• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.489-502
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• 2023

The strong column-weak beam (SCWB) moment ratio is specified in AISC 341 to prevent an abrupt column sway in steel special moment frames (SMFs) during earthquakes. Even when the SCWB requirement is satisfied for an SMF, a column-sway can develop in the SMF. This is because the contribution of the composite beam action developed in the concrete floor slab and its supporting beams was not included while calculating the SCWB moment ratio. In this study, we developed a new method for calculating the SCWB moment ratio that included the contribution of composite beam action. We evaluated the seismic collapse performance of the SMFs considering various risk categories and building heights. We demonstrated that the collapse performance of the SMFs was significantly improved by using the proposed SCWB equation that also satisfied the target performance specified in ASCE 7.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제78권5호
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• pp.623-635
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• 2021

Previous studies have suggested the maximum experimental story shear force of beam-column joint frame does not reach its theoretical value due to beam-column joint failure when the column-to-beam moment capacity ratio was close to 1.0. It was also pointed out that under a certain amount of axial force, an axial collapse and a sudden decrease of lateral load-carrying capacity may occur at the joint. Although increasing joint transverse reinforcement could improve the lateral load-carrying capacity and axial load-carrying capacity of beam-column joint frame, the conditions considering varying axial force were still not well investigated. For this purpose, 7 full-scale specimens with no-axial force and 14 half-scale specimens with varying axial force are designed and subjected to static loading tests. Comparing the experimental results of the two types of specimens, it has indicated that introducing the varying axial force leads to a reduction of the required joint transverse reinforcement ratio which can avoid the beam-column joint failure. For specimens with varying axial force, to prevent beam-column joint failure and axial collapse, the lower limit of joint transverse reinforcement ratio is acquired when given a column-to-beam moment capacity ratio.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 철근콘크리트 모멘트 골조의 보-기둥 접합부에 대한 비탄성 회전 능력의 성능을 조사한 연구 결과를 하고 있다. 총 91개의 보-기둥 접합부 실험체에 대해 상세히 조사되었으며, 그 중 28개의 실험체는 ACI 318-02의 상세 요구에 기초하여 특수 모멘트 골조 접합부로서 분류되었다. AISC-97 내진 기준에서 철골 모멘트 골조 접합부를 위해 정의된 허용기준이 분류된 철근콘크리트 모멘트 골조의 접합부에 대해 평가하기 위해서 사용되었다. 특수 모멘트 골조 접합부에 대한 설계 상세를 만족하는 28개의 실험체 중 27개의 특수 모멘트 골조 접합부가 충분한 강도를 가지고 있었으며, 급격한 강도 감소 없이 0.03 rad.의 소성 회전에 대해 연성 거동을 발휘할 수 있음을 보여 주었다. 접합부의 전단 강도, 기둥과 보에 대한 휨 강도 비율, 접합부내에서의 횡방향 철근비 등에 대한 제한이 보-기둥 접합부의 만족스런 내진 성능을 보여주는데 중요한 역할을 하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2017

The widespread damage to steel Moment Resisting Frames (MRFs) in past major earthquakes have underscored the need to understand the nonlinear inelastic behaviour of such systems. To assess the seismic performance of steel MRF, it is essential to model the nonlinear force-deformation behaviour of beam to column joints. To determine the extent of inelasticity in a beam to column joint, nonlinear finite element analysis is generally carried out, which is computationally involved and demanding. In order to obviate the need of such elaborate analyses, a simplistic method to predict the force-deformation behaviour is required. In this study, a simple, mechanics driven, hand calculation method is proposed to obtain the forcedeformation behaviour of strong axis beam to column moment joints. The force-deformation behaviour for twenty-five interior and exterior beam to column joints, having column to beam strength ratios ranging from 1.2 to 10.99 and 2.4 to 22, respectively, have been obtained. The force-deformation behaviour predicted using the proposed method is compared with the results of finite element analyses. The results show that the proposed method predicts the force-deformation behaviour fairly accurately, with much lesser computational effort. Further the proposed method has been used to conduct Nonlinear Dynamic Time History Analyses of two benchmark frames; close correspondence of results obtained with published results establishes the usefulness and computational accuracy of the method.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.141-159
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• 2016

Commonly in steel frames, steel beam and concrete slab are connected together by shear keys to work as a unit member which is called composite beam. When a composite beam is subjected to positive bending, flexural strength and stiffness of the beam can be increased due to "composite action". At the same time despite these advantages, composite action increases the strain at the beam bottom flange and it might affect beam plastic rotation capacity. This paper presents results of study on the rotation capacity of composite beam connected to Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS) column in the steel moment resisting frame buildings. Due to out-of-plane deformation of column flange, moment transfer efficiency of web connection is reduced and this results in reduction of beam plastic rotation capacity. In order to investigate the effects of width-to-thickness ratio (B/t) of RHS column on the rotation capacity of composite beam, cyclic loading tests were conducted on three full scale beam-to-column subassemblies. Detailed study on the different steel beam damages and concrete slab damages are presented. Experimental data showed the importance of this parameter of RHS column on the seismic behavior of composite beams. It is found that occurrence of severe concrete bearing crush at the face of RHS column of specimen with smaller width-to-thickness ratio resulted in considerable reduction on the rate of strain increase in the bottom flange. This behavior resulted in considerable improvement of rotation capacity of this specimen compared with composite and even bare steel beam connected to the RHS column with larger width-to-thickness ratio.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1177-1195
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• 2015

