Steel connections 1

[Stud_marius]

Hi,

I'm writing my master thesis on steel connections and working on beam to beam connection (see picture), but I need some experimental data. I can't seem to find any, anyone got some tips or any examples.
Thank you in advance.

 

[271828]

Is that a single plate shear connection? Steel plate shop-welded to the girder and bolted to the beam? If so, do some web searches on "single plate shear connections" or "shear tabs." There are many papers on this subject.

 

[EngrPaper]

If you're doing a thesis, why aren't you the one performing the experiment to get your data?

 

[271828]

Maybe he's doing his lit review. (?)

 

[Stud_marius]

Like 271828 said, and that is what my supervisor want. And the test results is only to validate the ABAQUS model, such that it could represent a more complicated example.

 

[Stud_marius]

But I do that I should have done a experiment myself, but the profesor did't think it was nescesarry. I actually wanted to try to make my own connection.

 

[271828]

It is common to pull specimens from the literature for this purpose.

In one of my best research projects, we pulled a couple dozen specimens from the literature and tested more to fill in gaps in the data, resulting in a complete set.

That's one reason it is so important that experimental setups and results be described in detail in reports and articles.

 

[Stud_marius]

I totally agree! If the experimental setups is non reproducible it should not be valid IMO.