• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.357-373
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• 2019

Steel storage racks are slender structures whose overall behavior and the capacity depend largely on the flexural behavior of the base-plate to upright connections and on the behavior of beam-to-column connections. The base-plate upright connection assembly details, anchor bolt position in particular, associated with the high-rise steel storage racks differ from those of normal height steel storage racks. Since flexural behavior of high-rise rack base connection is hitherto unavailable, this investigation experimentally establishes the flexural behavior of base-plate upright connections of high-rise steel storage racks. This investigation used an enhanced test setup and considered nine groups of three identical tests to investigate the influence of factors such as axial load, base plate thickness, anchor bolt size, bracket length, and upright thickness. The test observations show that the base-plate assembly may significantly influence the overall behavior of such connections. A rigid plate analytical model and an elastic plate analytical model for the overall rotations stiffness of base-plate upright connections with concentric anchor bolts were constructed, and were found to give better predictions of the initial stiffness of such connections. Analytical model based parametric studies highlight and quantify the interplay of components and provide a means for efficient maximization of overall rotational stiffness of concentrically anchor bolted high-rise rack base-plate upright connections.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.303-315
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• 2017

This paper describes the finite element model for predicting the fundamental performance of embedded steel column base connections under monotonic and cyclic loading. Geometric and material nonlinearities were included in the proposed finite element model. Bauschinger and pinching effects were considered in the simulation of embedded column base connections under cyclic loading. The degradation of steel yield strength and accumulation of plastic damage can be well simulated. The accuracy of the finite element model is examined by comparing the predicted results with independent experimental dataset. It is demonstrated that the finite element model accurately predicts the behaviour and failure models of the embedded steel column base connections. The finite element model is extended to carry out evaluations and parametric studies. The investigated parameters include column embedded length, concrete strength, axial load and base plate thickness. Moreover, analytical models for predicting the initial stiffness and bending moment strength of the embedded column base connection were developed. The comparison between results from analytical models and those from experiments and finite element analysis proved the developed analytical model was accurate and conservative for design purposes.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.307-326
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• 2019

A low computational cost semi-analytical method is developed, based on eigenfunction expansion, to study the vibration of rectangular plates subjected to a series of moving sprung masses, representing a bridge deck under multiple vehicle or train moving loads. The dynamic effects of the suspension system are taken into account by using flexible connections between the moving masses and the base structure. The accuracy of the proposed method in predicting the dynamic response of a rectangular plate subjected to a series of moving sprung masses is demonstrated compared to the conventional rigid moving mass models. It is shown that the proposed method can considerably improve the computational efficiency of the conventional methods by eliminating a large number of time-varying components in the coupled Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) matrices. The dynamic behaviour of the system is then investigated by performing a comprehensive parametric study on the Dynamic Amplification Factor (DAF) of the moving loads using different design parameters. The results indicate that ignoring the flexibility of the suspension system in both moving force and moving mass models may lead to substantially underestimated DAF predictions and therefore unsafe design solutions. This highlights the significance of taking into account the stiffness of the suspension system for accurate estimation of the plate maximum dynamic response in practical applications.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.419-426
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• 2005

본 연구는 수평하중을 받는 플랫 플레이트 슬래브 해석을 위한 수정된 등가골조 모델을 제안한 것이다. ACI 318 (2000)은 중력하중 뿐만 아니라 수평하중을 받는 2 방향 슬래브 해석을 위해 등가골조 모델을 허용하고 있다. ACI 318 (2000)에서 채택하고 있는 등가골조 모델은 중력하중을 고려하여 발전되었기 때문에, 수평하중하의 플랫 플레이트 슬래브의 거동을 정확하게 예측하지 못할지 모른다. 따라서 본 연구는 수평하중 하의 플랫 플레이트 슬래브에 대한 더 정확한 해답을 줄 수 있는 수정된 등가골조 모델을 발전시켰다. 수평하중이 지배적인 경우, 이 모델은 기존 등가골조 모델보다 플랫 플레이트 슬래브 시스템의 구성요소 슬래브, 기둥, 비틀림 부재에 대한 더 정확한 힘의 전달 메커니즘을 반영한다. 이 모델의 타당성은 유한요소해석 결과와 제안한 모델의 해석 결과를 비교하여 검증하였으며, 기존 등가골조 모델의 해석 결과가 비교에 포함되었다. 양방향으로 3스팬을 갖는 2층 건물을 비교 대상으로 삼았으며, 수정된 등가골조 모델의 수평변위 및 슬래브모멘트 결과는 유한요소해석 결과와 가장 근사한 결과를 나타냈다.