Battened Steel Columns with Semi-Continuous Base Plate Connections: Experimental Results vs. Theoretical Predictions

Abstract:

The paper describes a comparison of experimental results and theoretical predictions regarding the lateral force-displacement response of built-up battened steel columns including semi-rigid and partial-strength base plate connections. Two specimens, representing samples of columns extracted from an existing industrial building, were fabricated and tested. Different types of both the battens and the base-plate connections characterized the two specimens. Preliminary lateral-loading tests in a range of elastic response, under varying levels of the concomitant axial force, allowed both exploring initial (elastic) stiffness and estimating yield displacements. Subsequently, cyclic lateral-loading tests with a given value of the axial force allowed investigating the restoring force characteristics in case of seismic actions. First, the paper describes and comments on the experimental performance of the two specimens. Second, numerical finite-element model predictions are illustrated and compared with experimental results. Third, based on the experimental results, as well as on the FE model analysis, the study looks for possible extensions and adaptations to current Eurocode 3 prediction models.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 763)
• Pages: 243-250
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.763.243
• Online since: February 2018
• Authors: Gaetano della Corte*, Gaetano Cantisani, Raffaele Landolfo
• Keywords: Column, Connection, Experiment, Model

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