scholarly journals Local Buckling Behavior of Buckling-Restrained Braces with Longitudinally Profiled Steel Core

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 914
Author(s):  
Junkai Lu ◽  
Weichuang Liu ◽  
Yong Ding ◽  
Yingying Li ◽  
Shuquan Xu

One of the most important requirements for a well-designed buckling restrained brace (BRB) under severe earthquake loading is to ensure its stability until the brace achieves sufficient elasto-plastic deformation. This study presents the finite element analysis results of the proposed buckling restrained brace with a longitudinally profiled steel core (LPBRB). The objective of the analyses is to conduct a performance evaluation of the proposed LPBRBs, and to perform a parameter study with different clearance, width:thickness ratio, mortar strength, and friction coefficient for investigating the local buckling behavior of the LPBRBs. Numerical analyses results demonstrate that the LPBRBs exhibited good ductile performance and stable hysteretic behavior. The local buckling failure can be predicted by the demand:capacity ratio formula. The friction coefficient has little influence on the hysteretic behavior of LPBRBs. The local stability can be improved by adopting the mortar with higher compression strength or the LP core with lower width:thickness ratio. The proposed LPBRBs have a similar hysteretic response to the conventional BRBs.

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 2430-2436
Author(s):  
Gang Shi ◽  
Zhao Liu ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Yong Jiu Shi ◽  
Yuan Qing Wang

High strength steel sections have been increasingly used in buildings and bridges, and steel angles have also been widely used in many steel structures, especially in transmission towers and long span trusses. However, high strength steel exhibits mechanical properties that are quite different from ordinary strength steel, and hence, the local buckling behavior of steel equal angle members under axial compression varies with the steel strength. However, there is a lack of research on the relationship of the local buckling behavior of steel equal angle members under axial compression with the steel strength. A finite element model is developed in this paper to analyze the local buckling behavior of steel equal angle members under axial compression, and study its relationship with the steel strength and the width-to-thickness ratio of the angle leg. The finite element analysis (FEA) results are compared with the corresponding design method in the American code AISC 360-05, which provides a reference for the related design.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-39
Author(s):  
Tran Tuan Nam

In a seismic incident, the structural steel columns are commonly damaged with local buckling formulation at either the top or bottom ends. This study analyzes and simulates the hysteretic behavior of a hollow square steel column under cyclic loading by adopting the fiber-element approach. This method discretizes the hinge zone into a series of fibers and considers buckling behavior of those fibers along the column wall. The analytical result was achieved in good agreement with the component test.


2017 ◽  
Vol 379 ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahman Meyghani ◽  
Mokhtar Awang ◽  
Sattar Emamian

High rotational motion from the welding tool generates a significant amount of the heat during friction stir welding (FSW). Basically, during FSW the heat is mostly coming from the frictional force between the tool shoulder and the plates. Therefore, a precise calculation of the friction coefficient can increase the accuracy of the finite element analysis (FEA) of the process. However, researchers have applied constant values, and that causes a gap between the reality and the simulated model especially after the welding plunging step. In this study, a mathematical formulation is proposed in order to calculate the temperature dependent values of the friction coefficient and also to explore the influence of the temperature in the friction coefficient. To solve the governing equations of the process, the MATLAB®software is used. The results indicate that, from 25°C to the AA 6061-T6 melting point (580°C), the values of the friction coefficient fall steadily in a range of 0.207089 to 0.000582. Furthermore, the material shear stress and the material yield stress decrease consistently as the temperature rises. Consequently, the influence of the temperature in the contact input parameters and the material properties are discussed in detail and a good correlation with the published results is achieved.


2008 ◽  
Vol 400-402 ◽  
pp. 551-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao Zhu Cao ◽  
Yao Chun Zhang ◽  
Yue Ming Zhao

Experimental research on square and octagonal concrete filled thin-walled steel tube long columns of 6 specimens in axial compression and 8 specimens in eccentric compression is undertaken. The relationship of global buckling bearing capacity of the columns and local buckling of the steel tubes is obtained. The test indicates that local buckling occurs in steel tube of each column before it reaches ultimate capacity, and has little effect on global buckling performance. The ultimate load decreases obviously with the increase of slender ratio and eccentricity. The ductility of columns increases with the increase of steel ratio in composite sections. Composite beam element of ANSYS is adopted in the finite element analysis. The theoretical results are agreed well with test..


