Post-Tensioned Composite Bridge: Reliability-Based Optimization of Selected Design Parameters

2016 ◽  
Vol 837 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Ondrej Slowik ◽  
David Lehky ◽  
Martina Somodikova ◽  
Drahomir Novak
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Composite Bridge ◽  
Bridge Reliability ◽  
Post Tensioned

In the paper small-sample double-loop optimization method is employed to find selected design parameters of a single-span post-tensioned composite bridge to ensure its reliability and load-bearing capacity. The selected approach consists in nesting the computation of the failure probability with respect to the current design within the optimization loop. The analyzed bridge is made of precast post-tensioned concrete girders, each composed of six segments that are connected by the transverse joints. Bridge spatial deterioration brings uncertainty into actual values of concrete strength in transversal joints and of actual loss of pre-stressing. Due to their significant effect on the bridge load-bearing capacity, both were considered as uncertain design parameters with the aim to find their critical values corresponding to desired reliability level and load-bearing capacity.

scholarly journals Fire Performance of Columns Made of Normal and High Strength Concrete: A Comparative Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 564-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Gernay
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Strength Loss ◽  
Fire Performance ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
The Impact

The use of high strength concrete (HSC) in multi-story buildings has become increasingly popular. Selection of HSC over normal strength concrete (NSC) allows for reducing the dimensions of the columns sections. However, this reduction has consequences on the structural performance in case of fire, as smaller cross sections lead to faster temperature increase in the section core. Besides, HSC experiences higher rates of strength loss with temperature and a higher susceptibility to spalling than NSC. The fire performance of a column can thus be affected by selecting HSC over NSC. This research performs a comparison of the fire performance of HSC and NSC columns, based on numerical simulations by finite element method. The thermal and structural analyses of the columns are conducted with the software SAFIR®. The variation of concrete strength with temperature for the different concrete classes is adopted from Eurocode. Different configurations are compared, including columns with the same load bearing capacity and columns with the same cross section. The relative loss of load bearing capacity during the fire is found to be more pronounced for HSC columns than for NSC columns. The impact on fire resistance rating is discussed. These results suggest that consideration of fire loading limits the opportunities for use of HSC, especially when the objective is to reduce the dimensions of the columns sections.

Study on failure mechanism and end construction influences of double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1572-1585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi-qin Jiang ◽  
Yan-lin Guo ◽  
Ai-Lin Zhang ◽  
Chao Dou ◽  
Cai-Xia Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Local Pressure ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Buckling Restrained Brace ◽  
Rectangular Tube

The double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace is a new type of buckling energy consumption buckling-restrained brace. Because of its external restraining members, which are bound by high-strength bolts, its mechanical mechanism is more complicated and its failure modes are more varied. In this study, the double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace composition and three types of end constructions are introduced in detail. The influences of different design parameters on the performance of double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace are studied by numerical analysis methods; the possible failure modes and the influence of the end strengthening construction of double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace are also investigated, and a number of suggestions are proposed to improve this design. This study shows that the pinned double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace has four types of typical failure modes, namely, overall buckling failure, external end local pressure-bearing failure, bending failure of the extended strengthened core region and bolt threading failure. Rational design can prevent a buckling-restrained brace from losing its load-bearing capacity. In addition, compared with the end strengthening scheme with an external hoop, the end strengthening scheme with a strengthened bench can improve the load-bearing capacity of the double rectangular tube assembled buckling-restrained brace more effectively, and a reasonable design can also save materials.

Load Bearing Capacity of Oil Film Bearing Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 255-258
Author(s):  
Hong Chao Fan ◽  
Jing Lin Tong ◽  
Xin Hua Yi ◽  
Jin Bao He ◽  
Jian Xi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Parameters Optimization ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Application Requirements

The oil film have many excellences such as bigger load bearing capacity, longer life, wider velocity range, lower friction etc. The traditional design method is experience test. Even the design parameters could meet the application requirements, but they can not exert the best performance of the oil film bearing. The relationship between load bearing capacity and materials, lubricants, design parameters and structural characteristics of oil film bearing was analysed. To improve the load capacity and run at the optimal state, the objective function was built to optimize the main parameters. Optimization results showed that the load bearing capacity has been greatly improved.

