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Case studies CS01 Simple beam with eccentric restraint

Problem
Th e buck l i ng of a si m pl y su p po r t ed b ea m w ith I sha p ed c r oss s ec ti on su bj ec t e d t o va r ia bl e s tr o ng a x is b e nd i ng is a na l yz e d. T h e b ea m is su pp o rt e d ecc e nt r ica l l y o n th e to p fl a n g e a t th e mi ddl e. T h e ob j ec tiv e is t o a na l yz e th e ef f ect o f th e va r ia bl e s t ro ng a xis b en di n g o n t h e el a stic c ri tic a l b e n di n g mo m e nt o f th e b ea m i n l a t er a l t o rsi o na l buck l i ng!

Model
Th e g e om e t ry a r e s ho w n i n F i g. 1 .

Fig u r e 1 . M od el Th e b ea m is 8 m et e rs l on g w ith I PE3 00 c ross sec t io n. T h e e nd su pp or ts a r e cl a ssica l pi n n ed a n d f o rk ed . T he mi d dl e su pp o rt is pl a c ed o n t h e t op fl a ng e (co m pr es s ed fl a n g e) ecc e nt r ic a l l y p r ev e n ti n g o nl y th e l a t er a l d is pl a c em e n t of th e to p fl a ng e . Ap pl i e d l oa d s o n th e b ea m: Be nd i n g Be nd i n g mo me n t o n th e mo me n t o n th e l ef t e nd - M L ri gh t e nd - M R [ k Nm] [ k Nm] - 100 - 100 - 75 - 100 - 50 - 100 - 25 - 100 0 - 100 25 - 100 50 - 100 75 - 100 100 - 100 T abl e 1 . L oa di n gs 2 M om en t r at i o ML / MR 1 0,7 5 0,5 0,2 5 0 - 0,2 5 - 0,5 - 0,7 5 -1

LC -1 LC -2 LC -3 LC -4 LC -5 LC -6 LC -7 LC -8 LC -9

Solution
F or th e ca l c ul a ti o n of t he el a s tic c ri tica l b e nd in g m om e n t o f a b ea m t he d et e r mi na t i on of th e u n b ra c e d l e n gt h is n e c essa ry. Al m os t a l l th e st r uct ura l s ta nda rd s sta t e t ha t th e un b ra c e d l e n gth of a b ea m c a n b e a ssu m e d t o b e e qua l t o th e l e ng t h b et w e e n po in ts tha t a r e r e st ra i n e d a ga ins t l a t e ra l d is pl a c em e nt of t h e c o mp r ess i on f l a ng e . To a na l y z e th is s ta t e m e nt a no th e r mo d el wa s e xa m i n ed . I n t his sec o nd mo d el t h e or ig i na l 8 m e t e rs l o ng b ea m wa s div id e d i n to tw o b ea ms a t th e mi d dl e su p po rt . Th e b ea m s a r e 4 m e t e rs l o n g w it h I PE3 00 cros s s ect io n . T h e e nd s up p o rts a r e cl a ssica l p i nn e d a nd f o rk ed . L oa di n g is d e ri v e d f ro m th e fi rs t m od el .

Fig u r e 2 . M od el 2 Lef t s e gm en t Ri gh t se g me n t Be n di n g Be n di n g Be n di n g Be n di n g mo m e nt on mo m e nt on mo m e nt on mo m e nt on th e l e f t e n d th e r ig ht e nd th e l e f t e n d th e r ig ht e nd [k N m ] [k N m ] [k N m ] [k N m ] - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 75 - 87, 5 - 87, 5 - 100 - 50 - 75 - 75 - 100 - 25 - 62, 5 - 62, 5 - 100 0 - 50 - 50 - 100 25 - 37, 5 - 37, 5 - 100 50 - 25 - 25 - 100 75 - 12, 5 - 12, 5 - 100 100 0 0 - 100 T abl e 2 . L oa di n gs o n t he mo d el 2

