建筑和土木工程结构中的高强度钢的连接设计..docxVIP

High Strength Steel in Buildings and Civil EngineeringStructures: Design of ConnectionsAna M. Gir?o Coelho and Frans Bijlaard*Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and GeosciencesPO Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The NetherlandsAbstract: There is an increasing demand for high strength steel in the construction ofbuildings and civil engineering structures. However, there is a significant lack ofknowledge of the behaviour of this type of construction. Research must focuses on thecharacterization of the strength and ductility of members (tension, compression andflexural members) and joints. In view of the severe deformation demands that areplaced on many type of joints, particularly bolted connections, a special emphasis isgiven to assess current joint design criteria to understand what is expected of the highstrength steel material. To address these topics, an experimental investigation wasundertaken on moment connections with end plates made from high strength steelS460, S690 and S960 (yield stress of 460 N/mm2, 690 N/mm2 and 960 N/mm2,respectively) to provide insight into the nonlinear behaviour of this joint type. Testresults show that the extrapolation of current design philosophy based on the semicontinuous/partially-restrained concept gives accurate strength predictions and thatthese connections can achieve reasonable rotation demands.Key words: ductility, end plate connections, experimental testing, high strength steel, resistance, rotationcapacity, stiffness.1. INTRODUCTIONFor decades the use of high strength steels was not verypopular in the eyes of the designers and manufactures ofsteel structures. The designers claimed that using highstrength steel was of very little use because of the factthat the Young’s modulus was the same as for mild steel.The manufactures of steel structures pointed at the highercosts of welding because of the special precautions thatwere required in order to obtain sound welding.Furthermore there was much doubt about