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Design of single‐span beams for SLS and ULS using semi‐continuous beam‐to‐column joints
Author(s) -
Braun Matthias,
da Costa Job Duarte,
Obiala Renata,
Odenbreit Christoph
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
steel construction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1867-0539
pISSN - 1867-0520
DOI - 10.1002/stco.201610007
Subject(s) - structural engineering , deflection (physics) , bending moment , moment of inertia , beam (structure) , span (engineering) , moment distribution method , natural frequency , engineering , mathematics , physics , optics , acoustics , parametric statistics , statistics , quantum mechanics , vibration
This article explains a method for determining how semi‐continuous joints influence the deflection, natural frequency and bending moment distribution of single‐span beams with constant inertia under uniformly distributed load. The method is adequate for simple hand calculations, allowing the structural engineer to assess potential savings already in the pre‐design phase. Further, the economical potential of semi‐continuous joints according to EN 1993‐1‐8 [1] is demonstrated by an application example.