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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 10, Number 1, February 2010 , pages 1-21 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2010.10.1.001 |
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Experimental and numerical investigations into the composite behaviour of steel frames and precast concrete infill panels with window openings |
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P.A. Teeuwen, C.S. Kleinman, H.H. Snijder and H. Hofmeyer
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| Abstract | ||
| As an alternative for conventional structures for tall buildings, a hybrid lateral load resisting structure has been designed, enabling the assembly of tall buildings directly from a truck. It consists of steel frames with discretely connected precast concrete infill panels provided with window openings. Besides the stiffening and strengthening effect of the infill panels on the frame structure, economical benefits may be derived from saving costs on materials and labour, and from reducing construction time. In order to develop design rules for this type of structure, the hybrid infilled frame has recently been subjected to experimental and numerical analyses. Ten full-scale tests were performed on one-storey, one-bay, 3 by 3 m infilled frame structures, having different window opening geometries. Subsequently, the response of the full-scale experiments was simulated with the finite element program DIANA. The finite element simulations were performed taking into account non-linear material characteristics and geometrical non-linearity. The experiments show that discretely connected precast concrete panels provided with a window opening, can significantly improve the performance of steel frames. A comparison between the full-scale experiments and simulations shows that the finite element models enable simulating the elastic and plastic behaviour of the hybrid infilled frame. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| infilled frame; steel; precast concrete; lateral resistance; experiments; finite element analysis. | ||
| Address | ||
| P.A. Teeuwen, C.S. Kleinman, H.H. Snijder and H. Hofmeyer; Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands | ||