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Vol.2, Issue.5, Sep-Oct. 2012 pp-3517-3521
ISSN: 2249-6645
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IV. DUCTILITY
Ductility plays an important role in seismic design.
The joint behaviour has a direct influence on the ductility.
The ductility factor is one of the parameters characterising
the behaviour of a structure or joint in plastic range.
Considering the rotation of joints, rotational ductility factor
is given by (1).
r
u
y
(1)
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(2)
MLC
16 EI C
(anti-clockwise)
(3)
is the rotation of the column at the joint, LC is the length
of column member, E is the Youngs modulus of elasticity
of the material, and IC is the moment of inertia of column
section.
PL B 2 LC
PL B 3
PL B 2
3EI B
F
16 EI C
(4)
From (4) the beam connection stiffness, F, can be
determined. Thus the beam rotation and column rotation can
be determined by using (2) and (3). Using and , relative
rotation at joint
( y ) can be computed. The momentrelative rotation curve can be then plotted. The energy
dissipated by the connection is quantified by computing the
area under the moment-relative rotation curve.
Experimental Results
The moment-rotation behaviour of specimens with
different geometric parameters of double web angle
connection with top and seat angle sections discussed is
depicted in Fig. 7. In the figure, two regions, elastic region
followed by yielding, can be noted for all repeated test
cases. The curves of specimens S1 and S2 shown in Fig. 7
indicates that as the diameter of bolt (d) is increased,
ultimate moment and ultimate rotation increased. There was
an increase of 67% in the ultimate moment when the
diameter was increased from 6mm to 10mm.
Table. II shows the effect of the ratio of diameter
of bolt (d) to thickness of angle (t) on energy dissipation.
When number of bolt was doubled an increase of 508% in
energy dissipation was observed for top and seat angle
connection with d/t ratio 1 and an increase of 62% for top
and seat angle connection with d/t ratio 2. As the number of
bolts increased (specimens S1 and S3) there is an increase
in the ultimate rotation with slight increase in ultimate
moment. Hence the ultimate moment and ultimate rotation
depends on the number of bolts as well as the diameter of
bolts. The rotational ductility calculated by (1) and the
energy dissipated are presented in Table. III. There is
considerable energy dissipation capacity for all the
connections with top and seat angles. The energy
dissipation is also higher for angle with more thickness (t)
and large number of bolts (specimen S3).
14000
12000
S1
10000
S2
8000
S3
6000
S4
4000
S5
2000
S6
Moment in kNmm
0
0.000
0.050
0.100
0.150
0.200
0.250
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Moment in kNmm
10000
8000
S7-(double web
angle connection)
6000
4000
S5-(double web
angle connection
with top and seat
angle)
2000
0
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
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VII.
CONCLUSION
a) Load-deflection curve
NOTATIONS
E
- Youngs modulus of elasticity of the material
F
- Connection stiffness of beam
IC
- Moment of inertia of column section.
b) Moment-relative rotation curve
Fig. 12 Specimen S1-6mm thick angle, 2nos 6mm bolt
Ib
LC
u
y
d1
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