Behaviour of hybrid timber beam-to-tubular steel column moment connections
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Author(s)
Karagiannis, V
Malaga Chuquitaype, C
Elghazouli, AY
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental and numerical study into the response of bolted connections between Glulam timber beams and tubular steel columns. Six specimens involving two different connection types subjected to monotonically increasing bending action are examined. The first connection type incorporates top and seat angles blind-bolted to the column and jointed to the beam through long bolts. The second connection type is formed by a steel T-stub slotted into the timber beam and connected to it by means of transverse bolts. In addition, two reinforcing techniques aimed at enhancing the response of the slotted-in T-stub configuration are investigated. These include the provision of a bottom wedge angle between the beam and the column as well as the use of perpendicular-to-grain screws to delay wood splitting. The experimental set-up, connection configurations and material properties are introduced followed by a detailed account of the test results and observations. The main behavioural patterns are identified from the experiments and key response characteristics such as stiffness, capacity and failure mechanism are discussed. This paper shows that the use of bottom wedge angles leads to significant enhancement in the flexural yield strength of the T-stub connections, accompanied by a relatively small change in the location of the bolt-group point of rotation (monitored herein by means of Digital Image Correlation techniques). Besides, the use of reinforcing screws is shown to be an effective detail for substantially increasing the rotational ductility of the connections. Finite element simulations of the tests are also presented, together with a detailed description of the modelling approaches employed, in order to gain further insight into the behaviour of the connections. Finally, the applicability of simplified component-based expressions, which are suitable for practical design assessment procedures, for the estimation of the stiffness and capacity of the proposed hybrid glulam-to-tubular column connections are presented and discussed.
Date Issued
2017-01-15
Date Acceptance
2016-11-03
Citation
Engineering Structures, 2017, 131 (1), pp.243-263
ISSN
0141-0296
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
243
End Page
263
Journal / Book Title
Engineering Structures
Volume
131
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141029616311555
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Civil
Engineering
Hybrid systems
Timber-steel joints
Bolted connections
Component models
Timber reinforcement
Bolt-group point of rotation
Civil Engineering
0905 Civil Engineering
0912 Materials Engineering
0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-11-15