Fire Resistance Studies on High Strength Steel Structures

Wang, Wei-Yong,Xia, Yue,Li, Guo-Qiang Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat Korea 2018 International journal of high-rise buildings Vol.7 No.4

High strength steels have been widely applied in recent years due to high strength and good working performance. When subjected to fire conditions, the strength and elastic modulus of high strength steels deteriorate significantly and hence the load bearing capacity of structures reduces at elevated temperatures. The reduction factors of mechanical properties of high strength steels are quite different from mild steels. Therefore, the fire design methods deduced from mild steel structures are not applicable to high strength steel structures. In recent ten years, the first author of this paper has carried out a lot of fundamental research on fire behavior of high strength steels and structures. Summary of these research is presented in this paper, including mechanical properties of high strength steels at elevated temperature and after fire exposure, creep response of high strength steels at elevated temperature, residual stresses of welded high strength steel member after fire exposure, fire resistance of high strength steel columns, fire resistance of high strength steel beams, local buckling of high strength steel members, and residual strength of high strength steel columns after fire exposure. The results show that the mechanical properties of high strength steel in fire condition and the corresponding fire resistance of high strength steel structures are different from those of mild steel and structures, and the fire design methods recommended in current design codes are not applicable to high strength steel structures.

Experimental and analytical investigation of composite columns made of high strength steel and high strength concrete

Binglin Lai,J.Y. Richard Liew,Mingxiang Xiong 국제구조공학회 2019 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.33 No.1

Composite columns made of high strength materials have been used in high-rise construction owing to its excellent structural performance resulting in smaller cross-sectional sizes. However, due to the limited understanding of its structural response, current design codes do not allow the use of high strength materials beyond a certain strength limit. This paper reports additional test data, analytical and numerical studies leading to a new design method to predict the ultimate resistance of composite columns made of high strength steel and high strength concrete. Based on previous study on high strength concrete filled steel tubular members and ongoing work on high strength concrete encased steel columns, this paper provides new findings and presents the feasibility of using high strength steel and high strength concrete for general double symmetric composite columns. A nonlinear finite element model has been developed to capture the composite beam-column behavior. The Eurocode 4 approach of designing composite columns is examined by comparing the test data with results obtained from code's predictions and finite element analysis, from which the validities of the concrete confinement effect and plastic design method are discussed. Eurocode 4 method is found to overestimate the resistance of concrete encased composite columns when ultra-high strength steel is used. Finally, a strain compatibility method is proposed as a modification of existing Eurocode 4 method to give reasonable prediction of the ultimate strength of concrete encased beam-columns with steel strength up to 900 MPa and concrete strength up to 100 MPa.

130MPa급 초고강도콘크리트의 현장적용성에 관한 실험적 연구

김지만,공민호,정상진 단국대 부설 리모델링연구소 2007 리모델링 연구소 논문집 Vol.5 No.1

Recently Ultra high strength concrete is actively being developed and studied, and this trend is explained with the following effects. Technological effects expected from the application of Ultra high strength concrete include the reduction of section, the decrease of structure mass and the improvement of workability. As for the reduction of section, the use of Ultra high strength concrete is effective for plane and height, and the effect is even higher when it is applied to high-rise buildings. The decrease of concrete mass resulting from high strength is advantageous for earthquake resistance, reduces the use of earthquake-resistant members, and brings resource substitution effects. In addition, forms can be removed early thanks to self-fillability and early expression of strength resulting from the high fluidity, and this increases construction efficiency and shortens construction period. Recently there is increasing interest and investment in high-rise buildings throughout the world, and countries are competing for higher buildings in order to display national status and technological power through high-rise buildings. In addition, the use of concrete materials in steel-frame building is increasing as residential buildings are growing higher. Currently the application of Ultra high strength concrete is limited to high-rise buildings and protective buildings for special purposes. However, its application is expected to expand to attain the effects of Ultra high strength concrete. For this purpose, we tested the field applicability of Ultra high strength concrete using simulated members. Mixture ratios derived from basic experiment were tested using reduced simulated members. Using the obtained results, the decrease of hydration heat and the increase of compression strength were compared and the optimal mixture ratio was selected. Concrete of the selected mixture ratio was produced at a ready-mixed concrete factory and placed at a construction site using a pump car. Through the experiment on field applicability, we presented basic materials on the construction-related and mechanical characteristics of Ultra high strength concrete.

