Experimental Study on the Axial Behaviour of Cold-Formed Thin-Walled Steel Framing Wall Studs

2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 1858-1863
Author(s):  
Yu Shi ◽  
Xu Hong Zhou ◽  
Xiao Li Yuan ◽  
Shao Feng Nie

A full-scale experimental study on the axial behavior of cold-formed thin-walled steel framing wall studs is presented. The influence of parameters, including whether the studs are sheathed or not, sheathing materials, the screws spacing and the studs spacing, on the bearing capacity of studs under vertical compression is analyzed by the test. The test results of the six wall specimens show that: the load carrying capacity of a stud increases significantly when it is covered with sheathings; the ultimate load of the stud sheathed with fiber reinforced calcium silicate board(CSB) is about 18.8 percent higher than that sheathed with oriented strand board(OSB); when the wall frames are sheathed with OSB or plasterboard, the change of screws spacing has little effect on the bearing capacity, however, the bearing capacity of CSB-sheathed wall stud will fall when the screws spacing decreases from 300mm to 150mm; when the studs spacing increases, the bearing capacity of stud decreases slightly.

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3468
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Kolakowski ◽  
Andrzej Teter

The phenomena that occur during compression of hybrid thin-walled columns with open cross-sections in the elastic range are discussed. Nonlinear buckling problems were solved within Koiter’s approximation theory. A multimodal approach was assumed to investigate an effect of symmetrical and anti-symmetrical buckling modes on the ultimate load-carrying capacity. Detailed simulations were carried out for freely supported columns with a C-section and a top-hat type section of medium lengths. The columns under analysis were made of two layers of isotropic materials characterized by various mechanical properties. The results attained were verified with the finite element method (FEM). The boundary conditions applied in the FEM allowed us to confirm the eigensolutions obtained within Koiter’s theory with very high accuracy. Nonlinear solutions comply within these two approaches for low and medium overloads. To trace the correctness of the solutions, the Riks algorithm, which allows for investigating unsteady paths, was used in the FEM. The results for the ultimate load-carrying capacity obtained within the FEM are higher than those attained with Koiter’s approximation method, but the leap takes place on the identical equilibrium path as the one determined from Koiter’s theory.


1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin R. Pyles ◽  
Joan Stoupa

Abstract In order to quantify the stump anchor capacity of small second-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb]. Franco) trees, load tests to failure were conducted on 18 stumps from trees 7 to 16.5 in dbh. The tests produced ultimate loads that varied as the square of the tree diameter. However, the ultimate load typically occurred at stump system deformations that were far in excess of that which would be considered failure of a stump anchor. A hyperbolic equation was used to describe the load-deformation behavior of each stump tested and was generalized to describe all the test results. West. J. Appl. For. 2(3):72-80, July 1987.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 2755-2770
Author(s):  
Fuyun Huang ◽  
Yulong Cui ◽  
Rui Dong ◽  
Jiangang Wei ◽  
Baochun Chen

When casting wet concrete into hollow steel tubular arch during the construction process of a concrete-filled steel tubular arch bridge, an initial stress (due to dead load, etc.) would be produced in the steel tube. In order to understand the influence of this initial stress on the strength of the concrete-filled steel tubular arch bridge, a total of four single tubular arch rib (bare steel first) specimens (concrete-filled steel tubular last) with various initial stress levels were constructed and tested to failure. The test results indicate that the initial stress has a large influence on the ultimate load-carrying capacity and ductility of the arch structure. The high preloading ratio will reduce significantly the strength and ductility that the maximum reductions are over 25%. Then, a finite element method was presented and validated using the test results. Based on this finite element model, a parametric study was performed that considered the influence of various parameters on the ultimate load-carrying capacity of concrete-filled steel tubular arches. These parameters included arch slenderness, rise-to-span ratio, loading method, and initial stress level. The analysis results indicate that the initial stress can reduce the ultimate loading capacity significantly, and this reduction has a strong relationship with arch slenderness and rise-to-span ratio. Finally, a method for calculating the preloading reduction factor of ultimate load-carrying capacity of single concrete-filled steel tubular arch rib structures was proposed based on the equivalent beam–column method.


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.


Author(s):  
Peng Jiao ◽  
Zhiping Chen ◽  
He Ma

Abstract In engineering, thin-walled cylindrical shells subjected to axial compression load are very sensitive to geometric imperfections and are prone to buckling. However, how to reasonably take into account the influence of geometric imperfections on the load carrying capacity of thin-walled cylindrical shells is always the bottleneck of light-weight design of these structures. In this paper, four perturbation load approach (4PLA) is adopted to consider the influence of geometric imperfections. By judging the potential buckling status of cylindrical shells, a new improved design method based on 4PLA for thin-walled cylindrical shells is proposed, in which the influence of radius-to-thickness ratio, length-to-radius ratio, Young’s modulus and material yield strength are systematically considered. Correspondingly, the buckling tests for two steel cylindrical shells with the same geometric and material parameters are conducted. Compared with the experimental results and other test results in open literatures, the superiority and safety of proposed method for the preliminary design of thin-walled cylindrical shells are validated.


2013 ◽  
Vol 438-439 ◽  
pp. 1529-1532
Author(s):  
Ya Bin Yang ◽  
Wan Lin Cao

Concrete filled steel tube (CFST) got a good application in actual project. In order to further the seismic performance of the CFST, experiment was carried on two 1/5 scale models, which included one CFST frame, one CFST truss. Based on the experimental study, load-carrying capacity, stiffness, ductility, hysteretic property, energy dissipation and failure phenomena of each model were analyzed. The study shows that the seismic performance of CFST truss has high bearing capacity, stiffness, energy dissipation capacity and good ductility.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Mazin B. Abdulrahman ◽  
Husham M. Rashid

In modern buildings, transverse openings are often used beams for the purpose of supplying and service pipes. Due to the presence of the openings in the concrete beams lead to the formation of cracks around the openings due to the stresses concentration in a small area above and below of the opening. The repairing, maintenance, and upgrading of structural members, are maybe one of the most pivotal problems in civil engineering applications. In this research, an experimental work is conducted to study the behavior of the reinforced RPC T-beams that containing openings and repair this beams using CFRP strips. The Experimental program of the present study includes two parts, the first part includes testing of seven reinforced reactive powder concrete RPC T-beams, which casted and tested, one beam is without opening as a reference beam and the rest, were provided with an opening. and these beams are divided into two groups. The first group was used to study the effect of the openings shape (circular and square) and the second group was used to study the effect of the openings locations, which consists three locations (Lc/2, Lc/3 and Lc/4).These are measured from the support center to the openings center. While the second part including a repaired all beams in the first part the using carbon fiber polymer. The test results indicated that the presence of openings in the beams web caused a reduction in the reinforced RPC T-beams ultimate load carrying capacity with about (10-55)%, Also lead to increasing in deflection compared to control beam before repairing at same loading. Studying the shape effect showed that the beams with square openings have average ultimate load carrying capacity lower by 36% compared with the control beams.While beams with containing circular openings have average ultimate load carrying capacity lower 29%. From the test results, it could be concluded that the presence of the openings in the shear region led to a decrease in ultimate load carrying capacity a about 38% to 49% for opening of opening at (Lc/3 and Lc/4) respectively. While the presence of openings in the flexural region led to a decrease in the ultimate load carrying capacity rate of 11%. Related to the repairing study part it was found that the average ultimate load carrying capacity for repairing beams was 103% compared with the not repaired beams.


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