Techno Press
You logged in as Techno Press

Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 32, Number 3, August10 2019 , pages 337-396
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2019.32.3.337
 


Characterization of the main component of equal width welded I-beam-to-RHS-column connections
Carlos López-Colina, Miguel A. Serrano, Miguel Lozano, Fernando L. Gayarre, Jesus M. Suárez and Tim Wilkinson

 
Abstract
    The present paper tries to contribute fill the gap of application of the component method to tubular connections. For this purpose, one typical joint configuration in which just one component can be considered as active has been studied. These joints were selected as symmetrically loaded welded connections in which the beam width was the same as the column width. This focused the study on the component ‘side walls of rectangular hollow sections (RHS) in tension/compression’. It should be one of the main components to be considered in welded unstiffened joints between I beams and RHS columns. Many experimental tests on double-sided I-beam-to-RHS-column joint with a width ratio 1 have been carried out by the authors and a finite element (FE) model was validated with their results. Then, some different analytical approaches for the component stiffness and strength have been assessed. Finally, the stiffness proposals have been compared with some FE simulations on I-beam-to-RHS-column joints. This work finally proposes the most adequate equations that were found for the stiffness and strength characterization of the component ‘side walls of RHS in tension/compression’ to be applied in a further unified global proposal for the application of the component method to RHS.
 
Key Words
    connections; component method; stiffness; side walls; RHS
 
Address
(1) Carlos López-Colina, Miguel A. Serrano, Miguel Lozano, Fernando L. Gayarre, Jesus M. Suárez:
Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Oviedo, Building DO7, Pedro Puig Adam St. 33204 Gijón/Xixón, Spain.
(2) Tim Wilkinson:
School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, J05 Civil Engineering Building, Shepherd St, Darlington NSW 2006, Australia.
 

Techno-Press: Publishers of international journals and conference proceedings.       Copyright © 2025 Techno Press
P.O. Box 33, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-600 Korea, Tel: +82-42-828-7996, Fax : +82-42-828-7997, Email: admin@techno-press.com