Modeling Steel Frame Buildings in Three Dimensions. II: Elastofiber Beam Element and Examples
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This is the second of two papers describing a procedure for the three-dimensional nonlinear time-history analysis of steelframed buildings. An overview of the procedure and the theory for the panel zone element and the plastic hinge beam element are presented in part I. In this paper, the theory for an efficient new element for modeling beams and columns in steel frames called the elastofiber element is presented, along with four illustrative examples. The elastofiber beam element is divided into three segments—two end nonlinear segments and an interior elastic segment. The cross sections of the end segments are subdivided into fibers. Associated with each fiber is a nonlinear hysteretic stress-strain law for axial stress and strain. This accounts for coupling of nonlinear material behavior between bending about the major and minor axes of the cross section and axial deformation. Examples presented include large deflection of an elastic cantilever beam, cyclic loading of a cantilever beam, pushover analysis of a 20-story steel moment-frame building to collapse, and strong ground motion analysis of a two-story unsymmetric steel moment-frame building. DOI: 10.1061/ ASCE 0733-9399 2006 132:4 359 CE Database subject headings: Framed structures; Steel frames; Nonlinear analysis; Beams; Fibers; Earthquakes; Three-dimensional analysis.
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