Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
by
RangsanWongjeeraphat
Supervisor:Dr.Todd
Dr Todd
Helwig
STEER
March4,2010
TheCommonConferenceCenter
J J PickleResearchCampus
J.J.PickleResearchCampus
TheUniversityofTexasatAustin
StudyObjective
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Toimprovetheunderstandingofthestability
behavioroftrusssystems
Tostudytherequirementsforbothlateral
andtorsionalbracingrequirementsfortruss
system
TrussBehavior
P
P
C
T
Thetrusssystemconsistsofacollectionofaxialloaded
memberstoformaflexuralsystem.Thereforequestion
oftenariseaboutthetrussbehavinglikeacolumnormore
likeabeam
Designofbracefortruss
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AISCSpecification
AISCS ifi i
Intheappendix6ofcommentarysectiononstability
bracingforcolumnsandbeams
TrussBracing
g
Severalfactorsaffecttrussbucklingbehavior:
Internalfactors:
Outofplanestiffnessofwebelements
p
Theaxialcompressiveloadsinthechords
Thealignmentoftheverticalanddiagonalwebelements
Externalfactors:
Thelocalandglobalinitialimperfections
Loadlocationandposition
Typeofbraces
Locationofbracesonthecrosssection
OverviewofExperimentalProgram
p
g
Theexperimentalprogramincludesseveral
t ti t
testingstages,including:
i l di
Lateralstiffnesstest
Loadheighteffecttest
Topchordloading
Bottomchordloading
Testsontorsionalbracingsystem
Bracingattopchord
Bracingatbottomchord(PonyTruss)
Testsonlateralbracingsystem
TrussSystemwithLateralBracing
y
g
P
Lateralbrace
(Stiffness=0.2,0.5,0.8kip/in)
link
Heightadjustableto
changestiffness
ff
Lateralbrace
system
Trusscrosssectionatbracepoint
TrussSystemwithLateralBracing
y
g
P
P
link
Lateralbrace
system
Trusscrosssectionatbracepoint
TrussSystemwithTorsionalBracing
y
g
Bottomchordloadingcase
g
Topchordloadingcase
p
g
Torsionalbrace
Torsionalbrace
Trusscrosssectionat
thirdpoint
Trusscrosssectionat
thirdpoint
TrussSystemwithTorsionalBracing
y
g
GravityLoad
Simulator
Torsionalbrace
Bottomchordloadingtestwith3smalltorsionalbracesatbottomchord
LoadLateralDeflectionCurve
72ftspan
14 0
14.0
12.0
TotalLoaad(kips)
10.0
8.0
Topchord Bottomchordloadingtest
6.0
Bottomchord Bottomchordloadingtest
Topchord Topchordloadingtest
4.0
Bottomchord Topchordloadingtest
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
LateralDeflection(in)
2.5
3.0
3.5
Resultsofbucklingtest
g
Withlateralbraces
Lateral Deflection at mid span top chord
LateralDeflectionatmidspantopchord
70
60
NoLarBr
1LatBrK=0.2k/in
1LatBrK=0.5k/in
50
TotalLoad(kips)
1LatBrK=0.8k/in
2LatBrK=0.2k/in
40
2 Lat Br K = 0 5 k/in
2LatBrK=0.5k/in
2LatBrK=0.8k/in
30
20
10
0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
LateralDeflection(in)
2.5
3.0
3.5
Resultsofbucklingtest
g
Withtorsionalbraces
Lateral Deflection at mid span top chord
LateralDeflectionatmidspantopchord
70
60
50
Totalload(kkips)
NoTorBr:BCLoad
2SmTorBratBC:BCLoad
40
3SmTorBratBC:BCLoad
2LrgTorBratBC:BCLoad
30
NoTorBr:TCLoad
2SmTorBratTC:TCLoad
3 S T B t TC TC L d
3SmTorBratTC:TCLoad
20
2LrgTorBratTC:TCLoad
10
0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Lateraldeflection(in)
2.5
3.0
3.5
Currentwork
DevelopingtheFEAmodel
Verifythemodelwiththelaboratorytestresults
Parametricstudy
FEAmodelwith3largetorsional
bracesatbottomchordwith
bottomchordloading
Summary
y
Theloadheighteffectexistsintrussandcauses
thetrusssystemtobehavesimilartoabeam
Addingtheproperlateralandtorsionalbracing
stiffnessaswellasthepropernumberofbraces
p p
isnecessarytoimprovethebucklingcapacityof
atruss.
Theeffectivenessofaddingalateralbrace
Th ff ti
f ddi l t lb
decreaseswithanincreaseinthenumberofthe
braces
Addingtorsionalbracesismoreeffectiveintop
chordloadingcasesthaninbottomchord
l d
loadingcases
THANKYOU
Question?