Behaviour of flush end-plate beam-to-column joints under bending and axial force

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Steel beam-to-column joints are often subjected to a combination of bending and axial forces.

The level of axial forces in the joint may be significant, typical of pitched-roof portal frames, sway frames or

frames with incomplete floors. Current specifications for steel joints do not take into account the presence of

axial forces (tension and/or compression) in the joints. A single empirical limitation of 10% of the beam’s plastic

axial capacity is the only enforced provision in Annex J of Eurocode 3. The objective of the present paper is to

describe some experimental and numerical work carried out at the University of Coimbra to try to extend the

philosophy of the component method to deal with the combined action bending moment and axial force.