Computation of the Yield Moment

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Computation of the Yield Moment

 

Calculation of the Yield Moment for a steel tubular section

The section under examination is the following:

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Reference diagram for the calculation of the yield moment for a steel tubular section

 

 

The calculation of the yield moment has been made assuming, for steel, a rigid-plastic constitutive bound, with limit yield stress equal to fyd. The field moment has been determined by interpolation on the section interaction curve.

 

In order to construct the interaction curve of the section, the following procedure has been followed:

- step 1        Fixing the depth of the neutral axis (xc) - (starting from xc = 0);

- step 2        Calculating the resultant in terms of normal stress (Nd);

- step 3        Calculating the resultant moment (Md) as regards the geometric center of gravity of the section;

- step 4        Memorizing the calculated point (Nd, Md);

- step 5Increasing xc, if xc is still lower than or equal to the diameter of the section, then back to step 1, otherwise the procedure is over.

 

 

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In this way, the upper part of the interaction domain is constructed. In any case the lower part is identical, but heme symmetrical.  

 

 

 

The generic point of the interaction domain has been calculated using the following formulas:

 

 

In the previous formulas, the symbols have the following meaning:

-Ac_s         Area of compressed steel;

-At_s         Tensile stress steel area;

-fcd         concrete compressive cylinder strength;

-fyd        steel yield strength;

-dCs        Distance between the resultant of the compression stresses of steel and the center of gravity of the section;

-dTs        Distance between the resultant of the tensile stresses of steel and the center of gravity of the section.

 

 

Calculation of the Yield Moment for a steel tubular section immersed into a concrete circular section

The previous formulation, used for the tubular section, can be extended to the case in which the tubular section is immersed into a concrete section. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the concrete contribution, according to the following diagram:

 

 

 

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The diagram for the calculation of the field moment for a steel tubular section immersed in a circular concrete section

 

 

As you can observe, the concrete type considered as a reactant is only compressed concrete. The values ​​of the stresses at a fixed depth of the neutral axis of the section is as follows:

 

In the previous formulas, the symbols have the following meaning:

 

-Ac_s        Area of compressed steel;

-Ac_c        Area of compressed concrete;

-At_s        Tensile stress steel area;

-fcd        concrete compressive cylinder strength;

-fyd        steel yield strength;

-dCs        Distance between the resultant of the compression stresses of steel and the center of gravity of the section;

-dCc        Distance between the resultant of the compression stresses if concrete and the center of gravity of the section;

-dTs        Distance between the resultant of the tensile stresses of steel and the center of gravity of the section.

 

 

Calculating the yield moment for a circular RC section

In this case too a constitutive bond of the rigid-plastic materials is assumed, with limit stresses equal to fcd and fyd for concrete and steel, respectively. The reference diagram is the following:

 

 

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Diagram for the calculation of the field moment of a circular RC section

 

In this case, the value of the stresses – in correspondence of a preset depth of the neutral axis – is the following:

 

 

 

In the previous formulas, the symbols have the following meaning:

 

-Ac_c        Area of compressed concrete;

-Asi+        Area of the i-the reinforcement bar situated above the neutral axis;

-Asi-        Area of the i-the reinforcement bar situated under the neutral axis;

-Asi        Area of the i-the reinforcement bar;

-fcd        concrete compressive cylinder strength;

-fyd        steel yield strength;

-dCc        Distance between the resultant of the compression stresses if concrete and the center of gravity of the     section;

-dyi        is the positive distance (along the vertical) measured between the center of gravity of the i-th reinforcing bar and the center of gravity of the section

 

 


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