工字形截面楔形梁的侧向屈曲:新理论

针对工字形截面楔形梁的侧向屈曲提出了一个全新的理论。在工字形截面楔形梁的分析中首先采用线性分析,其中梁的两个翼缘和腹板的变形能力根据薄壁构件的基本假定决定。随后,基于屈曲分析的经典变分原理,提出该梁侧向屈曲分析中的总势能。利用该理论计算出楔形悬臂梁和工字形简支梁的侧向屈曲荷载,并将其与分别采用2个壳单元和2个梁单元建模的有限元分析结果对比。这2个梁单元模型分别代表了利用柱状梁单元和典型楔形梁理论的等效方法。对比显示:按照新提议的方法计算出来的总势能要比按以往方法计算出来的数值更精确,这表示新提议的理论要优于以往的理论。同时发现,利用柱状梁的等效法来计算楔形梁的屈曲荷载可能会得出不可靠的结果。     

Experimental and numerical investigation on LTB strengths of monosymmetric compact I-beams with thickness-stepped-flanges

This paper investigates the inelastic lateral torsional buckling, LTB, of doubly stepped singly symmetric compact I-beams under two concentrated loads. The results are obtained by conducting actual destructive tests on the beams using a testing machine and running simulation tests using the finite element program, ABAQUS. The main factors that are considered for the analyses are the degree of symmetry, the loading and supports, the stepped beam factors and the length. For this study, the beams have simple supports. The monosymmetric ratio of all the beams analyzed is fixed at 0.7. The unbraced lengths of the beams are 3 meters and 4 meters. The results obtained from ABAQUS are compared with the results from design specifications to determine the effects of steps and from proposed design equations to determine the equations’ applicability and safety. The results revealed that the stepped beams did have an increase in capacity in comparison with the prismatic beams and that the proposed equations are suitable to be used in predicting the strength of stepped beams under the observed loading condition.     

Interaction of buckling modes in castellated steel beams

This paper investigates the behaviour of normal and high strength castellated steel beams under combined lateral torsional and distortional buckling modes. An efficient nonlinear 3D finite element model has been developed for the analysis of the beams. The initial geometric imperfection and material nonlinearities were carefully considered in the analysis. The nonlinear finite element model was verified against tests on castellated beams having different lengths and different cross-sections. Failure loads and interaction of buckling modes as well as load-lateral deflection curves of castellated steel beams were investigated in this study. An extensive parametric study was carried out using the finite element model to study the effects of the change in cross-section geometries, beam length and steel strength on the strength and buckling behaviour of castellated steel beams. The parametric study has shown that the presence of web distortional buckling causes a considerable decrease in the failure load of slender castellated steel beams. It is also shown that the use of high strength steel offers a considerable increase in the failure loads of less slender castellated steel beams. The failure loads predicted from the finite element model were compared with that predicted from Australian Standards for steel beams under lateral torsional buckling. It is shown that the Specification predictions are generally conservative for normal strength castellated steel beams failing by lateral torsional buckling, unconservative for castellated steel beams failing by web distortional buckling and quite conservative for high strength castellated steel beams failing by lateral torsional buckling.     

多孔钢梁在组合屈曲模态下的非线性分析

讨论了一般强度和高强度多孔钢梁在组合屈曲模态下的非线性分析。建立一个考虑腹板和翼缘初始几何缺陷、残余应力和材料非线性等情况的多孔钢梁的三维有限元模型。用具有不同长度,不同截面,不同荷载条件和不同失效模态的多孔梁的试验结果验证了此有限元模型。该模型能计算多孔梁的失效荷载,跨中荷载-挠度关系和失效模态。用120根多孔梁的有限元计算数据进行了参数分析,研究截面几何尺寸,梁长和钢材料强度对多孔梁强度和屈曲性能的影响。参数研究结果显示:由于组合腹板的扭转和腹板后屈曲引起的多孔梁失效对承载力有很大的影响。对于长细比较小的多孔梁,应用高强度钢材料将能显著提高失效荷载值。将有限元计算得到的失效荷载与利用澳洲规范计算的多孔梁平面外屈曲计算结果进行了对比,发现规范的计算结果对于平面外屈曲的一般强度多孔梁是不保守的,而对于组合腹板扭转和腹板后屈曲的高强度多孔梁的失效则非常保守。     