Structural Performance of 800 MPa High-Strength Steel Members and Application to Highrise and Mega Building Structures

Lee, Cheol-Ho Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat Korea 2017 International journal of high-rise buildings Vol.6 No.3

The use of high-strength steels in construction of highrise and mega building structures can bring about many technological advantages from fabrication to erection. However, key design criteria such as local and lateral stability in current steel design specifications were developed based on tests of ordinary steels which have stress-strain characteristics very different from that of high strength steels. A series of tests on 800 MPa tensile strength steel (HSA800) members are summarized in this paper which were conducted to investigate the appropriateness of extrapolating current ordinary-steel based design criteria to high strength steels. 800 MPa I-shape beam specimens designed according to flange local buckling (FLB) criteria of the AISC Specification developed a sufficient strength for elastic design and a marginal rotation capacity for plastic design. It is shown that, without introducing distinct and significant yield plateau to the stress-strain property of high-strength steel, it is inherently difficult to achieve a high rotation capacity even if all the current stability limits are met. 800 MPa I-shape beam specimens with both low and high warping rigidity exhibited sufficient lateral torsional buckling (LTB) strength. HSA800 short-column specimens with various edge restraint exhibited sufficient local buckling strength under uniform compression and generally outperformed ordinary steel specimens. The experimental P-M strength was much higher than the AISC nominal P-M strength. The measured residual stresses indicated that the impact of residual stress on inelastic buckling of high-strength steel is less. Cyclic seismic test results showed that HSA800 members have the potential to be used as non-ductile members or members with limited ductility demand in seismic load resisting systems. Finally, recent applications of 800 MPa high strength steel to highrise and mega building structures in Korea are briefly presented.

Development of Super High-Strength Bolts with Tensile Strengths of 1600 to 2000 N/mm2

Kiyosaburo Azuma,Tetsushi Chida,Toshimi Tarui,Nagayuki Matsuishi,Tadayoshi Okada 한국강구조학회 2009 International Journal of Steel Structures Vol.9 No.4

High-strength bolts with much higher strengths are effective in bolted joints of high-strength steels to reduce the number of bolts for both labor saving and more rapid construction. This project is directed at developing super high-strength bolts with a 1600 to 2000 N/mm2 ultimate strength class as the joining parts intended for steel plates with an 800 N/mm2 ultimate strength class. This paper reports the results of the investigation of the resistance to the delayed fracture of high-strength bolts, prototype and shear tests of individual bolts, and the FEM analysis of a joint including multiple bolts aligned in a line. High-strength bolts with much higher strengths are effective in bolted joints of high-strength steels to reduce the number of bolts for both labor saving and more rapid construction. This project is directed at developing super high-strength bolts with a 1600 to 2000 N/mm2 ultimate strength class as the joining parts intended for steel plates with an 800 N/mm2 ultimate strength class. This paper reports the results of the investigation of the resistance to the delayed fracture of high-strength bolts, prototype and shear tests of individual bolts, and the FEM analysis of a joint including multiple bolts aligned in a line.

Flexural behavior of high-strength steel hybrid composite beams

Jun, Su-Chan,Lee, Cheol-Ho,Han, Kyu-Hong,Kim, Jin-Won Elsevier 2018 Journal of constructional steel research Vol.149 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>In this study, hybrid utilization of high-strength steel in composite beams was proposed in order to maximize their flexural capacity and full-scale testing was conducted in two phases to investigate their flexural behavior. In fabricating specimens, high-strength steels were utilized for the bottom flange while normal-strength steels were used for the top flange and the web. In Phase I testing, however, all the high-strength steel bottom flange specimens were not able to reach their plastic moment by about 10–15% due to unexpected longitudinal shear failure along the beam axis, although sufficient shear studs were provided for full composite behavior and the plastic neutral axis location was limited within 15% of the total depth of the composite beam section. The specimens in Phase II testing designed with additional shear reinforcements showed no longitudinal shear cracking and developed their plastic capacity with reasonable deformability as intended in design. This implies that, different from the design of conventional composite beams, checking the longitudinal shear strength of composite concrete slab is crucial when designing hybrid composite beams utilizing high-strength steels. The nominal longitudinal shear strength was well predicted by the shear-friction based models in ACI 318-14 and AASHTO LRFD. The test results of this study show that when the limitation on the depth of the plastic neutral axis set forth by Eurocode 4 is satisfied along with sufficient longitudinal shear strength, the plastic stress design method can still be applied to the design of hybrid composite beams utilizing high-strength steels whose nominal yield strength is as high as 650 MPa.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Hybrid utilization of high-strength steel in composite beams to maximize their flexural capacity is presented. </LI> <LI> The longitudinal shear failure of the concrete slab is one of the critical limit states in hybrid composite beams. </LI> <LI> The reliability of the design equations for the longitudinal shear strength among representative standards is evaluated. </LI> <LI> The plastic stress design method can still be applied to high-strength hybrid composite beams. </LI> </UL> </P>

