The elastic and plastic characteristics of the Y-joint of frame-core tube structures with steel pipe column and steel pipe outrigger truss is studied in this paper. The finite-element method is adopted in the numerical study. To avoid the damage of the joint, controlling the relatively convex-concave deformation of the column wall through adding internal stiffener plate is discussed. Through the comparison of numerical study of the Y-joint with different shape of stiffener plate, a feasible design of the Y-joint is given.

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The aim of this paper is to study elasto-plastic behavior of the doubler plate reinforced tubular T-joints (DP-T-joints) subjected to axial tension or compression loading at the top of brace. Finite-element method is adopted in the numerical parametric studies to evaluate the ultimate strength of DP-T-joints. To verify numerical analysis, a typical full-scale doubler plate reinforced tubular T joints experimental study has been modeled using ABAQUS package. The load-displacement curves of the numerical results agree with the experiment curve very well. Then, affect of parameter (doubler plate width parameter α, doubler plate length parameter Δ, doubler plate to chord wall thickness ratio λ) on the elasto-plastic behavior has been investigated.

Finite element analysis methods were conducted to investigate the seismic performance of panel zone at the connection of square steel column and two H-shaped beams with different heigth level by using ABAQUS. Compared with the previous test ,which verifies the correctness of finite element model. The paper sets up a total of 11 finite element analysis models, The changes of the web thickness, thickness of beam flange, diameter-thickness ratio in the finite element analysis models are studied, Which affect the beam end joint load - displacement curves and stress distribution.Studies have showed that: the beam flange thickness ratio and the beam offset ratio has insignificant influence on the load-displacement curves. The diameter to thickness ratio have sharp influence on the load-displacement curves.

In the present of paper, four experimental steel tubular columns with partial filled-concrete under reversed cyclic lateral load and constant axial load were numerically analyzed by finite element package ABAQUS. Under certain conditions of the radius-to-thickness ratio Rt and the slenderness ratio λ parameters, effect of filled-concrete height on ultimate strength and ductility of this type bridge pier was investigated. These numerical results of tubular columns with partial filled-concrete were compared with the previous experimental results. It was found that these numerical results agree with the experimental ones very well. And these load-displacement hysteretic curves, which were obtained from numerical model, indicated that filled-concrete height had greatly affected the ultimate strength and ductility of steel tubular bridge pier with partial filled-concrete.