Shear-flexible thin-walled element for composite I-beams

A shear-flexible finite element based on an orthogonal Cartesian coordinate system is developed for the flexural and buckling analyses of thin-walled composite I-beams with both doubly and mono-symmetrical cross-sections. Using the first-order shear deformable beam theory, the derived element includes both the transverse shear and the restrained warping induced shear deformations. Governing equations are derived from the principle of minimum total potential energy. Three different types of finite elements, namely, linear, quadratic and cubic elements are developed to solve the governing equations. The geometric stiffness for the buckling analysis of axially loaded, thin-walled composite beams is developed. The resulting linearized buckling problem is solved using a shifted inverse iteration algorithm. A parametric study of the effects of the aspect ratio and the fibre orientation on the tip displacement is presented. The convergence of the elements is also investigated. The elastic buckling loads for mono- and doubly-symmetric I-beam cross-sections are compared with other results available in the literature and with solutions using shell elements in a commercially available finite element program.     

Elastic flexural-torsional buckling of thin-walled cantilevers

Previous studies by the authors revealed that the two representative theories with slight differences between, widely used in investigating the flexural-torsional buckling of thin-walled beams, have led to two different solutions in well-known literature for assessing critical loads of simply supported beams of monosymmetric cross section. With these two solutions, significant differences in critical loads may be found for these monosymmetric beams. Based on the classical variational principle for buckling analyses, a new theory on the flexural-torsional buckling of thin-walled members was proposed by the authors. In this paper, this new theory as well as the other two typical theories is employed to investigate the flexural-torsional buckling of cantilevers.This paper first gives a brief review and a careful comparative study on the flexural-torsional buckling of thin-walled cantilevers employing three different buckling theories. Differences between these theories are demonstrated with investigations on buckling of cantilevers under pure bending and two typical transverse loads. Explicit solutions, capable of considering variations of beam length and loading position along the vertical axis of cross section, are presented for predicting the critical loads of doubly symmetric cantilevers under two typical transverse loads. Advantages of presented solutions, such as good accuracy and ease of use, are exploited through the comparisons of critical results with those from existing solutions and finite element analyses.     

Elastic lateral stability of I-shaped cellular steel beams

In this paper, the lateral stability of cellular steel beams is numerically investigated. The study is carried out using three-dimensional finite element modeling of simply supported I-shaped cellular steel beams with a broad spectrum of cross-sectional dimensions, span lengths and web perforation configurations. Stability analyses are carried out for beams subjected to equal end moments, mid-span concentrated loads and uniformly distributed loads. Finite element results reveal that, unlike the case of conventional beams with solid webs, the moment-gradient coefficient C_b is significantly influenced by the beam geometry and slenderness. In addition, the C_b coefficient of cellular beams depends on the web perforation configuration. Moment-gradient coefficient values that fluctuate closely to those values recommended by design codes are associated with pure elastic lateral torsional buckling (LTB) deformations. As the beam slenderness decreases, the web distortion increases, leading to the lateral distortional buckling (LDB) mode, which is associated with lower C_b values than code-recommended ones. Severe reduction in the C_b coefficient to values less than 1.1 is noticed for shorter-span beams where the response is dominated by non-lateral local buckling modes.A simplified approach is developed to enable accurate prediction of a moment modification factor κ_LB for cellular beams. The proposed κ_LB factor is provided by an empirical formula that is derived based on the best fit of the finite element results related to lateral buckling (LTB and LDB) modes only. The proposed approach allows for accurate and conservative evaluation of the critical moment associated with the lateral torsional/distortional buckling of cellular beams. Several numerical examples are worked out to illustrate the application of the proposed procedure.     

