Comportamento de elementos pré-moldados de concreto com ligações semi-rígidas

The behaviour of reinforced concrete precast beams is strongly influenced by the flexural stiffness of its beam-column connections, wherein there is interdependence between the nonlinearity of the moment-curvature relationship along the beam and the non-linearity of the moment-rotation relationship...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Souza, Abner Soares de
Format: master thesis
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2006
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UFSCAR
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufscar.br:20.500.14289/4606
Online Access:https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/20.500.14289/4606
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Concreto pré-moldado
Ligações semi-rígidas
Ligações viga-pilar
Rigidez à flexão
Beam-column connections
Semi-rigid connections
Precast beams
Flexural stiffness
ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA CIVIL::CONSTRUCAO CIVIL
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Summary:The behaviour of reinforced concrete precast beams is strongly influenced by the flexural stiffness of its beam-column connections, wherein there is interdependence between the nonlinearity of the moment-curvature relationship along the beam and the non-linearity of the moment-rotation relationship of the beam-column connections. In most of the existing researches on semi-rigid connections in precast structures, the main focus lays on the characterization of the flexural stiffness by performing experimental tests on isolated models of beam-column connections instead of tests on sub-frames, comprising beam and connections. In this research an experimental procedure was developed, wherein different theoretical equations based on the fixity factor of the connections were combined, allowing the integration between the stiffness of the reinforced concrete beam with the flexural stiffness of the beam-column connections. Therefore, by using this procedure it was possible to evaluate the semi-rigid behaviour of the beam-column connection, highlighting the possibility of carrying out just one test for the precast beam with its connections. The analyses of the experimental results indicate that the studied connection was capable of absorbing around 53% of the elastic beam-end moment at the ULS, compared with the situation of a full restrained connector, implying the increase of 170% of the positive mid-span moment of the beam. This level of semi-rigid behaviour for the beam-column connection can affect the global stability of skeletal precast concrete structures with more than five storeys in height. For this reason, the present research shows the need for further studies with the purpose of enhancing the analysis and the design of precast concrete structures for multi-storey buildings.