Experimental verification of a beam element for thin-walled beams with torsion, distortion, and shear lag

Beam-type elements based on the theories of Euler–Bernoulli, Timoshenko, and Vlasov are widely used in civil engineering. However, shell and solid finite elements are often used when the effects on normal stresses of either shear deformation or distortion are considered important. Numerically valida...

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Autores: Cambronero Barrientos, Francisco, Aragón Torre, Ángel, Martínez Martínez, José Antonio, Aragón Torre, Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/8675
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8675
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thin-walled beams
Warping
Torsion
Distortion
Shear lag
Finite-element method
Box girder
Bridge deck
Experimental verification
Ingeniería civil
Resistencia de materiales
Civil engineering
Strength of materials
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Sumario:Beam-type elements based on the theories of Euler–Bernoulli, Timoshenko, and Vlasov are widely used in civil engineering. However, shell and solid finite elements are often used when the effects on normal stresses of either shear deformation or distortion are considered important. Numerically validated in an earlier study with finite element models for shell-type structures, the same one-dimensional finite element model is further developed in this study with a low number of degrees of freedom per node that includes all the structural mechanisms without using 3D finite element models. Laboratory testing of an instrumented steel box girder is conducted, to improve validation of the goodness of fit of the finite element model with real structural behavior.