Strength and Stiffness of Weak-Axis Moment End-Plate Connections

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dc.contributor.authorDominisse, Kyle Richarden
dc.contributor.committeechairMurray, Thomas M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPlaut, Raymond H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEasterling, William Samuelen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:51:22Zen
dc.date.adate2004-12-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:51:22Zen
dc.date.issued2004-12-10en
dc.date.rdate2006-12-14en
dc.date.sdate2004-12-12en
dc.description.abstractThree full-scale experimental tests were conducted to investigate the strength and stiffness of weak-axis moment end-plate connections. Each test consisted of two girders connected to a column web with four-bolt extended moment end-plates. Two tests were conducted with bare steel. One test included a composite concrete slab that confined the top extension of the end-plate. Finite element models of the tests were created with the commercial software SAP2000. A simplified modeling procedure was developed to overcome the contact problems between the end-plates and column web, and between the bolts and holes in the end-plates and web. The simplified modeling procedure accurately predicted the experimental elastic stiffness, in the form of column web rotations, of the connections. Yield line theory was used to investigate the plastic strength of the column web. Several yield line patterns were examined. Analytical plastic moment strengths were very conservative when compared to the observed behavior of the column web. The experimental stiffness of the test with the concrete slab confining the top extension of the end-plate was compared to the stiffness of a similar test without a slab. The slab increased the elastic stiffness of the connection; however, after the concrete began cracking and crushing around the connection, the stiffness was greatly decreased.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12122004-215222en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12122004-215222/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46194en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFinite element methoden
dc.subjectend-plateen
dc.subjectweben
dc.subjectmomenten
dc.subjectweak-axisen
dc.subjectcolumnen
dc.subjectyield lineen
dc.subjectsteelen
dc.titleStrength and Stiffness of Weak-Axis Moment End-Plate Connectionsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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