Lateral-torsional buckling capacity assessment of web opening steel girders by artificial neural networks — elastic investigation

Bridge girders exposed to aggressive environmental conditions are subject to time-variant changes in resistance. There is therefore a need for evaluation procedures that produce accurate predictions of the load-carrying capacity and reliability of bridge structures to allow rational decisions to be made about repair, rehabilitation and expected life-cycle costs. This study deals with the stability of damaged steel I-beams with web opening subjected to bending loads. A three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model using ABAQUS for the elastic flexural torsional analysis of I-beams has been used to assess the effect of web opening on the lateral buckling moment capacity. Artificial neural network (ANN) approach has been also employed to derive empirical formulae for predicting the lateral-torsional buckling moment capacity of deteriorated steel I-beams with different sizes of rectangular web opening using obtained FE results. It is found out that the proposed formulae can accurately predict residual lateral buckling capacities of doubly-symmetric steel I-beams with rectangular web opening. Hence, the results of this study can be used for better prediction of buckling life of web opening of steel beams by practice engineers.     

薄壁钢梁稳定性计算的争议及其解决

在规范修订过程中,对钢梁的整体稳定性计算,有学者对《钢结构设计规范》(GBJ17—88)所依据的临界弯矩计算公式提出了质疑,并提出了新的计算公式。本文对规范所依据的公式和新提出的公式所依据的理论进行了对比,对新公式所依据的理论提出了疑问。为避免薄壁构件理论引入的各种假设带来思辨上难以解决的争议,本文采用ANSYS通用有限元程序的三维板壳单元SHELL63进行了6组共36根梁的整体失稳分析。有限元分析结果表明,采用板稳定理论求得的梁临界弯矩与《钢结构设计规范》(GBJ17—88)所依据的公式符合较好,而与新提出的公式比较相差较大。本文根据薄壁梁弯扭稳定理论,推导了考虑非线性正应变和剪应变的梁失稳过程应变能的变化公式,从而解释了考虑非线性剪应变的理论与ANSYS分析结果不符的原因,并对传统的稳定理论得到的结果进行了肯定。     

Design of semi-continuous composite steel-concrete beams at the fire limit state

A two-dimensional temperature analysis procedure based on the finite element method (FEM) is described and applied to steel-concrete composite beams. A computer program developed for the analysis is detailed. A strategy is also proposed for incorporating the influence of the partial resistance of the composite connections in reducing the sagging moment at central regions of the beam spans when the beam is calculated as semi-continuous. Finally, an example problem is discussed, comparing the design uniformly distributed loads that can be supported by a composite beam calculated as semi-continuous and with simply supported spans. The temperature distribution due to fire at the central region of the spans is taken as in the simplified procedure proposed in European Prestandard ENV 1994-1-2 [ENV 1994-1-2. Eurocode 4, Design of composite steel and concrete structures — Structural fire design. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN); 1994] and then obtained with the more rigorous calculation using the described numerical algorithm. It will be assumed that no ultimate limit state will occur due to shear force (web buckling) or due to bending moment at the hogging moment regions of the beam (web and bottom flange buckling or distortional lateral buckling).     

Lateral–distortional buckling of monorails

This paper is concerned with the elastic lateral–distortional (LD) buckling of single span steel monorail I-beams and its influence on their design strengths. The distortion of a slender web reduces the elastic buckling resistance of an intermediate length beam below its flexural–torsional (FT) resistance. A finite element computer program was used to study the elastic LD buckling of single span beams. The LD to FT buckling moment ratios were generally higher for simply supported beams with bottom flange central concentrated loads than for uniform bending, and lower for shear centre concentrated loads. For beams with bottom flange loading and unrestrained bottom flanges, there were very significant reductions in these ratios, but they increased when rigid web stiffeners or top flange torsional restraints were provided at the supports. For beams with bottom flange loading and unrestrained bottom flanges, the reductions in the elastic buckling resistance were greater for beams with stocky flanges than for slender flanges. Approximations were found for estimating the reduced resistances which were generally of high accuracy or conservative, and for estimating the increased resistances caused by elastic and rigid top flange end torsional restraints. A method of designing steel beams against LD buckling was proposed and its use demonstrated by a worked example.     

