Mechanical Behavior and Modeling of Dowelled Steel-to-Timber Moment-Resisting Connections
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 6
Abstract
This paper investigates the mechanical behavior of dowelled steel-to-timber moment-resisting connections. Two configurations of joints were tested, and the experimental results were used to validate a three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear finite element method (FEM) model. The model uses the Hill criterion to manage the plastic yielding of timber. The brittle character of timber in shear and tension perpendicular to grain is managed through the damage evolution based on the Hoffman failure criterion. The numerical model represents with good accuracy the behavior observed during experiments. The analytical model based on the theory of plastic limit analysis was evaluated through the application to the tested connections.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51108055), Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51121005), Research Projects of Institut Pascal, Université Blaise Pascal, and the Chinese-French cooperation program Cai Yuanpei 2012 – 27938UM.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 141 • Issue 6 • June 2015
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Received: Jul 17, 2013
Accepted: May 23, 2014
Published online: Aug 7, 2014
Discussion open until: Jan 7, 2015
Published in print: Jun 1, 2015
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