COLLAPSE OF I-SECTION TAPERED BEAM-COLUMNS IN MEDIUM-SPAN STEEL FRAMES: FINITE ELEMENT MODEL VALIDATION AND PARAMETERS INFLUENCE EVALUATION

Authors

  • ERNESTO MASSAROPPI JR LABORATORIO DE MECÂNICA APLICADA E COMPUTACIONAL, DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA MECÂNICA, ESCOLA DE ENGENHARIA DE SÃO CARLOS (EESC), UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO (USP). AV. TRABALHADOR SÃO-CARLENSE, 400. 13566-590 – SÃO CARLOS – SP, BRASIL HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-7369-0255
  • TIAGO CÉSAR ZAMPAOLO LABORATORIO DE MECÂNICA APLICADA E COMPUTACIONAL, DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA MECÂNICA, ESCOLA DE ENGENHARIA DE SÃO CARLOS (EESC), UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO (USP). AV. TRABALHADOR SÃO-CARLENSE, 400. 13566-590 – SÃO CARLOS – SP, BRASIL HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-5967-0864
  • MIGUEL ABAMBRES NUM3ROS, LISBOA/LISBOA, PORTUGAL
  • TIAGO PINTO RIBEIRO TAL PROJECTO – PROJETOS, ESTUDOS E SERVIÇOS DE ENGENHARIA, LDA. AV. INFANTE SANTO, 70. 1350-180 – LISBOA/LISBOA, PORTUGAL HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-5967-0864

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-78256050

Abstract

TAPERED STEEL BEAMS AND COLUMNS HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY USED AS PRIMARY LOAD CARRYING MEMBERS. THE DETERMINATION OF THEIR ACCURATE ULTIMATE CAPACITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED EMPLOYING ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS SUCH AS THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM). THIS PAPER PRESENTS A SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF FE MODEL PARAMETERS ON THE ULTIMATE LOAD OF I-SECTION TAPERED BEAM-COLUMNS TYPICALLY USED IN MEDIUMSPAN STEEL FRAMES. IT AIMS THE DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL FE MESH SIZE AND SUB-STEP NUMBER TO BE USED DURING THE ARC-LENGTH SCHEME FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ACCURATE, ROBUST AND EFFICIENT INELASTIC POST-BUCKLING PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS (PA) AS WELL AS THE EVALUATION OF THE PARAMETERS INFLUENCE. ONCE VALIDATED THE FE MODEL, USING HEXAHEDRAL 8-NODE FINITE ELEMENTS, FE EDGE SIZES OF 20, 25 AND 30 MM AND 10 SUB-STEPS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR USE IN THE FUTURE PA. SEVERAL FE ANALYSES WERE ALSO CARRIED OUT TO EVALUATE HOW IT IS AND QUANTIFY THE INFLUENCE OF EACH OF THE PARAMETERS, LEADING TO EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS WITH ERRORS IN THE RANGE OF -35% TO 35% FOR EQUATIONS WITHOUT CROSSED TERMS AND -23% TO 23% WITH FIRST-ORDER CROSSED TERMS. 

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Published

2020-09-21

Issue

Vol 17 No 8 (2020) - MecSol 2019 São Carlos

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MecSol 2019 São Carlos

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