LC -1 LC -2 LC -3 LC -4 LC -5 LC -6 LC -7 LC -8 LC -9

Be n di n g mo m e nt d ia gra m a n d l a t er a l t o r sio na l b uck l i n g mo d e s w it h di ff e r e nt l oa d in gs ca l c ul a t ed by S t ab L ab : LC -1 ( M L / M R =1) : Wh ol e b e am Be nd i n g mo me n t d i ag r am Bu c kl i n g mod e c r =1 ,6 LC -5 ( M L / M R =0) : Wh ol e b e am Be nd i n g mo me n t d i ag r am Bu c kl i n g mod e c r =2 ,4 7 LC -9 ( M L / M R = -1) : Wh ol e b e am Be nd i n g mo me n t d i ag r am Lef t s e gm en t Ri gh t se g me n t c r =5 ,8 9 Lef t s e gm en t Ri gh t se g me n t Lef t s e gm en t Ri gh t se g me n t

c r =1 ,6

c r =1 ,6

c r =2 ,1 1

Bu c kl i n g mod e c r =1 ,8 2 c r =2 ,9 5 c r =2 ,9 5

Whole beam 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1 0,5 0

Beam segment

-0,5

-1

End moment ratio - ML/MR


Fig u r e 3 . El a s tic c ri tic a l b en d in g m om e n t o f t he di ff e r e nt buck l i ng m od es F ro m th e d ia g ra m of F ig. 3 i t c a n b e s e en t h a t b et w e e n 1 to - 0, 6 mo m e nt ra ti o th e el a s tic c ri tic a l b e n di n g m om e n t s of t h e or ig i n a l b ea m a r e e qua l o r h i gh e r tha n tha t of th e s e gm e n t b ea ms . H ow e v e r u nd e r - 0, 6 m o m e nt ra t io th e el a st ic cri ti ca l b e n di n g mo m e nts o f th e o ri gi n a l b ea m a r e s ig n if ica nt l y d ec r ea s in g du e to t h e b uck l i ng o f th e b ot to m co m pr es s ed fl a ng e in th e l ef t s e g m en t. 130% 120% 110% 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 1 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0 -0,2 -0,4 -0,6 -0,8

Elastic critical bending moment [kNm]


-1

End moment ratio - ML/MR


Fig u r e 4 . D if f e r en t b et w e e n th e el a s tic c ri tica l b en di n g m om e n t o f th e whol e b ea m a nd b ea m s eg m e nt

Conclusion
F ro m t h e a b ov e exa m pl e it c a n b e s e e n t ha t th e us ua l r ec o m m e nda ti o n of t h e str uct u ra l s ta nda rd s t ha t th e u n bra c ed l e n gt h o f a b ea m ca n b e a s s um e d to b e e qua l to t h e l e n gt h b e t w e en po i nts tha t a r e r e st ra i n ed a ga i ns t l a t e ra l d is pl a c em e n t o f th e 5

Different between Mcr1 and Mcr2 [%]

com p r ess io n f l a ng e ma y l ea d t o i na ccu ra t e r e sul ts . M o r eo v er t h e m a gn it ud e a nd t he sig n o f th e e r r or d e p e nd o n t h e b e nd i ng mo m e nt d ist r i bu ti o n . In so m e ca s es th e sim pl i fi e d o n e b ea m m od el u n d er es ti ma t es th e el a st ic c ri tica l m o m e nt by u p t o 1 5% . Ho w ev e r i n th e c a s e of n e ga t iv e m o m en t r a ti o th e e r ro r ca n b e m or e t ha n 3 0% yi el d i ng si g ni fic a n tl y unsa f e r esul t. Us i ng Sta bL a b th e a ccu ra t e el a st ic cr it ica l mo m e nt of t h e r ea l st r uc tu r e c a n b e di r ec tl y ca l cul a t e d.

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