Dynamic stability of deep and slender wide-flange steel columns - Full scale experiments
Dynamic stability of deep and slender wide-flange steel columns - Full scale experiments
In North America, a common design practice for steel frame buildings with perimeter steel special moment frames (SMFs) is to employ deep and slender wide-flange steel columns (i.e., range of column depth, d > 16 inches). Till recently, very little was known regarding the hysteretic behavior of such members because of lack of available experimental data. This paper discusses selective findings from a full-scale testing program that was conducted at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal with the use of a 6-degree-of-freedom experimental setup. The testing program investigated the cyclic behavior of 10 full-scale beam-columns. The specimens had a depth of 24 inches (i.e., W24xl46 and W24x84 cross-sections) and were subjected under various lateral-loading protocols coupled with constant compressive axial load. The boundary conditions of the specimens simulated a fixed support at the column base and a flexible boundary at the column top end to mimic the flexibility of a beam-to-column connection at the floor level. The tested specimens represented typical interior first-story columns in mid-rise steel SMFs. This paper summarizes the main observations related to the effect of local and global slenderness ratios on the cyclic behavior of beam-columns. The effect of bidirectional lateral loading on the dynamic stability of beam-columns is also addressed. Observations related to the effect of the employed loading history as well as the lateral bracing force design requirements on steel wide- flange beam-columns are also provided based on the available experimental results.
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Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC)
Elkady, Ahmed
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Lignos, Dimitrios G.
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1 January 2016
Elkady, Ahmed
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Lignos, Dimitrios G.
9f55ad65-7b12-4ad6-972c-5a967ec0497b
Elkady, Ahmed and Lignos, Dimitrios G.
(2016)
Dynamic stability of deep and slender wide-flange steel columns - Full scale experiments.
In Structural Stability Research Council Annual Stability Conference 2016, SSRC 2016.
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In North America, a common design practice for steel frame buildings with perimeter steel special moment frames (SMFs) is to employ deep and slender wide-flange steel columns (i.e., range of column depth, d > 16 inches). Till recently, very little was known regarding the hysteretic behavior of such members because of lack of available experimental data. This paper discusses selective findings from a full-scale testing program that was conducted at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal with the use of a 6-degree-of-freedom experimental setup. The testing program investigated the cyclic behavior of 10 full-scale beam-columns. The specimens had a depth of 24 inches (i.e., W24xl46 and W24x84 cross-sections) and were subjected under various lateral-loading protocols coupled with constant compressive axial load. The boundary conditions of the specimens simulated a fixed support at the column base and a flexible boundary at the column top end to mimic the flexibility of a beam-to-column connection at the floor level. The tested specimens represented typical interior first-story columns in mid-rise steel SMFs. This paper summarizes the main observations related to the effect of local and global slenderness ratios on the cyclic behavior of beam-columns. The effect of bidirectional lateral loading on the dynamic stability of beam-columns is also addressed. Observations related to the effect of the employed loading history as well as the lateral bracing force design requirements on steel wide- flange beam-columns are also provided based on the available experimental results.
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Published date: 1 January 2016
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Structural Stability Research Council Annual Stability Conference 2016, SSRC 2016, , Orlando, United States, 2016-04-12 - 2016-04-15
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