<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In buildings with steel-concrete composite floors, joints are designed to transmit mainly hogging bending moment. In case of the large horizontal loads due to wind, earthquake or accidental events, sagging bending moments in a joint can also occur. Additionally, large deformations of the structure cause tying and prying effects. In the paper, a mechanical model based on “component method” for evaluation of characteristics of the composite joint is presented. The influence of tying and prying actions on distribution of the internal forces in a joint is also analyzed. The procedure for calculation of the characteristics of the composite joint with bolted endplate connection is elaborated too.</p></abstract>

In buildings with steel-concrete composite floors, joints are designed to transmit mainly hogging bending moment. In case of the large horizontal loads due to wind, earthquake or accidental events, sagging bending moments in a joint can also occur. Additionally, large deformations of the structure cause tying and prying effects. In the paper, a mechanical model based on “component method” for evaluation of characteristics of the composite joint is presented. The influence of tying and prying actions on distribution of the internal forces in a joint is also analyzed. The procedure for calculation of the characteristics of the composite joint with bolted endplate connection is elaborated too.

Mechanical Model of Steel-concrete Composite Joint under Sagging Bending Moment

Rzeszów University of Technology Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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In buildings with steel-concrete composite floors, joints are designed to transmit mainly hogging bending moment. In case of the large horizontal loads due to...

Mechanical Model of Steel-concrete Composite Joint under Sagging Bending Moment

Published Online: Mar 29, 2013

Page range: 33 - 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10299-012-0016-z

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