Six specimens are tested to investigate the cyclic behavior of beam-to-column abnormal joints in steel moment-resisting frames, which are designed according to the principle of strong-member and weak-panel zone. Key parameters include the axial compression ratio of column and the section depth ratio of beams. Experimental results indicate that four types of failure patterns occurred during the loading process. The $P-{\Delta}$ hysteretic loops are stable and plentiful, but have different changing tendency at the positive and negative direction in the later of loading process due to mechanical behaviors of specimens. The ultimate strength tends to increase with the decrease of the section depth ratio of beams, but it is not apparent relationship to the axial compression ratio of column, which is less than 0.5. The top panel zone has good deformation capacity and the shear rotation can reach to 0.04 rad. The top panel zone and the bottom panel zone don't work as a whole. Based on the experimental results, the equation for shear strength of the abnormal joint panel zone is established by considering the restriction of the bottom panel zone to the top panel zone, which is suitable for the abnormal joint of H-shaped or box column and beams with different depths.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2019

This study introduces new connections that connect the beam to the column with slit dampers. Plastic deformations and damages concentrate on slit dampers. The slit dampers prevent plastic damages of column, beam, welds and panel zone and act as fuses. The slit dampers were prepared with IPE profiles that had some holes in the webs. In this paper, two experimental specimens were made. In first specimen (SDC1), just one slit damper connected the beam to the column and one IPE profile with no holes connected the bottom flange of the beam to the column. The second specimen (SDC2) had two similar dampers which connected the top and bottom flange of the beam to the column. Cyclic loading was applied on Specimens. The cyclic displacements conditions continued until 0.06 radian rotation of connection. The experimental observations showed that the bending moment of specimen SDC2 increased until 0.04 story drift. In specimen SDC1, the bending moment decreases after 0.03 story drift. Test results indicate the high performance of the proposed connection. Based on the results, the specimen with two slit damper (SDC2) has higher seismic performance and dissipates more energy in loading process than specimen SDC1. Theoretical formulas were extended for the proposed connections. Numerical studies have been done by ABAQUS software. The theoretical and numerical results had good agreements with the experimental data. Based on the experimental and numerical investigations, the high ductility of connection is obtained from plastic damages of slit dampers. The most flexural moment of specimen SDC1 occurred at 3% story drift and this value was 1.4 times the plastic moment of the beam section. This parameter for SDC2 was 1.73 times the plastic moment of the beam section and occurred at 4% story drift. The dissipated energy ratio of SDC2 to SDC1 is equal to 1.51.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 철골모멘트골조의 보-힌지 붕괴모드를 유도하는 최적 내진설계기법을 제안한다. 이는 유전자알고리즘을 사용하며, 기둥의 소성힌지 발생을 억제하는 제약조건을 설정하여 보-힌지 붕괴모드를 유도한다. 제안하는 기법은 구조물량를 최소화하고 에너지소산능력을 최대화하는 목적함수를 사용한다. 제안하는 기법은 9층 철골모멘트골조 예제 적용을 통해 검증한다. 예제 적용을 통해 철골모멘트골조의 보-힌지 붕괴모드를 유도하기 위해 요구되는 기둥-보 강도비를 평가한다. 패널존에 대한 3가지 모델링 기법을 각각 적용하여 모델링 조건에 따른 휨강도비 영향이 추가적으로 검토된다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.769-777
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• 2000

본 논문은 CFT기둥-H형강보 철골 모멘트 접합부의 보-패널존 강도비에 의한 내진거동을 평가하였다. 보에 대한 패널존의 상대강도를 주요변수로 하였다. 각 실험체는 $H-350{\times}175{\times}7{\times}11$ 보(SS400)와 ${\boxe}-250{\times}250{\times}9$, ${\boxe}-250{\times}250{\times}12$ 기둥(SPSR400)으로 제작되었다. 실험체의 에너지 흡수량은 5.2~12.7(tm)의 분포를 나타냈다. 패널존이 보에 비해 너무 강하거나 약하면, 에너지 흡수능력이 열등했다. 철골 모멘트 저항골조에 있어서 본 실험의 결과는 패널존의 항복을 허용하는 것이 내진거동에 유리함을 나타내고 있다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.445-461
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• 2018

The aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of the number of spans, height of spans, number of floors, height of floors, column to beam moment of inertia ratio, and plastic joints distance of beams from columns on the ductility of moment frames. For the facility in controlling the ductility of the frames, this paper offers a simple relation instead of complex equations of different codes. For this purpose, 500 analyzed and designed frames were randomly selected, and their ductility was calculated by the use of nonlinear static analysis. The results cleared that the column-to-beam moment of inertia ratio had the highest effect on ductility, and if this relation was more than 2.8, there would be no need for using the complex relations of codes for controlling the ductility of frames. Finally, the ductility of the most frames of this research could be estimated by using the combination of genetic algorithm and artificial neural networks properly.