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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 18, Number 4, April 2015 , pages 1001-1021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2015.18.4.1001 |
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Ultimate strength behavior of steel-concrete-steel sandwich beams with ultra-lightweight cement composite, Part 2: Finite element analysis |
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Jia-Bao Yan, J.Y. Richard Liew and Min-Hong Zhang
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| Abstract | ||
| Ultra-lightweight cement composite (ULCC) with a compressive strength of 60 MPa and density of 1,450 kg/m3 has been developed and used in the steel-concrete-steel (SCS) sandwich structures. This paper investigates the structural performances of SCS sandwich composite beams with ULCC as filled material. Overlapped headed shear studs were used to provide shear and tensile bond between the face plate and the lightweight core. Three-dimensional nonlinear finite element (FE) model was developed for the ultimate strength analysis of such SCS sandwich composite beams. The accuracy of the FE analysis was established by comparing the predicted results with the quasi-static tests on the SCS sandwich beams. The FE model was also applied to the nonlinear analysis on curved SCS sandwich beam and shells and the SCS sandwich beams with J-hook connectors and different concrete core including ULCC, lightweight concrete (LWC) and normal weight concrete (NWC). Validations were also carried out to check the accuracy of the FE analysis on the SCS sandwich beams with J-hook connectors and curved SCS sandwich structure. Finally, recommended FE analysis procedures were given. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| cement composite; finite element analysis; J hook connector; overlapped connector; sandwich structure | ||
| Address | ||
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, E1A-07-03, One Engineering Drive 2, Singapore 117576. | ||