Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
I-manager's Journal on sturctural engineering
First Page
15
Last Page
25
Abstract
The presented manuscript is intended to introduce accurate computational benchmarks to predict the hysteresis behavior of beam-column steel connections by means of a 3D non-linear finite element analysis. In this study, element type, inelastic material behavior, bolts pre-tensioning, and contact properties between different components of connections are discussed. Incremental nonlinear analysis takes into account all three types of nonlinearities including material, geometry, and contact properties in predicting moment-rotation hysteresis loops. A series of full-scale structural tests are performed to validate the results obtained from the finite element analyses. This study shows that cost efficient numerical analysis simulation is capable of replacing full-scale tests for steel connections.
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering | Engineering
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Abolmaali, Ali; Razavi, Mohammad; and Kiamanesh, Roozbeh, "Computational benchmarks in simulation of cyclic performance of steel connections using three dimensional nonlinear finite element method" (2012). Civil Engineering Faculty Publications. 41.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/civilengineering_facpubs/41