Rugarli, Paolo,

Steel connection analysis / Paolo Rugarli. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2018. - xvi, 530 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Jnodes -- A model for connection -- Renodes -- Pillars of connection analysis -- Connectors: Weld layouts -- Connectors: Bolt layouts and contact -- Failure modes -- Analysis: Hybrid approach -- Analysis: Pure FEM Approach -- Conclusions and future developments -- Appendix 1: Conventions and recalls -- Appendix 2: Tangent stiffness matrix of fillet-welds -- Appendix 3: Tangent stiffness matrix of bolts in shear -- Symbols and abbreviations.


"The analysis of steel structures is complex–much more so than the analysis of similar concrete structures. There are no universally accepted rules for the analysis of connections in steel structures or the analysis of the stresses transferred from one connection to another. This book presents a general approach to steel connection analysis and check, which is the result of independent research that began more than fifteen years ago. It discusses the problems of connection analysis and describes a generally applicable methodology, based on Finite Element Analysis, for analyzing the connections in steel structures. That methodology has been implemented in software successfully, providing a fast, automatic, and flexible route to the design and analysis of the connection in steel structures.

Steel Connection Analysis explains several general methods which have been researched and programmed over many years, and that can be used to tackle the problem of connection analysis in a very general way, with a limited and automated computational effort. It also covers several problems related to steel connection analysis automation.

Uses Finite Element Analysis to discuss the analysis of structural steel connections
Analysis is applicable to all connections in steel structures
The methodology is the basis of the commercially successful CSE connection analysis software
Analysis is fast and flexible

Structural engineers, fabricators, software developing firms, university researchers, and advanced students of civil and structural engineering will all benefit from Steel Connection Analysis."--Back cover


9781119303466 (hardback)

2017053858


Steel, Structural--Testing
Finite element method
Building, Iron and steel--Joints

TA475 / R84 2018