Seismic behaviour of welded and bolted I-beam to box column connections

Qian Yi Song, Amin Heidarpour, Xiao Ling Zhao

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Abstract

The secondary disasters, as fire, colliding, explosion and so on, usually occur following an earthquake. The subsequent actions would be more destructive. In order to investigate structure behaviour after an earthquake, it's important to interpret seismic behaviour of structures and evaluate damage levers induced by various earthquake intensities. This paper presents a preliminary work on investigating behaviour of steel connections under seismic loading, focusing on test and analysis of popular used welded and bolted I-beam to hollow box column connections under cyclic loading. 4 connections, including 2 fully welded connections and 2 double-angle bolted connections were tested in the lab under cyclic loading. The load vs. deformation relationship, strength and dissipated energy were measured during the test, meanwhile deformation, fracture and final failure phenomena were observed. Ductility and earthquake induced damage based on test results are described and evaluated preliminarily. Test results could be useful for further investigation and analysis on pre-damaged connections under various possible post- earthquake actions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013
PublisherTaylor and Francis - Balkema
Pages1353-1358
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781138000612
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013 - Cape Town, South Africa
Duration: 2 Sept 20134 Sept 2013

Publication series

NameResearch and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Period2/09/134/09/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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