Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 57-72(2018)
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF
SLANT END-PLATE CONNECTIONS AT ELEVATED
TEMPERATURE
Farshad Zahmatkesh1,*, Mohd. H. Osman2, Elnaz Talebi3,
Ahmad Kueh3 and Mahmood Tahir3
1Pennsylvania Housing Research Centre (PHRC), Department of Architectural Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16801, USA
2 UTM Forensic Engineering Centre, Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
3Construction Research Centre (CRC), Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Received: 24 January 2016; Revised:23 March 2017; Accepted: 25 March 2017
DOI:10.18057/IJASC.2018.14.1.4
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ABSTRACT
Axially restrained steel beams exhibit lower structural efficiency when they are subjected to elevated temperature. Thermal expansion is one of the most hazardous conditions such beams could experience throughout their service life. In this regard, using an adequately performing connection can enhance the thermal performance of the beams. This paper, therefore, evaluates experimentally the performance of slant end-plate as a proposed connection for dissipating thermal expansion experienced by the steel beam. In this study, several experimental tests were carried out on two different specimens in terms of scaling and gravity loads to prove the hypothesis and results obtained from a present analytical study. The evaluation of tests and analytical results showed that both outcomes are consistent with each other with comparison ratios between 0.96 and 1.09. In addition, the experimental tests, as well as analytical outcomes, have proven that the slant end-plate connection can successfully reduce the additional thermally induced axial forces via the upward crawling mechanism.
KEYWORDS
Slant end-plate connection, elevated temperature, gravity load, experimental test, analytical model
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