주관응력효과를 고려한 고강도강 X형 원형강관접합부의 수치해석 연구

김선후,이철호 한국강구조학회 2018 韓國鋼構造學會 論文集 Vol.30 No.2

Internationally representative steel design standards have forbidden or limited the application of high-strength steels to tubular joints, partly because of concerns about their unique material characteristics such as high yield ratio. Most of design standards stipulate that for steels whose yield strengths exceed 355 or 360 MPa, the strength equations cannot be utilized or strength reduction factor below 1.0 should be multiplied. However, the mechanical background behind these limitations is not clear. Experimental testing of high-strength steel CHS (circular hollow section) X-joints recently conducted by the authors also clearly indicated that the current limitations might be unduly conservative. As a continuing work, extensive, test-validated numerical analyses were made to investigate the behavior of high-strength steel CHS X-joint under axial compression. Three steel grades covering ordinary to very high strength steels were considered in the analysis. Again it was found that the high strength penalty to the joint strength in current standards is too severe and needs to be relaxed. The high-strength steel joints under the effects of chord stress generally showed higher strength than the ordinary steel joints and their strengths were conservatively predicted by current standards. It is also emphasized that current format of the CHS X-joint strength equation does not reflect observed behavior and needs to be recast. 고강도 강재의 높은 항복비와 같은 특이한 물성에 대한 우려 등의 이유로 국내외 대표적인 강구조 설계기준에서는 강관구조에 고강도강재를 적용하는 것을 금지하거나 제한하고 있다. 대부분의 설계기준에서는 강관의 항복강도가 355 또는 360MPa을 초과하는 경우 제시된 설계강도식을 사용할 수 없거나 강도저감계수를 통해 설계강도를 낮추어야 한다. 반면 이러한 제한사항에 대한 역학적 근거는 명료하지 않다. 또한 최근 저자들에의해 수행된 X형 원형강관접합부에 대한 실험연구는 고강도강에 대한 규제가 과도하게 보수적일 수도 있다는 점을 지적한 바 있다. 본 연구에서는고강도강 X형 원형강관접합부의 지관 압축 하에서의 거동을 더 자세히 분석하기 위해 실험에 이은 수치해석 변수연구를 수행하였다. 일반 강재부터매우 항복강도가 높은 고강도 강재까지 넓은 범위의 강종을 고려하였다. 본 수치해석 연구에서도 현행의 고강도강 페널티가 매우 보수적이며 완화될여지가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 주관 축응력 하에서의 고강도강 접합부의 거동을 분석한 결과 현행 기준식이 고강도강 접합부의 주관 축응력에의한 강도 감소 효과를 보수적으로 예측함을 확인하였다. 일반적으로 주관 축응력이 작용할 때 고강도강 접합부는 일반강 접합부에 비해 접합부 강도를 더 잘 유지하였다. 더불어 현행 기준식의 형태가 실제 접합부 거동을 정확히 표현하는 데에 한계가 있으며 개선될 여지가 있음을 지적하였다.

고성능감수제의 종류와 첨가량에 따른 모르타르의 유동특성 및 강도특성에 관한 기초적 연구

박혜선,이상수,송하영 대한건축학회지회연합회 2008 대한건축학회지회연합회 학술발표대회논문집 Vol.2008 No.1

High effectiveness of concrete need to improve work-capacity, through concrete capacity improvement. The quality characteristics of concrete using high-range water reducer in domestic market are evaluated in order to put to practical use of high performance concrete with high mobility, high strength and high durability. This study discusses the fluidity and strength properties of cement mortar mixed according to the addition ratio and type of high-range water reducer. The purpose of study is a fundamental study on performance comparison and effect of high-range water reducer. As a result, The fluidity augment in the addition ratio of high-range water reducer. one of the most fluidity is poly carboxylic acid high-range water reducer. Air content considered that the later addition is bigger than the first addition. Compressive strength analyzed one of the most naphthalene sulphonate of type and 0.5% of addition rate. Also, strength increase in the time. Tensile strength and flexural strength does not undergo a big influence in the addition and type is not.

