• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.435-457
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• 2006

The paper presents the cost optimization of composite floor trusses composed from a reinforced concrete slab of constant depth and steel trusses consisting of hot rolled channel sections. The optimization was performed by the nonlinear programming approach, NLP. Accordingly, a NLP optimization model for composite floor trusses was developed. An accurate objective function of the manufacturing material, power and labour costs was proposed to be defined for the optimization. Alongside the costs, the objective function also considers the fabrication times, and the electrical power and material consumption. Composite trusses were optimized according to Eurocode 4 for the conditions of both the ultimate and the serviceability limit states. A numerical example of the optimization of the composite truss system presented at the end of the paper demonstrates the applicability of the proposed approach.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.105-118
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• 2007

On September $11^{th}$ 2001, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were struck by two hijacked airplanes. Despite severe local damage induced by the impact, the towers were able to sustain 102 and 56 minutes of the subsequent multi-storey fires before collapsing. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the in-fire performance of composite trusses by examining the behaviour of the longer-span type used in the towers. It makes no attempt to be a forensic study of the actual events. Using the finite element package Vulcan, the structural mechanics of typical long-span composite floor trusses are explained, under a variety of scenarios, as the fire temperatures rise. Different boundary conditions, degrees of protection and loading are all covered, the results being presented mainly in the form of graphs of deflection and internal force of members against time.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.637-646
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• 2009

바닥슬래브가 있는 경우 국내에서 설계되는 트러스보는 바닥 슬래브와의 합성효과를 고려하지 않고 있다. 이 연구에서는 상하현재를 H형강으로 구성한 합성트러스를 사용하여 기본적인 실험을 수행하였다. 실험에서는 합성트러스의 역학적 거동을 조사하기 위하여 전단연결재의 유무에 따른 영향을 검토하였다. 실험체로서는 철골트러스, 비합성 및 합성트러스 등으로 이루어지며 가력방법으로는 중앙집중재하와 균등휨의 두가지 방법을 사용하였다. 시어 커넥터를 사용한 합성트러스의 합성효과가 실험적으로 확인되어졌다.