- Author
- Kunnath, S. K.
- Title
- Enhancements to Program IDARC: Modeling Inelastic Behavior of Welded Connections in Steel Moment-Resisting Frames.
- Coporate
- University of Central Florida, Orlando
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NIST GCR 95-673, May 1995, 73 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- computer program | earthquakes flexibility formulations | hysteresis | modeling | steel frames | weld fracture
- Identifiers
- Steel Moment Resisting Frames (SMRFs); DRAIN-2DX; IDASS; Inelastic Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures (IDARC)
- Abstract
- An existing computer code, IDARC, is enhanced to permit the modeling of steel moment resisting frames (SMRFs) with the potential for weld failures at beam-to-column connections. The steel member model is derived from flexibility formulations in order to allow complex degrading hysteresis behavior to be incorporated. A panel zone element is developed to account for inelastic shear deformations in the beam-to-column connection region. Finally, a new conceptual hysteresis model is developed to represent the force-deformation characteristics at a welded connection, before and after weld failure. The new models were validated using experimental data from available component tests and an existing computer program, DRAIN-2DX. The results of the study indicate that the enhanced program, referred to as IDASS, is capable of adequately reproducing observed behavior of SMRFs and can be used as an effective tool to investigate the effects of weld failure in steel structures under earthquake loading.