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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 42
ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR SIMULATION Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper II.4
A 3-D Numerical Study of the T-Stub Problem Taking into Account the Interfacial Unilateral Contact Effects H.I. Sakellariadou, C.D. Bisbos, K. Thomopoulos and P.D. Panagiotopoulos
Institute of Steel Structures, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece H.I. Sakellariadou, C.D. Bisbos, K. Thomopoulos, P.D. Panagiotopoulos, "A 3-D Numerical Study of the T-Stub Problem Taking into Account the Interfacial Unilateral Contact Effects", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Advances in Computational Methods for Simulation", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 115-124, 1996. doi:10.4203/ccp.42.2.4
Abstract
The present paper aims to contribute to the research that
concerns the clarification of the complex 3-D stress state,
which develops in a T-stub under axial loading. The
stub is the simplest physical model problem for structural
steel connections containing nonnegligible unilateral contact
phenomena.
A numerical technique, based on previous work, is presented to numerically simulate the behaviour of the model using a Total Lagrangian FEM formulation coupled with constrained optimization techniques. Various numerical results are depicted, concerning: i) the contact force distribution at the profile flange and at the bolt, ii) the von Mises stress, showing clearly the 3-D character of the stress state and iii) the equivalent plastic strain, indicating the plastification mechanisms under the influence of the unilateral contact conditions. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20)
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