Abstract: Current European standard of steel structures (Eurocode 3), establishes the necessity of taking into account the rigidity and resistance of joints in the overall calculation of the structure. This normative uses the method of the components. One of the components with greater influence on the behavior of the joint is the column web in shear. In 3D joints with additional plates, a new component, called E-Stub, appears. This component has been studied in regards to their behavior under axial load. However, the behavior of the E-stub when it is subjected to shear, has not been yet studied. In the present work, a test of a 3D joint with additional plates subjected to shear forces is conducted. During this process, measurements of strain gauges, inclinometers, and load cells are carried out. In this way, it is possible to determine the moment_rotation curves of the different panels composing the joint (web of the column and additional plates). The test is con- ducted in the elastic range, i

• Publication Date: 19-Aug-2016
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-101-6-07
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Abstract: Joints play a very important role in steel structures from the points of view of safety and optimization. In recent years progress has been made in the characterization of the behaviour of steel joints. Part of the knowledge has been integrated in the design codes, and EC3 in particular. In this code the component method has been proposed for connection analysis. However, not all the possible cases are included. One of the configurations that need to be studied is the joint studied in this research: it is a welded internal joint with beams of different depth and without stiffeners. A parametric analysis, based on previously calibrated finite element models is carried out. From the results of this analysis, the expressions for the components that form the mechanical model of the joint are proposed.

• Publication Date: 19-Aug-2016
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-101-6-08
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