1. Investigation on the vertical-longitudinal shear strength interaction in CSTC beams
- Author
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López Rull, Ignasi, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l'Enginyeria, and González Puig, Manuel
- Subjects
Resistència de materials -- Proves -- Simulació per ordinador ,Strength of materials -- Testing -- Computer simulation ,Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materials [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Bigues de formigó -- Fabricació -- Disseny i construcció ,Concrete beams -- Manufacturing processes -- Design and construction - Abstract
CSTC beams are a composite steel-concrete solution. They are formed by a steel truss welded on a steel plate which acts as a reinforcement for the concrete beam. This prefabricated structure absorbs part of the forces suffered by the beam. However, as the steel bars are diagonal, the internal forces have not the same distribution as they have in conventional concrete beams. The interaction of different forces is also an important issue to deal with when working with such types of beams. For such purpose, different studies have been made. This thesis starts from a previous work in which a 3D model of the beam was created and a push-out test was simulated. The aim was to study the longitudinal shear transfer. The present thesis analyses internal forces in the steel bars and reactions in concrete in order to provide a global view of how the beam behaves when being applied longitudinal shear forces. The aim is to understand what happens in order to provide mathematical models which explains this phenomenons. This thesis pretends to provide two different models to work when analysing or calculating CSTC beams which can be used as guides. It also provides plastic models useful in such cases. The aim is to provide tools for further investigations which could involve interaction between different actions
- Published
- 2022