresponding to the compatibility of deformation and the equilibrium of forces of steel-concrete composite beams under particular assumed condition. Finite difference method (FDM) and variation principle are used to solve the differential equation. An example of steel-concrete composite T girder is given to analyze the effect of slippage and concrete shrink & creep on its stress and deflection. The concrete slab stress increases with increased rigidity in the shear connectors. The stress of the steel girder and the deflection of the composite girder decrease with increment in the rigidity of the shear connectors.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-778
Author(s):  
A. R. SILVA ◽  
L. E. S. DIAS

Abstract Most of the engineering problems involving structural elements of steel-concrete composite beam type are approximations of the structural problem involving concrete plates connected by connectors to steel beams. Technical standards allow the replacement of the concrete plate element by a beam element by adopting a reduction in the width of the plate element known as effective width. The effective width is obtained, in most technical norms, taking into account only the parameters of beam span length and distance between adjacent beams. Numerical and experimental works found in the literature show that this effective width depends on several other parameters, such as the width and thickness of the concrete slab, and the type of loading. The objective of this work is to verify the influence of the partial interaction in the evaluation of the effective width of composite beams formed by a concrete slab connected to a steel beam with deformable connection, being used in numerical simulation three types of finite elements: a plate element for nonlinear analysis of the concrete slab; a bar element for non-linear analysis of beams with cross-section defined by a polygon; and an interface element which connects the plate and beam elements, simulating the deformation effect of the shear connectors. In the studied examples, it was found that the reduction of the shear connection stiffness at the interface between the concrete slab and the steel beam leads to a decrease in the shear lag effect and, consequently, makes the effective width of the concrete slab closer to the its real width. In another example, curves are constructed to define the effective width of a composite beam with medium stiffness. Considering maximum stresses and maximum displacements, these curves are obtained by forcing the equivalence of the approximate model with the model closest to the real problem.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinggui Zeng ◽  
Shao-Fei Jiang ◽  
Donghua Zhou

In a steel-concrete composite beam (hereafter referred to as a composite beam), partial interaction between the concrete slab and the steel beam results in an appreciable increase in the beam deflections relative to full interaction behavior. Moreover, the distribution type of the shear connectors has a great impact on the degree of the composite action between the two components of the beam. To reveal the effect of shear connector layout in the performance of composite beams, on the basis of a developed one-dimensional composite beam element validated by the closed-form precision solutions and experimental results, this paper optimizes the layout of shear connectors in composite beams with partial interaction by adopting a stepwise uniform distribution of shear connectors to approximate the triangular distribution of the shear connector density without increasing the total number of shear connectors. Based on a comparison of all the different types of stepped rectangles distribution, this paper finally suggests the 3-stepped rectangles distribution of shear connectors as a reasonable and applicable optimal method.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchen Jiang ◽  
Xiamin Hu ◽  
Wan Hong ◽  
Mingming Gu ◽  
Weimin Sun

In order to investigate the mechanical behavior of the partially concrete encased composite beam under hogging moment, static loading tests were conducted on one conventional composite beam and three partially concrete encased composite beams. The results show that partially concrete encased composite beams have higher stiffness and flexural capacity under hogging moment as compared with conventional composite beams. It is also found that the concrete encasement is able to enhance the local bucking resistance of the steel beam and effectively reduces the propagation speed of crack width under hogging moment. By comparing different partially concrete encased composite beams, it is indicated that the stiffness and flexural capacity of partially concrete encased composite beams increase with the increase in reinforcement ratio of the concrete slab. Also, with the increase in the reinforcement ratio of the concrete slab, the distribution of cracks on the slab is denser and the propagation speed of crack width reduces. In addition, the calculation methods in both European code and Chinese code can well predict the crack width on the concrete slab, and the ultimate flexural capacity predicted from the simplified plastic theory in Eurocode 4 is in good agreement with test results.


1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Redwood ◽  
G. Poumbouras

Tests of composite beams comprising a concrete slab supported on a steel deck and a steel wide-flange shape containing large web openings are described. Special attention is directed to the amount of shear connection between slab and steel section in the region of a web hole, and on the effect of construction loads acting on the steel section prior to composite action being effective.It is shown that limited shear connection at the hole will significantly affect the strength when loading produces a high shear-to-moment ratio, and a theory is presented which conservatively takes this into account. The effect of construction loads on unshored construction is shown to be small when these do not exceed 60% of the non-composite beam resistance at the hole.


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