Blast Performance Evaluation of Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Equipped with Smart Bolted Connection
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 35, Issue 5
Abstract
This paper deterministically evaluates the blast performance of steel moment-resisting frame (MRF) smart structures equipped with nickel titanium shape-memory alloy (NiTi SMA) bolted connections. The recentering capacity of the NiTi SMA bolts is exploited to limit the structural damage and reduce the residual drift after a near-field explosion event. A simplified blast over-pressure calculation approach is used to draw the blast overpressure profile. Numerically, the NiTi SMA–based connection is designed conforming to current European standards and is modeled with a solid finite element. The effect of high-strain-rate actions is considered. The response of the NiTi SMA–based connection is obtained by the nonlinear transient analysis and compared with the steel bolted connection. The NiTi SMA–based connection provided excellent recentering capacity. Later, the moment-rotation response of the NiTi SMA–based connection is utilized in the MRF structure. A simplified self-centering connection is proposed to produce smart behavior in the MRF structures. The results reveal that using NiTi SMA connections keep interstory drift relatively low and substantially provide reasonable structural lateral resistance under near-field blast loading.
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All data and models generated or used during the study appear in the published article. However, some of the code generated during the study are confidential in nature, the Blast Reflected Overpressure Calculation Auto Framework, and may only be provided with restrictions.
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Volume 35 • Issue 5 • October 2021
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Received: Dec 9, 2020
Accepted: Apr 26, 2021
Published online: Jul 12, 2021
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