Modelagem do comportamento estrutural de sistemas treliçados espaciais para escoramentos de estruturas de aço, concreto e mistas (aço-concreto).

Abstract

The use of lattice structures for shoring of steel, composite and reinforced concrete structures is considered an effective solution in the construction of civil engineering systems. An attitudinal change in the construction process associated with costs reduction has caused a considerable increase in the use of three-dimensional lattice steel truss systems with greater load capacity. Unfortunately, the design of these structural systems is based on very simplified calculations related to one-dimensional beams with constant inertia properties. Such a very simplified modeling cannot adequately represent the actual response of the structural models and can lead to uneconomic or even unsafe structural design. On the other hand, these lattice steel structures are related to three-dimensional models of complex geometry and are designed to support very high loading levels. Therefore, this work research has proposed finite element models that represent the actual three-dimensional character of shoring system, evaluating the static and dynamic structural behavior with more reliability and security. The proposed computational model, developed for the structural system non-linear static and dynamic analysis, adopted the usual mesh refinement techniques present in finite element method simulations, based on the Annoys program. The present study has considered the results of a linear-elastic and non-linear geometric analysis for serviceability actions, physical and geometrical nonlinear analysis for ultimate actions. The results of the present investigation were obtained, based on linear-elastic and non-linear geometric and physical analysis, and compared with those supplied by the traditional simplified methodology of calculation and with the limits recommended by design standards.