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2004 6

ENGINEERING MECHANICS

Vol.21 No.3
Jun.

2004

1000-4750(2004)03-0155-07

1 1 2 2
(1. , 310027; 2. , 310000)

TU392.3

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF

ULTIMATE STRENGTH FOR STEEL TUBULAR JOINT OF TALL
TOWERS
YU Shi-ce1 , SUN Bing-nan1 , Ye Yin2 , YING Jian-guo2
(1.Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027,China; 2.Zhejiang Electric Power Designing Institute, Hangzhou 310000,China)

Abstract: Tube-gusset plate connection is an important problem in the design of steel tubular joint of tall towers.
Designers could not control limit load because conventional simplified calculation method of joint stress is unable to
predict the stress distribution of steel tube when the joint reaches local buckling state. Based on full scale model test,
a limit analysis model for determining the ultimate loads of tube-gusset plate connections is established and relevant
program is developed. The numerical results, verified by the results of full scale model test and FEM, show that the
yield line model has theoretical and practical significance for design.
Key words: building structure; tube-gusset plate connections; ultimate strength; loading test; yield line model

2002-11-102003-04-30
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(1940); (E-mail: sbn@zju.edu.cn)

(1950)

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156

( 2 )

[1]

[2]

Soh

500kV

4*LHGJT-500/65

JLBIA-120

OPGW

M Q 2

M = TS sin = NS sin
Q = T cos + N cos

(1)

h=l=150mm d=20mm

3 1595 1.6m

h1

S
N

N z

6kN

Fig.1 Configuration of tubular joint

h1

2
Fig.2

Equivalent forces of tubular joint

Fig.3

Tubular joint specimen

a b

B C

1.

2.
5.

3.

4.

6. 7.

A1B1C1 A2
B2C2 12
-
- 7~8
23kN
23kN
A1B1C1
A2B2C2
30kN

Fig.4

157

23kN

Setup for full scale test

30kN
30kN

35

30
25
20
A1
B1
C1
A2
B2
C2

15
10
5

Fig.5 Arrangement of strain gauges

,, ab

- 6
ab b
ab
30kN a 4.7mm
b

30
25
20

A1
B1
C1
A2
B2
C2

15
10
5
0

-2000

-1000

1000

2000

3000

Fig.8 Load-axial stress response curves

30

2000

7 A1C2

35

A2C1

25
20

15

1 2

10

5
0

35

ab

-2000

Fig.7 Load-circumferential stress response curves

-4000

mm

Fig.6 Load-displacement response curves

ab

3 ( 4 )
21

7 A1 30kN
a

8
C Q

158

4.1

1) 6 a b

a ,
a
9-a a

9-b

Wext = Pu l / h

(4)

6)

4.2
9-b10-a
x
y
z

2)
y
b1
9-c mn

(a) (Elevation view)

b1 = R 2 ( R 2 d 2 / 4 / 2) 2

(2)

R d
h
a1 b1

a1 = 1.25b1

(3)

3)

4) ,
,
EFGH(
10-a) EH
EFFG GH
EH
2

EH

M p ds

5) a

(b) (Plan view)

(c) A-A ( Section A-A)

9

Fig.9

Yield line of tubular joint

( x / a 0 ) 2 + ( y / b0 ) 2 = 1
2
y + z 2 = R 2

(5)

159

= / 2
d
Wint T = 2 N p ( )d
0
2

Wext = Wint M + Wint T

(20)

(21)

= 1
Pu = f ( )

(22)

M u = Pu l

(23)

700

500
400
300
200
100

Pu f ( ) = 0
,

80

20

22

240

260

50
40
30
20
10
100

120

140 160 180 200

220

(c)

120

100
80
60
40

100

11

60

(d)

Ultimate strength equations for tube-gusset

connections

300

400

50
40
30
20
10
14

16

11

200

Table 1

18

20

10 12 14 16

60

N p =30.23kN

(b)

0
80

Q235
f y =235N/mm2

70

0 < 4t M p = 0.25 f y t 2 , N p = f y t f y

18
20
22

24

26

Fig.11 Influence of geometric parameters on ultimate

strength

Woo-Bum Kim[6]

12

M u = 7 ht 2 f y

JSSC[4]

D
h D
M u = 1.26[( ) 0.2 + ( )( ) 0.1 ]ht 2 f y
2t
2 D 2t

10%

CISC[5]

h
M u = 5[1 + 0.25( )]ht 2 f y
D

AIJ

[3]

AIJ

15mm 25mm
3.3%

40
35

(a)

600

160

30
25
20
15
10
5
0

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

12
Fig.12 Comparison with FEM result

161

13
12

(1)

D/t=40
D/t=32
D/t=24
D/t=16
D/t=8

10

Mu 8
ht 2 f y

h D

13

Fig.13 Nondimensional ultimate strength of tubular joint

2 K
Table 2

Comparison of designing load and ultimate load for typical K-joint

S(mm)

T(kN)

(o)

N(kN)

235

54.91

23.63

26.28

115

62.82

54.0

62.43

M (kN m)

D(mm)

t(mm)

d(mm)

h(mm)

M (kN m)

56.874

5.17

159

10

650

26.05

54.5

5.84

203

10

460

22.25

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