双轴对称楔形工字钢梁的弹性弯扭屈曲

本文利用基于板壳屈曲理论的有限元方法对楔形薄壁构件的弯扭屈曲进行了分析,对两种基于薄壁杆件理论的楔形工字钢梁弯扭屈曲分析方法进行了对比。基于较精确的楔形薄壁构件屈曲理论,对承受线性变化端弯矩作用的楔形梁的弯扭屈曲进行了大量分析,并提出了新的楔形工字钢梁临界弯矩计算公式。该公式形式与等截面梁的相同,便于工程应用。     

Partially braced inelastic beam buckling experiments

An experimental study of the inelastic buckling behaviour of partially braced I-beams is described. Eleven rolled 250UB37 steel beams, of lengths 7, 9 and 11·2 metres, each having different types of intermediate partial bracing were tested. A specially designed bracing box provided either rotational bracing or lateral bracing to the beam cross section at mid-span. Measurements of initial geometrical imperfections and residual stresses of the test beams were made. Experimental results obtained are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions from a geometrical and material non-linear finite element analysis. The results confirmed that a lateral brace placed at the tension flange is virtually ineffective, while a rotational brace or a lateral brace placed at the shear centre is fully effective. It was found that design loads predicted by the BS5950 and the AISC specifications provided good lower bound estimates to the failure loads of the test beams.     

残余应力分布对焊接不锈钢工字形截面梁整体稳定性能的影响

焊接残余应力导致不锈钢梁截面纤维过早达到屈服,并严重降低不锈钢梁的抗弯刚度。为了研究残余应力对焊接工字形不锈钢梁侧扭屈曲的影响,根据目前被广泛采纳的不锈钢工字形截面残余应力分布模型,采用有限元方法,对残余应力分布模型的主要因素进行参数化分析,研究这些因素对不锈钢梁侧扭屈曲的影响,使对焊接工字形不锈钢梁的整体稳定性能的研究更加完善。结果表明:翼缘残余压应力峰值对不锈钢梁侧扭屈曲的影响最为显著。     

Nonlinear viscoelastic analysis of thin-walled beams in composite material

Laminated composites of polymeric matrix show anisotropic viscoelastic behaviour, enhanced by temperature and humidity effects. The consideration of anisotropy and viscoelasticity are important for the determination of deformations and, as a consequence, of deformation-related phenomena, as elastic and creep buckling. This paper studies the behaviour of thin-walled beams of composite material under flexure and buckling, taking account of creep effects. The analysis uses a nonlinear viscoelastic finite element code with shell elements, whose basic formulation is given. The use of shell elements allows a better representation of constitutive properties and boundary conditions. Comparison with available analytical results is made for several cases like flexure of an I beam, buckling of beam columns and lateral buckling of this beams. The results show good correlation.     

偏心荷载下非弹性工字型钢梁的侧向屈曲抗力

承受梯度弯矩的工字型钢梁的侧向—扭转屈曲(LTB)强度取决于弯矩梯度系数Cb。而Cb取决于弯矩图的非均匀性、无支撑长度内所施加的横向荷载的大小和钢梁支座类型。一般地,Cb由规范根据弹性LTB分析理论给出。然而,同样的Cb被用在梁的非弹性屈曲分析中。提出1个三维有限元ANSYS模型用于工字型钢梁的非线弹性弯-扭分析,并用此模型研究了无支撑长度和偏剪心荷载(分别位于中心、上翼缘和下翼缘)对非弹性性能区域弯矩梯度的影响。研究发现AISC-LRFD的钢结构规范(AISC360-05)和结构稳定研究委员会导则给出的Cb对加载点在非弹性屈曲工字型钢梁的中心和下翼缘的情况并不准确。AISC-LRFD的抗弯公式过高评估了梯度弯矩作用下非弹性工字型钢梁的实际抗弯承载力。因此,提出了一个适用于该工况下非弹性区域的简单公式,用于替代规范给出的公式。     

