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introduction
A moment acting about a
longitudinal axis of the
member is called a torque,
twisting moment or torsional
moment, T.
Torsion may arise as the
result of:
(a) Primary or equilibrium
torsion: occurs when the
external load has no
alternative to being resisted
but by torsion. Examples:
curved girders and the
three structures shown in
Figure.
introduction
secondary or compatibility torsion:
in statically indeterminate
structures from the requirements
of continuity. Neglecting this
torsion will not cause problems
because: (1) the shear and
moment capacities of the beam
are not reduced by small amounts
of torque, and (2) the stressing of
adjacent members as the beam
twists permit a redistribution of
forces to these members and
reduces the torque that must be
supported by the beam.
Examples of torsion
1. Floor systems: compatibility torque
(perimeter beams supporting one or two way
slab systems).
2. Floor system: equilibrium torque (circular
beams).
3. Circular tie beams in mosques.
Analyze the shown structure
BM slab
BM diagrams
Axial force
Mx
My
Torsion diagram
Shearing stresses due to torsion in
un-cracked members
Torsion subject is usually neglected in teaching courses of
strength of materials. The average designer does not worry
about torsion although most structures are subjected to
torsional stresses. However, reducing the factor of safety over
the past years resulted in increasing situations were torsional
failures occur with the result that torsion is a more common
problem. The following is an introduction to the elastic torsion
theory as given in mechanics of materials books.
Behavior of Circular Sections
Although circular sections are rarely a consideration in normal
concrete construction, a brief discussion serves as a good
introduction to the torsional behavior of other types of sections.
The basic assumptions are:
1. Plane sections perpendicular to the axis of a circular member
remains plane after torque is applied.
2. Radii of section stay straight (without warping).
As a result of applying the torsion shearing stresses
are set up on cross
sections perpendicular
to the axis of the bar as
shown in Fig.
Behavior of Circular Sections
Shear stress is equal to shear strain times the
shear modulus in the elastic range. If r is the
radius of the element, J = r
4
/2 its polar
moment of inertia, and t
max
is the maximum
elastic shearing stress due to elastic twisting
moment T, then from basic strength
(mechanics) of material courses
max
r
T
=
J
t
Behavior of rectangular sections
Such sections do not fall under the assumptions stated before.
They warp when a torque is applied and radii don't stay straight.
As a result axial as well as circumferential shearing stresses are
generated. For a rectangular member, the corner elements do
not distort at all (t
corners
=0) and the maximum shear stresses
occur at the midpoints of the long sides as shown in Figure.
These complications plus the fact that reinforced
concrete sections are neither homogeneous nor
isotropic make it difficult to develop exact
mathematical formulations based on the physical
models.
Behavior of rectangular sections
From the mathematical theory of elasticity the magnitude of
the maximum shear stress t, at midpoint of the long side, due
to a torque T as a function of the ratio y to x (long to short
sides) is given by
Where varies from 0.208 for y/x=1 (square bar) to 0.333 for
y/x= (infinity wide plate)
max
2
T
=
y
x
t
o
Hollow members
Consider a thin-wall tube subjected to a torsion T as shown in
Fig. 8.5. If the thickness of the tube is not constant and varies
along the perimeters of the tube, then equilibrium of an
element like that shown in Figure b requires:
Where q is referred to as the shear flow and is constant.
2
AB 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
CD
= V dx = dx = q
V t t t t
t
t t t
=
Hollow members
In order to relate the shear flow q to the torque T, consider an
element of length ds as shown. This element is subjected to a force
qds and
but rds = twice the area of the shaded
triangle, then
where A
o
is the area enclosed by the middle of the wall of the tube.
From the above equation t
max
occurs where t is the least.
P
T = rqdx }
2
o
o
q T
T = q =
A
t 2A t
t =
Examples
Read example 7.1 in textbook
Example 2: compute the shear stress, t, at the wall and at the
lower flange in the section shown below, due to an applied
torque of 1000kN.m.
