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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2012.13.4.383

Experimental study on ductile crack initiation in compact section steel columns  

Luo, Xiaoqun (Dept. of Building Engineering, Tongji University)
Ge, Hanbin (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Meijo University)
Ohashi, Masatoshi (Central Japan Railway Company)
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Steel and Composite Structures / v.13, no.4, 2012 , pp. 383-396 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to develop a verification method for extremely low cycle fatigue (ELCF) of steel structures, the initiation mechanism of ductile cracks is investigated in the present study, which is the first step of brittle fracture, occurred in steel bridge piers with thick-walled sections. For this purpose, a total of six steel columns with small width-thickness ratios were tested under cyclic loading. It is found that ductile cracks occurred at the column base in all the specimens regardless of cyclic loading histories subjected. Moreover, strain history near the crack initiation location is illustrated and an index of energy dissipation amount is proposed to evaluate deformation capacity of structures.
Keywords
ductile crack initiation; brittle fracture; steel bridge; cyclic loading;
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