Research on the dynamic buckling of a typical deck grillage structure subjected to in-plane impact Load

Kong, Xiangshao; Zhou, Hongchang; Cheng, Zheng; Pei, Zhiyong; Yuan, Tian; Wu, Weiguo

doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2021.103003

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“…A considerable number of studies are available in the technical literature that deal with various grillage systems. The component beams of those structures are laterally stiffened by (a) steel diaphragms and timber struts, e.g., [ 28 ], (b) a reinforced concrete deck slab (in bridge structures), e.g., [ 29 ], (c) sheathing plates in ship deck structures, e.g., [ 30 ]. However, studies were not found to provide the analysis of H-type grillages built from beams unstiffened laterally, in which the main beam carrying the transverse load was a coupling beam.…”

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Elastic Critical Resistance of the Simple Beam Grillage Resulting from the Lateral Torsional Buckling Condition: FEM Modelling and Analytical Considerations

2023

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Transversely loaded beam grillages are quite often used in industrial construction. In order to produce a safe design of such structures, it is necessary to account for the lateral torsional buckling phenomenon, which reduces load-bearing capacity. To be able to calculate the relevant reduction factor, the elastic critical load must be determined. As regards the existing design practice for such structures, simplified conditions are assumed for the mutual restraint of the component beams. However, this approach does not correspond to reality. This study discusses the results of numerical investigations and analytical calculations concerning the effect of the elastic action of simple beam grillage (SBG) joints on the critical load, which results from the lateral torsional buckling (LTB) condition. The SBG was defined as a flat system of interconnected beams, unstiffened laterally and loaded perpendicularly to the grillage plane. The analysis covered H-shaped grillages with different span ratios of component beams, in which the main (coupling) beam was decisive for instability. The effectiveness of the use of closed-section stiffeners at the grillage joints was also investigated. The grillage elastic critical resistances (ECR) were determined for two variants of joint stiffening. The computations were performed by means of FEM numerical simulations. The spatial models were discretised with the following elements: (1) solid ones in Abaqus, (2) shell ones in ConSteel, and (3) thin-walled bars in ConSteel. The LTB critical moments of the weakest beam (critical beam), elastically restrained against warping and against lateral rotation (in the LTB plane), were computed using the analytical methods developed by the authors. To this end, the methods were proposed to determine the indexes of the critical beam elastic restraint in the adjacent stiffening beams. In the study, it was demonstrated that (1) taking into account the conditions of mutual elastic restraint and interaction of the component beams provides a more accurate assessment of the grillage ECR, (2) the use of closed-section stiffeners in the grillage joints increase the ECR compared with classic flat stiffeners, (3) the grillage ECR can be estimated based on the critical moment Mcr of the weakest beam (critical beam) when the conditions of its elastic restraint in joints are accounted for.

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