scholarly journals FLEXURAL CAPACITY OF CORRODED POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE BEAMS: LARGE SCALE TESTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonino Recupero ◽  
Nino Spinella ◽  
Antonio Marì ◽  
Jesús Miguel Bairan
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Concrete Beams ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Post Tensioned

An experimental campaign on corroded post-tensioned concrete beams is being carried out at the University of Messina (Italy). The main goal of the research project is to study the influence of the tendon corrosion on the response behaviour of post-tensioned concrete beams subjected to a transversal load. In 2006, six beams were cast with a tendon placed at the centroid of the cross-section. Corrosion of the tendons was artificially induced in each specimen by injecting a chemical solution or an acid in some parts of the duct. The experimental results have showed how external causes, reproduced by artificial defects, can induce several critical issues, and undermine both the durability and the load bearing capacity of the beams. The load bearing capacity of the beam with defects was reduced until half of the one recorded for the specimen with not corroded tendon. In addition, a non-linear and time dependent analysis model, developed at UPC in Barcelona, was used to simulate the response of the tested beams, with the purpose of experimentally verifying the capacity of the model to capture the effects of corrosion along the time. A parametric study was performed with the numerical model to capture the influence of the degree of corrosion, (defined as the % loss of steel mass) on the serviceability response and on the ultimate capacity. By comparing the theoretical and the experimental results, the degree of corrosion was estimated and compared with that observed subsequently on the tested beams. Good correlation was obtained, thus allowing the numerical model to be used as a “virtual lab” to study the influence of several parameters on the structural response of corroded post-tensioned beams.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON BUCKLING RESISTANCE TECHNIQUE OF STEEL MEMBERS STRENGTHENED USING FRP

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 153-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
PENG FENG ◽  
SAWULET BEKEY ◽  
YAN-HUA ZHANG ◽  
LIE-PING YE ◽  
YU BAI
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Slenderness Ratio ◽  
Compressive Loading ◽  
Maximum Load ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Steel Members ◽  
Buckling Resistance ◽  
Frp Strengthening

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthening technique to improve buckling resistance of steel members is presented in concept and experimental demonstration. The conceptual design of this method is introduced through the preliminary experiments on three specimens. Then, another 14 specimens are tested under axially compressive loading, by which the compressive behavior and the strengthening effects are investigated considering different design parameters and configuration, including the slenderness ratio, the confinement detail, the filled materials and the end connection. The strengthening effects are analyzed by the comparison of both theoretical and test results, which show that the overall buckling failure of steel members can be prevented by FRP strengthening and the ultimate loading capacity and deformation capacity of steel members are enhanced considerably. The maximum load-bearing capacity of strengthened members is 2.86 times of the nonstrengthened ones, and the failure maintains a ductile behavior. In addition, the load-bearing capacity of the members strengthened in this way is compared with the Euler loads of the original steel member and the composite member.

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF THE CRITERIA OF DEFORMATION IN A SPECIAL LIMITING STATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-116
Author(s):  
Nikolay Trekin ◽  
Emil Kodysh ◽  
Sergey Shmakov ◽  
Tere Terekhov ◽  
Konstantin Kudyakov
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Progressive Collapse ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Limiting State ◽  
Load Bearing

Constructive measures taken to ensure the integrity of the entire building or its part in emergency situations with design based on the existing criteria of the limiting state method leads to a significantincrease of the construction cost. One of the ways to reduce additional costs of construction while the protection design against progressive collapse is the possible use of additional reserves of deformability of load-bearing elements. It leads to redistribution of loads and the use of non-destroyed structures. It also leads to possible changes of limiting states in non-standard emergency design situations, taking into account the peculiarities of the operation of structures in a special limiting state at a stage close to destruction. In the GOST 27751-2014 «Reliability for constructions and foundations. General principles» calculated states of the firstand second groups of limiting states are given, and for a special limiting state only the area of its permissible application is indicated. The work of reinforced concrete structures at the stage close to the depletion of the load-bearing capacity is little reflectedin the scientificand technical literature; the work of reinforced concrete structures at the unloading stage due to the redistribution of forces is represented in single publications. The article presents theoretical studies based on experimental data on the deformation of bent reinforced concrete beam elements at a stage close to the maximum load-bearing capacity and at the stage of unloading up to the transformation of a structural element into a mechanism. The influenceof the longitudinal reinforcement, the class of reinforcement, prestressing and the concrete strength on the deformation of reinforced concrete bending elements is considered in the article. The research of the behavior of structural elements continuation at this stage is relevant and contributes to the development of economical and rational design solutions for protection against progressive collapse and in the design of earthquake-resistant buildings.

