Fire-Resistance Behavior of Completely Overlapped Tubular Joints under Lap Brace Axial Loading
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 9
Abstract
The fire resistance behavior of completely overlapped tubular joints was experimentally and numerically investigated. Three completely overlapped tubular joint specimens with different geometric properties were tested to failure under constant lap brace axial loads at elevated temperatures. The failure modes of the three specimens were identified as the local indentation with plastification at the through brace face joining the lap brace. No sign of local deformation on the chord was observed. The finite-element (FE) models of completely overlapped tubular joints were developed based on the sequentially coupled thermal-stress analysis using ABAQUS (version 6.10). The comparison of the critical temperature, fire endurance time, and failure mode showed that the FE analysis was in good agreement with the experimental results. A parametric study was subsequently carried out to quantify the effects of various geometric parameters of the joints under fire conditions. An existing equation was adapted from the Comité International pour le Dévelopment et 1’Etude de la Construction Tubulaire (CIDECT) to predict the critical temperature of the joints. Based on the data obtained from the experiment and the FE analysis, the adapted equation predicted reasonably well the critical temperature of the completely overlapped tubular joints under lap brace axial loading.
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Acknowledgments
This work is supported by the National Key Research & Development Plan of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0802002) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. HUST: 2016JCTD113).
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Volume 144 • Issue 9 • September 2018
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Received: Sep 18, 2016
Accepted: Mar 4, 2018
Published online: Jun 20, 2018
Published in print: Sep 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Nov 20, 2018
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