Strain Rate Effects on a Ductile Moment Resisting Frame with RBS Connection Subjected to Seismic Ground Motions
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Abstract
A numerical study that considers strain rate dependency of material behaviour has been carried out to assess the performance of a ductile moment resisting frame (MRF) with reduced beam section (RBS) subjected to seismic ground motion.The structural components of an MRF can experience a significantly high rate of deformation during seismic ground motion, which can vary the mechanical properties of the steel.Hence, quasi-static material properties used in the design of steel structures are not representative of the material dynamic behaviour during an earthquake.A procedure has been developed to generate stress versus strain curves for mixedmode hardening plasticity model using the test data by other researchers conducted at strain rate ranging from 0.00005 s -1 to 1.0 s -1 for two grades (ASTM A572 grade 50 and CAN/CSA G40.20/21 300W) of steel coupons (specimens).The strain rate dependent material properties for these materials are used in different combinations on beams and columns of MRF with RBS to conduct the non-linear dynamic analyses subjected to a suite of earthquake records at different seismic hazard levels in finite element software, ABAQUS.The maximum bending moment and maximum base shear are found to increase by up to 8% when strain rate dependent material properties are used in the analyses.However, there is only a slight decrease in the mean predicted inter-storey drift when strain rate dependent material properties are considered.It is observed that the MRF with RBS connections can experience a maximum strain rate of up to 0.30 s -1 .The strain hardening factor at the RBS center has been found to be much greater than the prescribed value in the design specification.A strain hardening of at least 1.2 should be used for a ductile moment resisting frame when inter-storey drift limit is ignored in the design.
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