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Experiments and analysis of the post-buckling behaviors of aluminum alloy double layer space grids applying ball joints

  • Hiyama, Yujiro (Sumitomo Light Metal Industries Ltd.) ;
  • Ishikawa, Koichiro (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Fukui University) ;
  • Kato, Shiro (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology) ;
  • Okubo, Shoji (Sumitomo Light Metal Industries Ltd.)
  • Published : 2000.03.25
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Abstract

This study discusses on the experimental and analytical results of the global buckling tests, carried out on aluminum alloy double layer space grids composed of tubular members, ball joints and connecting bolts at the member ends, with the purpose of demonstrating the effectiveness of a simplified analysis method using an equivalent slenderness ratio for the members. Because very few experiments have been carried out on this type of aluminum space grids, the buckling behavior is investigated experimentally over the post buckling regions using several space grid specimen with various values for the member slenderness ratio. The observed behavior duping the experiments is compared with the analytically obtained results. The comparison is made based on two different schemes; one on the plastic hinge method considering a bending moment-axial force interaction for members and the other on a method using an equivalent slenderness ratio. It is confirmed that the equivalent slenderness method can be effectively applied, even in the post buckling regions, once the effects of the rotational rigidity at the ball joints are appropriately evaluated, because the rigidity controls the buckling behavior. The effectiveness of the equivalent slenderness method will be widely utilized for estimation of the ultimate strength, even in post buckling regions for large span aluminum space grids composed of an extreme large number of nodes and members.

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