Inelastic buckling capacity of beams considering load height effect,stepped flanges,and compact or noncompact sections

This study aims to investigate the effects of load height, stepped beam configuration and section compactness on the inelastic lateral buckling strength of doubly and singly stepped I-beams. To study the effects of load height, the loads are situated at three points: at the center of the top flange, at the shear center and at the center of the bottom flange. To check for the effect of stepped beam configuration, beams were stepped either at both top and bottom flanges or at top flange only. Meanwhile, to investigate the effects of section compactness, two sections are analyzed: one section with compact flanges and web and another section with non-compact flanges and a compact web. The loadings are limited to those having an inflection point of zero. To also check the effect of steps, stepped parameters α, β and γ are varied. The buckling strengths of the beams investigated are obtained by conducting nonlinear analysis using the finite element program, ABAQUS. In conducting the nonlinear analysis, the residual stresses and geometric imperfections are taken into consideration to clearly simulate the inelastic behavior of the beams. The results of the analysis would then determine if the location of the loads, configuration of stepped flanges and compactness of flanges have significant effect on the inelastic buckling strength of the stepped beams.     

Verzweigungslasten von seitlich am Obergurt gestützten Pult‐ und Satteldachträgern aus Brettschichtholz

Bifurcation loads of single and double tapered beams of glued‐laminated timber with intermediate lateral supports. This paper presents bifurcation loads of simply supported tapered beams of glued‐laminated timber with intermediate lateral supports at the upper chord which were determined by means of the finite element method on the basis of simple beam models. Comparative computations show the validity of the simplified approximation method according to DIN 1052 in all cases. Increasing slenderness of the girders and decreasing number at intermediate lateral supports, however, lead to significant differences.     

蜂窝钢梁屈曲模型的相互影响

基于侧扭屈曲模型,采用三维非线性有限元法,考虑初始几何缺陷和材料非线性,研究普通和高强蜂窝钢梁的性能。通过不同跨度和横截面的蜂窝梁试验,对模型进行验证。研究了蜂窝钢梁的破坏荷载、屈曲模型间的相互影响、荷载-侧移曲线。采用有限元模型进行参数分析,研究横截面尺寸、梁长、型钢强度对蜂窝钢梁承载力和屈曲性能的影响。腹板的畸变屈曲较大地降低了细长蜂窝钢梁的承载力。将有限元分析得到的侧扭屈曲下钢梁破坏荷载与澳大利亚规范进行比较,结果表明:规范对侧扭屈曲下普通蜂窝钢梁的破坏分析偏保守,对腹板屈曲下蜂窝钢梁的破坏分析较合理,而对侧扭屈曲下高强蜂窝钢梁的破坏分析非常保守。     

Distortional buckling in braced-cantilever I-beams

This paper deals with distortional buckling of braced-cantilever monosymmetric I-beams under three types of load: a tip point load, a uniformly distributed load and a moment at the end. Top-flange and bottom-flange load positions are considered for the first two load cases. ABAQUS is used for the investigation. The effect of different types of bracing on buckling load is investigated. Results are compared with results from previous experimental investigations. It is also found that top lateral bracings are very effective for beam sections having larger bottom-flanges when a point load or a uniformly distributed load acts at the top-flange, and for the uniform moment case, except for the T-section or the inverted T-section cantilever beams. On the other hand, bottom lateral bracings are very effective for beam sections having larger top-flanges. When loads are placed at the bottom-flange, position of any kind of lateral bracing has practically no effect on the buckling capacity of a monosymmetric cantilever beam, except for the inverted T-section cantilever beams.