NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOUR OF BOLTLESS BEAM TO UPRIGHT CONNECTIONS IN COLD FORMED STEEL STORAGE RACKS

Firouzianhaji, A; Saleh, AS; Samali, BS

NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOUR OF BOLTLESS BEAM TO UPRIGHT CONNECTIONS IN COLD FORMED STEEL STORAGE RACKS

Firouzianhaji, A Saleh, AS Samali, BS

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Citation:: 2015
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Firouzianhaji, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Saleh, AS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Samali, BS	en_US
dc.date	2015-07-21	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2015	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37227
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37228
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37229
dc.description.abstract	Industrial storage rack systems are usually thin walled, cold formed steel structures made up of “Boxed” or “Channel” beams engaged to the upright perforations by means of “L Shaped” beam-end-connectors. The connections rely on a number of hooks to provide stiffness and ductility. Due to ease of installation of the typical beam to upright connections, construction process in rack industry is much faster than that of the conventional steel structures, however unlike structural connections, plastic hinges occur in beam end connectors not in the beams away from the connections. This paper first presents experimental observation of beam to upright connections, for different beam – upright configurations. The effect of key parameters such as beam depth, beam width and the upright thickness on the behaviour of boltless beam to upright connections is presented. Finally, a bi-linear model that approximates the moment rotation curve was developed and compared against the test results.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Conference on ADVANCES IN STEEL STRUCTURES	en_US
dc.title	NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOUR OF BOLTLESS BEAM TO UPRIGHT CONNECTIONS IN COLD FORMED STEEL STORAGE RACKS	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Lisbon, Portugal	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Lisbon, Portugal
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	false	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2015-07-24	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Accepted	en_US
pubs.start-date	2015-07-21	en_US

Abstract:

Industrial storage rack systems are usually thin walled, cold formed steel structures made up of “Boxed” or “Channel” beams engaged to the upright perforations by means of “L Shaped” beam-end-connectors. The connections rely on a number of hooks to provide stiffness and ductility. Due to ease of installation of the typical beam to upright connections, construction process in rack industry is much faster than that of the conventional steel structures, however unlike structural connections, plastic hinges occur in beam end connectors not in the beams away from the connections. This paper first presents experimental observation of beam to upright connections, for different beam – upright configurations. The effect of key parameters such as beam depth, beam width and the upright thickness on the behaviour of boltless beam to upright connections is presented. Finally, a bi-linear model that approximates the moment rotation curve was developed and compared against the test results.

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