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Experimental and numerical investigations on remaining strengths of damaged parabolic steel tubular arches

  • Huang, Yonghui (Guangzhou University-Tamkang University Joint Research Center for Engineering Structure Disaster Prevention and Control, Guangzhou University) ;
  • Liu, Airong (Guangzhou University-Tamkang University Joint Research Center for Engineering Structure Disaster Prevention and Control, Guangzhou University) ;
  • Pi, Yong-Lin (Guangzhou University-Tamkang University Joint Research Center for Engineering Structure Disaster Prevention and Control, Guangzhou University) ;
  • Bradford, Mark A. (Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales) ;
  • Fu, Jiyang (Guangzhou University-Tamkang University Joint Research Center for Engineering Structure Disaster Prevention and Control, Guangzhou University)
  • Received : 2019.01.15
  • Accepted : 2019.12.15
  • Published : 2020.01.10
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Abstract

This paper presents experimental and numerical studies on effects of local damages on the in-plane elastic-plastic buckling and strength of a fixed parabolic steel tubular arch under a vertical load distributed uniformly over its span, which have not been reported in the literature hitherto. The in-plane structural behaviour and strength of ten specimens with different local damages are investigated experimentally. A finite element (FE) model for damaged steel tubular arches is established and is validated by the test results. The FE model is then used to conduct parametric studies on effects of the damage location, depth and length on the strength of steel arches. The experimental results and FE parametric studies show that effects of damages at the arch end on the strength of the arch are more significant than those of damages at other locations of the arch, and that effects of the damage depth on the strength of arches are most significant among those of the damage length. It is also found that the failure modes of a damaged steel tubular arch are much related to its initial geometric imperfections. The experimental results and extensive FE results show that when the effective cross-section considering local damages is used in calculating the modified slenderness of arches, the column bucking curve b in GB50017 or Eurocode3 can be used for assessing the remaining in-plane strength of locally damaged parabolic steel tubular arches under uniform compression. Furthermore, a useful interaction equation for assessing the remaining in-plane strength of damaged steel tubular arches that are subjected to the combined bending and axial compression is also proposed based on the validated FE models. It is shown that the proposed interaction equation can provide lower bound assessments for the remaining strength of damaged arches under in-plane general loading.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China

This research is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51678169, 51878188), Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou (No. 201710010147), and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou (No. 201807010021).

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