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Keywords: closed form solutions, composite beams, direct stiffness method, finite difference method, finite element method, partial shear interaction.

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This paper presents a comparison among available structural analysis formulations for composite beams with partial shear interaction. In the comparison all materials are assumed to behave in a linear-elastic fashion. The formulations considered are the finite difference method [1,2], the finite element method [3], the direct stiffness method [4] and the exact analytical model [5]. The former two require a spatial discretisation to be specified along the beam length, while the latter two do not require any discretisation. Using the solution of the exact analytical model as a reference the accuracy of the three formulations has been tested for the cases of a simply supported beam and of a propped cantilever subjected to a uniformly distributed load. The comparison is carried out at various level of shear connection stiffness.

With regard to the finite element formulations that were considered, it was found that the behaviour of the 8 degree of freedom (DOF) finite element was numerically unstable, while the 10 DOF element seemed to provide reliable results when compared with the exact analytical result, or the results of the direct stiffness approach. The finite difference method was also observed to behave well. The results obtained using the finite element and finite difference methods converge with an error of less than about 1% when the number of elements (or stations) exceeds 20 for a low value of the length to depth ratio of the element. The direct stiffness method was shown to be robust, and to converge very rapidly for the three loading conditions considered.

References

1: L. Dezi, F. Gara, G. Leoni, A.M. Tarantino, "Time dependent analysis of shear-lag effect in composite beams", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 127(1), pp. 71-79, 2001. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2001)127:1(71)
2: F. Gara, "Shear lag, connection deformability and creep effects in steel-concrete composite beams", PhD Thesis, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
3: A. Dall'Asta, G. Leoni, A. Zona, "Some problems on the non-linear analysis of composite beams by the finite element method", in: Proc. CTA XVII Workshop (Italian Workshop on Steel), 1999.
4: G. Ranzi, M.A. Bradford, B. Uy, "A direct stiffness analysis of a composite beam with partial interaction", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60 (in press). doi:10.1002/nme.1091
5: G. Ranzi, M.A. Bradford, B. Uy, "A general method of analysis of composite beams with partial interaction", Steel and Composite Structures, 3(3), 169-184.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 79 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and C.A. Mota Soares Paper 189 Partial Interaction Analysis of Composite Beams by Means of the Finite Difference Method, the Finite Element Method, the Direct Stiffness Method and the Analytical Solution: A Comparative Study G. Ranzi+, M.A. Bradford, F. Gara# and G. Leoni# +Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia #Institute of Structural Engineering, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy doi:10.4203/ccp.79.189 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper G. Ranzi, M.A. Bradford, F. Gar, G. Leon, "Partial Interaction Analysis of Composite Beams by Means of the Finite Difference Method, the Finite Element Method, the Direct Stiffness Method and the Analytical Solution: A Comparative Study", in B.H.V. Topping, C.A. Mota Soares, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 189, 2004. doi:10.4203/ccp.79.189 Keywords: closed form solutions, composite beams, direct stiffness method, finite difference method, finite element method, partial shear interaction. Summary This paper presents a comparison among available structural analysis formulations for composite beams with partial shear interaction. In the comparison all materials are assumed to behave in a linear-elastic fashion. The formulations considered are the finite difference method [1,2], the finite element method [3], the direct stiffness method [4] and the exact analytical model [5]. The former two require a spatial discretisation to be specified along the beam length, while the latter two do not require any discretisation. Using the solution of the exact analytical model as a reference the accuracy of the three formulations has been tested for the cases of a simply supported beam and of a propped cantilever subjected to a uniformly distributed load. The comparison is carried out at various level of shear connection stiffness. With regard to the finite element formulations that were considered, it was found that the behaviour of the 8 degree of freedom (DOF) finite element was numerically unstable, while the 10 DOF element seemed to provide reliable results when compared with the exact analytical result, or the results of the direct stiffness approach. The finite difference method was also observed to behave well. The results obtained using the finite element and finite difference methods converge with an error of less than about 1% when the number of elements (or stations) exceeds 20 for a low value of the length to depth ratio of the element. The direct stiffness method was shown to be robust, and to converge very rapidly for the three loading conditions considered. References 1 L. Dezi, F. Gara, G. Leoni, A.M. Tarantino, "Time dependent analysis of shear-lag effect in composite beams", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 127(1), pp. 71-79, 2001. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2001)127:1(71) 2 F. Gara, "Shear lag, connection deformability and creep effects in steel-concrete composite beams", PhD Thesis, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy. 3 A. Dall'Asta, G. Leoni, A. Zona, "Some problems on the non-linear analysis of composite beams by the finite element method", in: Proc. CTA XVII Workshop (Italian Workshop on Steel), 1999. 4 G. Ranzi, M.A. Bradford, B. Uy, "A direct stiffness analysis of a composite beam with partial interaction", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60 (in press). doi:10.1002/nme.1091 5 G. Ranzi, M.A. Bradford, B. Uy, "A general method of analysis of composite beams with partial interaction", Steel and Composite Structures, 3(3), 169-184. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £135 +P&P)
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