Shear Design of Composite Panels - Post-Buckling Tension Field Action
| Author(s): |
Daia Zwicky
Joel Mabboux |
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| Medium: | conference paper |
| Language(s): | English |
| Conference: | Footbridge 2014 - Past, Present & Future, London, 16-18 July 2014 |
| Published in: | Footbridge 2014 - Past, Present & Future |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | The potential of glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRP) as structural shear panels, i.e. slender elements loaded primarily in in-plane shear, is far from being exploited. Current design proposals only consider the resistance up to elastic panel buckling, leading to a relatively low economic competitiveness of such structural elements. This paper reports on a comprehensive research project on the structural behaviour of Vierendeel frames made of GFRP U-profiles, braced with riveted or bolted GFRP panels of variable thickness, particularly targeting their post-buckling (i.e. post-critical) shear resistance. The contribution discusses the results of full-scale tests and evaluates the influence of the different types of connections on ultimate loads and general bearing behaviour of the test specimens. It reports on findings from extensive non-linear FE analysis and compares them to the full-scale test results as well as to predictions based on existing proposals for the post-critical shear resistance of slender steel panels, i.e. tension field approaches. It further draws conclusions on the appropriate structural design method for determining the post-critical resistance of slender GFRP panels loaded in in-plane shear and identifies future research needs. |
| Keywords: |
full-scale tests buckling shear resistance non-linear finite element analysis Vierendeel frame glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRP) bracing panels post-critical tension field action structural design models connection ductility
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