Experimental Verification of a Full-Size Buckling Restrained Brace

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.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2101 (1) ◽  
pp. 012059
Author(s):  
Z J Yang ◽  
X Li ◽  
G C Li ◽  
S C Peng

Abstract Hollow concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) member is mainly adopted in power transmission and transformation structures, but when it is used in the superstructure with complex stress, the hollow CFST member has a low bearing capacity and is prone to brittle failure. To improve the mechanical performance of hollow CFST members, a new type of reinforced hollow high strength concrete-filled square steel tube (RHCFSST) was proposed, and its axial compression performance was researched. 18 finite element analysis (FEA) models of axially loaded RHCFSST stub columns were established through FEA software ABAQUS. The whole stress process of composite columns was studied, and parametric studies were carried out to analyze the mechanical performance of the member. Parameters of the steel strength, steel ratio, deformed bar and sandwich concrete strength were varied. Based on the simulation results, the stress process of members can be divided into four stages: elastic stage, elastoplastic stage, descending stage and gentle stage. With the increase of steel strength, steel ratio, the strength of sandwich concrete and the addition of deformed bars, the ultimate bearing capacity of members also increases. Additionally, the increment of those parameters will improve the ductility of the member, except for the sandwich concrete strength.


Author(s):  
Guochang Li ◽  
Zhichang Zhan ◽  
Zhijian Yang ◽  
Yu Yang

The concrete-filed square steel tube with inner I-shaped CFRP profiles short columns under bi-axial eccentric load were investigated by the finite element analysis software ABAQUS. The working mechanism of the composite columns which is under bi-axial eccentric load are investigated by using the stress distribution diagram of steel tube concrete and the I-shaped CFRP profiles. In this paper, the main parameters; eccentric ratio, steel ratio, steel yield strength, concrete compressive strength and CFRP distribution rate of the specimens were investigated to know the mechanical behavior of them. The interaction between the steel tube and the concrete interface at different characteristic points of the composite columns were analyzed. The results showed that the ultimate bearing capacity of the concrete-filed square steel tube with inner I-shaped CFRP profiles short columns under bi-axial eccentric load decrease with the increase of eccentric ratio, the ultimate bearing capacity of the composite columns increase with the increase of steel ratio, steel yield strength, concrete compressive strength and CFRP distribution rate. The contact pressure between the steel tube and the concrete decreased from the corner zone to the flat zone, and the contact pressure decreased from the mid-height cross section to other sections.


2011 ◽  
Vol 94-96 ◽  
pp. 641-646
Author(s):  
Zhao Qiang Zhang ◽  
Yong Yao

Based on the constitutive models of steel and core concrete,the failure modes and the load-displacement curves of the solid multibarrel tube-confined concrete columns(CHS inner and SHS outer) under monotonic loading are calculated by using finite element analysis (FEA) method.The analytical results reveal the rules of stress distribution in steel and core concrete.The influences of axial compression ratio, yield strength of steel tube and concrete on the load-displacement curves are discussed.Through the results,it is deeply known the working mechanism of members(CHS inner and SHS outer) subjected to the static loads.


2014 ◽  
Vol 578-579 ◽  
pp. 269-273
Author(s):  
Bing Li ◽  
Shuang Meng ◽  
Wei Hao Wang

The objective of this paper is to provide the references through finite element analysis for steel tube concrete beams bearing capacity settlement. The paper verified the correctness of the constitutive relation of concrete, the correctness and the model through the establishment of the concrete damaged plasticity model with recycled concrete details in the finite element analysis software ABAQUS. Then the stress characteristics of steel pipe concrete beam in bending condition under different substitution rate could be found through model calculation. The result is that the mid span bending - strain curve from simulation agreed to the experimental results, and the model is proved correct. Finally it came to the conclusions. Other things being equal, the recycled concrete filled square tube changed a lot in bending state when the substitution rate grows, but it didn’t occur to the circular one. In the meantime, the writer proposed the conjecture on the bearing capacity calculation of the two types of structure.


2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 1461-1464
Author(s):  
Bai Shou Li ◽  
Ai Hua Jin

Based on the characteristics of the special-shaped concrete-filled steel tubes and consideration of material nonlinearity of constitutive relation, stimulation of 6 T-shaped thin-walled ribbed and un-ribbed concrete-filled steel tube short columns is implemented, as well as comparable analysis of stress, strain, displacement and bearing capacity, through the finite element analysis software ANSYS. The result indicates that the rib can effectively improve the ductility, delaying the buckling occurs, which enhances the core concrete confinement effect, so as the stimulated ultimate bearing capacity which is greater than nominal ultimate bearing capacity.


2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 2463-2468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Cheng Zhang ◽  
Jun Yang

In this paper, a constitutive relationship of the concrete core restrained by L-Shaped steel tube is put forward based on referring to the constitutive relations of core concrete in concrete-filled square steel tube columns, which takes the restraint of steel tube to concrete as an equivalent confinable effect coefficient . Load-deformation relationship of L-Shaped concrete-filled steel tubular column subjected to axial compression is analyzed by finite element analysis (using ABAQUS software). The predicted load versus deformation relationship cures are in good agreement with those of tests based on the finite element analysis, loads carried by steel tubes and concrete respectively during the loading process, as well as interactions between them are analyzed. Finally, influences of length-width ratio and width-thickness ratio on the interaction between steel tubes and concrete are investigated.


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