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Ultimate load capacity of unit Strarch frames using an explicit numerical method

  • Lee, Kyoungsoo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST) ;
  • Hong, Jung-Wuk (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST) ;
  • Han, Sang-Eul (Department of Architectural Engineering, School of Architecture, Inha University)
  • Received : 2012.02.29
  • Accepted : 2012.09.24
  • Published : 2012.12.25
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Abstract

This study uses an explicit numerical algorithm to evaluate the ultimate load capacity analysis of a unit Strarch frame, accounting for the initial imperfection effects of the stress-erection process. Displacement-based filament beam element and an explicit dynamic relaxation method with kinetic damping are used to achieve the analysis. The section is composed of the finite number of filaments that can be conveniently modeled by various material models. Ramberg-Osgood and bilinear kinematic elastic plastic material models are formulated to analyze the nonlinear material behaviors of filaments. The numerical results obtained in the present study are compared with the results of experiment for stress-erection and buckling of unit Strarch frames.

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Supported by : National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

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