88 An Experimental Study on Elasto-Plastic Characteristics of Composite Members Using an Encased H-Section Subjected to Combined Bending and Axial Force

By Minoru WAKABAYASHI, Koichi MINAMIand Katsuhiro KOMURA Proceedings,Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan, August, 1969,pp. 861-862 (in Japanese). Abstract With the practical demand for very high buildings, the problems of stability and rigidity of such structures in the elastoplastic range of the material have increased in importance. So, a fundamental investigation was planned and made both experimentally and theoretically to obtain information on moment-curvature relationships of composite members under combined bending moment and constant axial force. The experiments were carried out on four test specimens. The cross section (21cm X 21cm) adopted for the specimens was composed of an encased H-section with nominal reinforcement. The constant axial forces applied to these specimens were 0, 20, 40 and 60% of the yield load of the cross section. The bending moment was applied monotonously to the test specimen. For the theoretical analysis, the moment-curvature-axial force (M-P-N) curves were derived from the geometrical relationships of the member cross sections and the stress-strain relationships of the materials, steel and concrete. Full composite action throughout the member was assumed. Also, a parabola was assumed for the elasto-plastic range of the concrete stress-strain curve, and a straight line was assumed for the plastic range. The tensile strength of the concrete was neglected. For steel, a bilinear stress-strain relationship was used. By a numerical calculation, M-O-N curves were obtained. Both experimental and theoretical results are presented in this paper and compared for the values of the ultimate strength and the corresponding curvature. The comparison shows that the errors between the experimental and theoretical results are about 10% and 8%, respectively, for the values of the ultimate strength and the corresponding curvature. Thus, M-P-N curves obtained for the composite members studied turned out to be in good agreement with the experimental results.