Design of High Strength Concrete Filled Tubular Columns For Tall Buildings

Liew, J.Y. Richard,Xiong, M.X.,Xiong, D.X. Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat Korea 2014 International journal of high-rise buildings Vol.3 No.3

Ultra-high strength concrete and high tensile steel are becoming very attractive materials for high-rise buildings because of the need to reduce member size and structural self-weight. However, limited test data and design guidelines are available to support the applications of high strength materials for building constructions. This paper presents significant findings from comprehensive experimental investigations on the behaviour of tubular columns in-filled with ultra-high strength concrete at ambient and elevated temperatures. A series of tests was conducted to investigate the basic mechanical properties of the high strength materials, and structural behaviour of stub columns under concentric compression, beams under moment and slender beam-columns under concentric and eccentric compression. High tensile steel with yield strength up to 780 MPa and ultra-high strength concrete with compressive cylinder strength up to 180 MPa were used to construct the test specimens. The test results were compared with the predictions using a modified Eurocode 4 approach. In addition, more than 2000 test data samples collected from literature on concrete filled steel tubes with normal and high strength materials were also analysed to formulate the design guide for implementation in practice.

고품질 혼화재와 급결제를 적용한 고강도 숏크리트의 현장실험 연구

마상준(Ma Sang-Joon),김동민(Kim Dong-Min) 대한토목학회 2006 대한토목학회논문집 C Vol.26 No.2

국내 숏크리트 강도기준은 고강도 숏크리트의 개발과 적용이 활발한 유럽과 비교해 볼 때 상대적으로 낮게 설정되어 있어서 고강도 숏크리트의 품질을 평가하기에는 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 숏크리트의 강도증진과 장기 내구성을 향상시킬 수 있는 방법을 모색하기 위해 현장실험을 실시하였다. 현장실험은 고품질 혼화재와 고성능 급결제를 적용한 고강도 숏크리트를 지향하였고, 숏크리트의 강도증진에 미치는 혼화재와 급결제의 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. 그리고 유럽통합규격(EFNARC)에 의거하여 품질평가를 수행하였는데, 실험결과 알칼리프리계 급결제를 사용한 경우의 초기강도 증진율이 90~97%로 가장 높게 나타나 초기강도 증진효과에 알칼리프리계 급결제가 효과적이었다. 또한, 실리카 흄을 혼입한 숏크리트는 압축강도가 45.2~55.8㎫, 휨강도가 5.01~6.66㎫로 혼입하지 않은 경우에 비해 각각 37~79%, 17~61% 강도증진 효과가 나타났고, 실리카 흄 치환율은 7.5~10%일 때 강도증진 효과가 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 현장실험 결과 국내 숏크리트의 고강도화를 위해서는 알카리프리계 급결제와 실리카 흄과 같은 고품질 혼화재의 사용이 필요할 것으로 판단된다. The strength standard of shotcrete in Korea is relatively lower than that in Europe where high-strength shotcrete has been developed and actively applied to the common practice, so it is hard to test a quality of high-strength shotcrete. In this study, field test was performed to find a solution improving the strength and a long-term durability on domestic shotcrete. In field test, a high-strength shotcrete was produced using high-quality additions and accelerators, and an effect of additions and accelerators was observed. In addition, quality test based on EFNARC was also performed. As a result of field test, a promotion ratio of early strength is 90~97% in case of using alkali-free accelerators, therefore, alkali-free accelerators had an effect on an increase of early strength on shotcrete. A compressive strength of shotcrete using Micro-silica fume was 45.2~55.8㎫ and flexible strength was 5.01~6.66㎫, so a promotion ratio of strength was 37~79%, 17~61% respectively. It was showed that increment effect of strength by the silica fume replacement of 7.5~10% for cement mass was remarkable. As a result of test, it was possible to apply high-strength shotcrete to the domestic practice using high-quality additions such as Micro-silica fume and accelerators such as alkali-free.