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. T. Carter ◽  
D. Lee

Analytical modeling of deformation processing methods requires a thorough understanding of the die–billet interfacial conditions, in particular, the nature of frictional boundary conditions. In order to gain insight into the role of friction on the deformation behavior of metals under uniaxial compression, a series of carefully controlled experiments were made with 6061-T6 aluminum cylinder and ring specimens. From measurements of the change in internal diameter and the height of the ring specimens, the average friction coefficient can be found using the calibration method proposed by Male and Cockcroft. Using this friction coefficient, a series of finite element analyses were made to model the deformation of solid aluminum cylinders which were compressed under identical die–billet contact conditions. An updated Lagrangian formulation and the contact surface algorithm of the ADINA finite element code were used in the analysis. Comparison of the experimental findings with those of the finite element analysis shows some discrepancies; possible causes for these differences are identified.


2012 ◽  
Vol 166-169 ◽  
pp. 3147-3150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Liu ◽  
Chao Liu ◽  
Xue Jun Yin

This paper presents experimental and finite element analysis result of a full-size Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB). The brace consists of a steel core encased in a steel tube filled with concrete. The low-cycle fatigue check was incorporated into the cyclic test program. Test results show that the BRB product can develop stable hysteretic responses up to core axial strain of 1.3% and the maximum compressive loads is 1.23 times the actual yield load. The specimen performs well through the whole test sequence. Nonlinear finite element analysis was conducted for a comparison analysis, and contact interactions between the steel core and concrete infill were modeled. The finite element model can reasonably predict the compression behavior and post-yield strength of the specimen.


2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 4093-4096
Author(s):  
Fu Ting Pan ◽  
Lei Kou ◽  
Cheng Yu Wang

Steel-timber combined member is a new kind of structural member composed of steel core and timber facing with bolt joint.This paper established the finite element analysis models of cantilever beam, and the finite element models were analyzed by the finite element package ANSYS considering the material and geometrically nonlinear.The results were compared with experimental results.Good mechanical properties were verified with comparison between data abtained from the test and calculated results.


2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 1477-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Shi ◽  
Cuo Cuo Lin ◽  
Yuan Qing Wang ◽  
Yong Jiu Shi ◽  
Zhao Liu

Compared to the ordinary strength steel extensively applied in structures currently, high strength steel, a new kind of construction material, has many differences on mechanical properties. Though high strength steel has been applied in several projects in the world, which has obtained good effects, there is a lack of the design method for high strength steel structures and researches on the loading capacity of high strength steel members. To study the local buckling behavior of high strength steel members under axial compression, finite element models are developed to predict the loading capacity of high strength steel welded I-section and box-section stub columns under axial compression in this paper. With accurate simulation of 17 high strength steel specimens, the finite element analysis results agree well with the corresponding test results, and the average deviation of the ultimate loading capacity of 17 specimens is about -3.1%. It’s verified that the finite element models developed in this paper can accurately simulate high strength steel members with the initial geometric imperfections and residual stresses, and analyze the local buckling behavior of high strength steel members under axial compression. In addition, it provides a basis for the parametric study of high strength steel members under axial compression in future.


2011 ◽  
Vol 471-472 ◽  
pp. 833-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behzad Abdi ◽  
Hamid Mozafari ◽  
Ayob Amran

In this paper, the finite element analysis is used to investigate the effect of shape of dome ends on the buckling of pressure vessel heads under external pressure. The Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with the use of elastic buckling analysis was applied to predict the critical buckling pressure. The influence of geometrical parameters such as thickness, knuckle radius, and the ratio of minor axis to the major axis of dome ends, on the weight and the critical buckling pressure of hemispherical, ellipsoidal, and torispherical dome ends, was studied. The four-centered ellipse method was used to describe the geometry of the dome end.


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