| Steel and Composite Structures Volume 22, Number 5, December10 2016, pages 1085-1114 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2016.22.5.1085 | |
A numerical and theoretical investigation on composite pipe-in-pipe structure under impact | |
Yu Wang, Xudong Qian, J.Y. Richard Liew and Min-Hong Zhang
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| Abstract [Buy Article] | |
| This paper investigates the transverse impact response for ultra lightweight cement composite (ULCC) filled pipe-in-pipe structures through a parametric study using both a validated finite element procedure and a validated theoretical model. The parametric study explores the effect of the impact loading conditions (including the impact velocity and the indenter shape), the geometric properties (including the pipe length and the dimensions of the three material layers) as well as the material properties (including the material properties of the steel pipes and the filler materials) on the impact response of the pipe-in-pipe composite structures. The global impact responses predicted by the FE procedure and by the theoretical model agree with each other closely. The parametric study using the theoretical approach indicates the close relationships among the global impact responses (including the maximum impact force and the maximum global displacement) in specimens with the equivalent thicknesses, proposed in the theoretical model, for the pipe-in-pipe composite structures. In the pipe-in-pipe composite structure, the inner steel pipe, together with the outer steel pipe, imposes a strong confinement on the infilled cement composite and enhances significantly the composite action, leading to improved impact resistance, small global and local deformations. | |
| Key Words | |
| impact response; steel-concrete composite; dynamic analysis; sandwich composite; ultralightweight cement composite | |
| Address | |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Centre for Offshore Research and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576. | |
