Numerical Study of Hybrid Through Plate Connections to CFST Columns

Predicting Low Cycle Fatigue Life through Simulation of Crack in Cover Plate Welded Beam to Column Connections

This paper presents a low cycle fatigue life curve by simulating a crack in a cover plate welded moment connection. Initiation of ductile fracture in steel is controlled by growth and coalescence of micro-voids. This research used a numerical method using finite element modeling and simulation of ductile crack initiation by a micromechanical model. Therefore, a finite element model of a cover p...

Study on Axial Compressive Behaviors and Bearing Capacity Formulas of the Composite CFST Columns

Numerical study on the behavior of link-to-column connections in eccentrically braced frames

Geometry of eccentrically braced frames (EBFs) in some cases causes the connection of link beam to the column. The details of such conditions should be studied carefully due to the full plastic rotation in the link beam. In this research, the behavior of link-to-column connection is modeled and the failure modes are considered. Based on the previous researches shear link can exhibit better beha...

A Numerical Case Study of Packed Columns

This paper presents results concerning the validation of a recently developed packing algorithm. The basic ethos of this algorithm, known as DigiPac, is to use threedimensional methods to digitise particle shapes, and to use this digital information directly in computations of how particles pack together without further conversion or the need for modelling. A variety of simulations of packed co...

Finite Element Analysis for CFST Columns under Blast Loading

The columns of frame structures are the key load-bearing components and the exterior columns are susceptible to attack in terrorist blasts. When subjected to blast loads, the columns would suffer a loss of bearing capacity to a certain extent due to the damage imparted which may lead to their collapse and even cause the progressive collapse of the whole structure . The concrete-filled steel col...