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Numerical modelling of the behavior of bare and masonry-infilled steel frames with different types of connections under static loads

  • Galal Elsamak (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University) ;
  • Ahmed H. Elmasry (Department of Civil Engineering, Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology) ;
  • Basem O. Rageh (Department of Civil Engineering, Delta Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology)
  • Received : 2022.08.20
  • Accepted : 2023.08.29
  • Published : 2024.01.25
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Abstract

In this paper, the non-linear behavior of masonry-infill and bare steel frames using different beam-column connections under monotonic static loading was investigated through a parametric study. Numerical models were carried out using one- and two-dimensional modelling to validate the experimental results. After validating the experimental results by using these models, a parametric study was carried out to model the behavior of these frames using flushed, extended, and welded connections. The results showed that using the welded or extended connection is more efficient than using the flushed type in masonry-infilled steel frames, since the lateral capacities, initial stiffness, and toughness have been increased by 155%, 601%, and 165%, respectively in the case of using welded connections compared with those used in bare frames. The FE investigation was broadened to study the influence of the variation of the uniaxial column loads on the lateral capacities of the bare/infill steel frames. As the results showed when increasing the amount of uniaxial loading on the columns, whether in tension or compression, causes the lateral load capacity of the columns to decrease by 26% for welded infilled steel frames. Finally, the influence of using different types of beam-to-column connections on the vertical capacities of the bare/infill steel frames under settlement effect was also studied. As a result, it was found that, the vertical load capacity of all types of frames and with using any type of connections is severely reduced, and this decrease may reach 62% for welded infilled frames. Furthermore, the flushed masonry-infilled steel frame has a higher resistance to the vertical loads than the flushed bare steel frame by 133%.

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