Principal stresses due
to torsion
Principal tensile stresses eventually cause
cracking that spirals around the body, as
Shown by the line A-B-C-D-E
In reinforced concrete such a crack would
Cause failure unless it was crossed by
reinforcement. This generally takes the form
of longitudinal bars in the corners and closed
stirrups.
Principal stresses due to
torsion and shear
The two shear stresses components add on one
side face (front side) and counteract each other
on the other. As the result inclined cracking
starts on AB and extends across the flexural
tensile face. If bending moments are large, the
cracks will extend almost vertically across the
back face. The flexural compression zone near
the bottom prevents the cracks from extending
full height.
Behavior of RC members subjected to torsion
When a concrete member is loaded in
pure torsion, shear stresses develop.
One or more cracks (inclined) develop
when the maximum principal tensile
stress reaches the tensile strength
of concrete. The onset of cracking
causes failure of an unreinforced
Member. Furthermore the addition of longitudinal steel without
stirrups has little effect on the strength of a beam loaded in pure
torsion because it is effective only in resisting the longitudinal
component of the diagonal tension forces.
A rectangular beam with longitudinal bars in the corners and closed
stirrups can resist increased load after cracking as shown in figure.
Behavior of RC members subjected to torsion
After the cracking of a reinforced beam, failure may occur in
several ways. The stirrups, or longitudinal reinforcement, or both,
may yield, or, for beams that are over-reinforced in torsion, the
concrete between the inclined cracks may be crushed by the
principal compression stresses prior to yield of the steel. The more
ductile behavior results when both
reinforcements yield prior to crushing of the
concrete.
Figure shows that ultimate strength of
rc beams were the same for solid and hollow
beams having the same reinforcement.
Combined torsion,
moment and shear
Test results for beams without stirrups
loaded with various ratios of torsion
and shear are plotted in figure. The
lower envelope of data is given as:
Where V
cu
=inclined cracking shear in the absence of torque.
T
cu
= the cracking torque in the absence of shear.
2 2
( ) ( ) 1
c c
cu cu
T V
=
T V
+
Space Truss Analogy
Theory
Assumptions:
1. Both solid and hollow members
are considered as tubes.
2. After cracking the tube is
idealized as a hollow truss
consisting of closed stirrups,
longitudinal bars in the corners,
and compression diagonals
approximately centered on the
stirrups. The diagonals are
idealized as being between the
cracks that are at angle u, generally
taken as 45 degrees for RC.
The cracking pure torsion
Knowing that the principal tensile stress equal to the shear stress for
elements subjected to pure shear, thus the concrete will crack when
the shear stress equal to the tensile capacity of cross section. If we
use conservatively 0.333fc as tensile strength of concrete in biaxial
tension-compression, and remembering that A
o
must be some
fraction of the area enclosed by the outside perimeter of the full
concrete cross section A
cp
. Also, the value of t can, in general, be
approximated as a fraction of the ratio A
cp
/P
cp
, where P
cp
is the
perimeter of the cross section. Then, assuming a value of A
o
approximately equal to 2 A
cp
/3, and a value of t=3 A
cp
/4P
cp
. Using
these values in Eq. above yields:
Note: tensile strength under biaxial
compression And tension is less than in uniaxial tension (0.67).
o
q T
=
t 2A t
t =
2
3
cp c
cr
cp
A f
T =
p
The cracking torsion
In combined shear and torsion, if T=0.25Tcr , the reduction in the
inclined cracking shear is:
This was deemed to be negligible.
The threshold torsion below which torsion can be ignored in a solid
cross section is:
For isolated beam, A
cp
is the area enclosed by the perimeter of the
section including the area of any holes. P
cp
is the perimeter of the
section. For a beam cast monolithically with
the floor slab, ACI 11.5.1 defines the
overhanging flange width to be included in
the calculation of A
cp
and P
cp
as shown
2 2
( ) ( ) 1
c c
cu cu
T V
=
T V
+
2
0.25
( ) 1 ( ) 0.97
c cr
cu cr
V T
=
V T
=
2
12
cp c
cr
cp
A f
T =
p
=
= =
+ = = = =
=
= =
= = =