BucklingbehaviorofSteelTruss

by

RangsanWongjeeraphat
Supervisor:Dr.Todd
Dr Todd

Helwig

STEER
March4,2010
TheCommonConferenceCenter

J J PickleResearchCampus
J.J.PickleResearchCampus

TheUniversityofTexasatAustin

StudyObjective
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j
Toimprovetheunderstandingofthestability

behavioroftrusssystems
Tostudytherequirementsforbothlateral

andtorsionalbracingrequirementsfortruss
system

TrussBehavior
P

P
C
T

Thetrusssystemconsistsofacollectionofaxialloaded
memberstoformaflexuralsystem.Thereforequestion
oftenariseaboutthetrussbehavinglikeacolumnormore
likeabeam

Designofbracefortruss
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AISCSpecification
AISCS ifi i
Intheappendix6ofcommentarysectiononstability
bracingforcolumnsandbeams

TrussBracing
g
Severalfactorsaffecttrussbucklingbehavior:
Internalfactors:
Outofplanestiffnessofwebelements
p
Theaxialcompressiveloadsinthechords
Thealignmentoftheverticalanddiagonalwebelements

Externalfactors:

Thelocalandglobalinitialimperfections
Loadlocationandposition
Typeofbraces
Locationofbracesonthecrosssection

OverviewofExperimentalProgram
p
g
Theexperimentalprogramincludesseveral
t ti t
testingstages,including:
i l di
Lateralstiffnesstest
Loadheighteffecttest
Topchordloading
Bottomchordloading

Testsontorsionalbracingsystem
Bracingattopchord
Bracingatbottomchord(PonyTruss)

Testsonlateralbracingsystem

TrussSystemwithLateralBracing
y
g
P

Lateralbrace
(Stiffness=0.2,0.5,0.8kip/in)

link

Heightadjustableto
changestiffness
ff

Lateralbrace
system

Trusscrosssectionatbracepoint

TrussSystemwithLateralBracing
y
g
P

P
link

Lateralbrace
system

Trusscrosssectionatbracepoint

TrussSystemwithTorsionalBracing
y
g
Bottomchordloadingcase
g

Topchordloadingcase
p
g

Torsionalbrace

Torsionalbrace

Trusscrosssectionat
thirdpoint

Trusscrosssectionat
thirdpoint

TrussSystemwithTorsionalBracing
y
g

GravityLoad
Simulator

Torsionalbrace

Bottomchordloadingtestwith3smalltorsionalbracesatbottomchord

LoadLateralDeflectionCurve
72ftspan
14 0
14.0

12.0

TotalLoaad(kips)

10.0

8.0
Topchord Bottomchordloadingtest
6.0
Bottomchord Bottomchordloadingtest
Topchord Topchordloadingtest

4.0

Bottomchord Topchordloadingtest
2.0

0.0
0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

LateralDeflection(in)

2.5

3.0

3.5

Resultsofbucklingtest
g
Withlateralbraces
Lateral Deflection at mid span top chord
LateralDeflectionatmidspantopchord
70

60

NoLarBr
1LatBrK=0.2k/in
1LatBrK=0.5k/in

50

TotalLoad(kips)

1LatBrK=0.8k/in
2LatBrK=0.2k/in

40

2 Lat Br K = 0 5 k/in
2LatBrK=0.5k/in
2LatBrK=0.8k/in

30

20

10

0
0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

LateralDeflection(in)

2.5

3.0

3.5

Resultsofbucklingtest
g
Withtorsionalbraces
Lateral Deflection at mid span top chord
LateralDeflectionatmidspantopchord
70

60

50

Totalload(kkips)

NoTorBr:BCLoad
2SmTorBratBC:BCLoad

40

3SmTorBratBC:BCLoad
2LrgTorBratBC:BCLoad
30

NoTorBr:TCLoad
2SmTorBratTC:TCLoad
3 S T B t TC TC L d
3SmTorBratTC:TCLoad

20

2LrgTorBratTC:TCLoad
10

0
0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Lateraldeflection(in)

2.5

3.0

3.5

Currentwork
DevelopingtheFEAmodel
Verifythemodelwiththelaboratorytestresults
Parametricstudy

FEAmodelwith3largetorsional
bracesatbottomchordwith
bottomchordloading

Summary
y
Theloadheighteffectexistsintrussandcauses

thetrusssystemtobehavesimilartoabeam
Addingtheproperlateralandtorsionalbracing
stiffnessaswellasthepropernumberofbraces
p p
isnecessarytoimprovethebucklingcapacityof
atruss.
Theeffectivenessofaddingalateralbrace
Th ff ti
f ddi l t lb

decreaseswithanincreaseinthenumberofthe
braces
Addingtorsionalbracesismoreeffectiveintop
chordloadingcasesthaninbottomchord
l d
loadingcases

THANKYOU

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