scholarly journals Concrete-filled round-ended steel tubular stub columns under concentric and eccentric loads

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Piquer Vicent ◽  
David Hernández-Figueirido ◽  
Carmen Ibáñez Usach
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Mechanical Behaviour ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Composite Columns ◽  
Stub Columns

In the past, many works to study the mechanical behaviour of concrete filled steel tubular (CFST) stub columns have been conducted. Some of the applications of these composite columns oblige to meet higher requirements of ductility and load-bearing capacity. Traditionally, circular and rectangular tubes have been employed but recently new cross-sectional shapes of these composite columns are being designed and investigated with the aim of optimizing their mechanical behaviour. In this line, concrete-filled round-ended steel tubular columns (CFRT) have appeared as an alternative. However, the number of experimental programs to characterize their mechanical response is still scarce. In order to contribute to the test results database, in this paper an experimental study of 9 concrete-filled round-ended steel tubular stub columns is presented. All the specimens were designed with the same cross-sectional round-ended shape and have the same dimensions. In this program, both normal and high-strength concrete were employed as infill. During the tests, the columns were subjected to axial compression loads but under different eccentricities. The influence of eccentricity and concrete strength on the ultimate load bearing capacity of the concrete-filled round-ended steel tubular are discussed. Besides, the combined action of both components in this type of concrete-filled tubes as well as the effect of the concrete infill are studied.

Experimental Behavior of Concrete-Filled Square Steel Tube of Mid and Long Columns Subjected to Eccentric Compression

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Bin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Limit Load ◽  
Steel Tube ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Eccentric Compression ◽  
Experimental Behavior ◽  
Square Steel Tube

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the mechanic behavior of 9 concrete-filled square steel tube columns (CFSST) subjected to eccentric loading. The primary parameters of the specimens are eccentricity ratios, slenderness ratios and concrete strength. The results showed that the eccentricity ratios and slenderness ratios are the primary factors to influence the load-bearing capacity of CFSST columns, with the increase of eccentricity ratios and slenderness ratios, the limit load-bearing capacity reduced gradually. The influence of concrete strength to load-bearing capacity decreased gradually with the increase of eccentricity ratios and slenderness ratios.

scholarly journals STRESS-STRAIN STATE OF PREFABRICATED MONOLITHIC BENDING ELEMENT AT GRADUAL INSTALLATION AND LOADING

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
A. A. Koyankin ◽  
V. M. Mitasov ◽  
I. Ya. Petuhova ◽  
T. A. Tshay
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Strain State ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Experimental Models ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Total Load ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Stress Strain State

The stress-strain state of the prefabricated monolithic element depends on its gradual installation and loading. Regulatory documents of the Russian Federation indicate the need to calculate precast-monolithic structures for two stages of construction: before and after the specified monolithic concrete strength acquired. In this case, the stress-strain state that appeared in the prefabricated elements before the specified monolithic concrete strength should be considered.  However, the construction and loading stages at issue and accumulation of stresses and strains are not disclosed in the regulatory documents. In addition, this problem is insufficiently studied.  In this regard, the aim of this paper is to study the pre-loading effect of the prefabricated element on its stress-strain state and the load-bearing capacity.  During the experiments, a pre-loaded prefabricated part is studied. The obtained results are compared with instantaneously loaded test samples. Other parameters of the experimental models are completely identical. In all, 5 samples are tested (step-by-step loading of 3 samples and instantaneous loading of 2 samples).  It is shown that pre-loading of the preloaded prefabricated part significantly affects the stress-strain state of the whole structure and its total load-bearing capacity.  

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