Avaliação de ligações soldadas de perfis tubulares em estruturas de aço através do método dos elementos finitos.

• Autor(a) principal: Bittencourt, Mateus Cunha
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11557
• topic: Tubular strutuctures; Welded; Finite element method; Numerical models; Non linear; Perfis tubulares; Ligações soldadas; Método dos elementos finitos; Modelo numérico; Análise numérica; Análise não-linear; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA CIVIL

Tubular structures were conceived in the sixties, to solve several structural engineering problems and were boosted by the fast and continuous growth of the use of steel in the construction industry. The most popular tubular joints are welded. These specific connections still require further investigations to enable a complete understanding of their structural performance aiming to develop optimum and reliable solutions. The Eurocode 3 provides specific guidance for tubular connections, specially the welded joints, due to their particular design peculiarities. Unfortunately, the Brazilian Steel Design Standard, NBR8800, does not provide any recommendation for tubular members joint design. The numerical analysis performed in the current investigation required an updated and comprehensive literature review of tubular joint structural design and response. With this review in hand, numerical models were conceived and optimised with the aid of the Finite Element Method and were used in subsequent parametrical analysis made to enhance their structural response knwolledge. Two numerical models were developed with hollow welded joints of: T square section members and K circular section members. All the models adopted six dof. shell finite elements including the membrane action. The material response was non-linear using a bilinear stress vs. strain curve and a Von Mises yield criterion. The geometric non-linearity was considered through the use of an Updated Lagragean formulation. The most significant conclusions of the present investigation were related to the analyzed T joints results that indicated that the Eurocode 3 provisions should be adopted with caution. On the other hand, for the K joints, the numerical results were always lower than the Eurocode 3 results, and could be considered a lower bound for the investigated problem.