Avaliação de ligações KK entre perfis tubulares em aço.

Abstract

Due to the high degree of development of the technology in its production, the use of tubular profiles is greatly widespread in countries such as Canada, England, Germany and Holland. The use of such profiles in Brazil was very restricted, being limited to spatial roofs. Currently, the situation in the Brazilian market begins to change as a result of the significant valeability increase of structural hollow sections. This work presents an analysis of KK connections with circular hollow sections. A comparison between the analytical design formulations proposed by Eurocode 3 Part 1.8, 2nd edition of the design guide of tubular joints of the CIDECT, Brazilian standard ABNT NBR 16239:2013, Paul and Kurobane equations and limit deformation criteria was performed. For each of the joints types analyzed, a finite element model was developed in ANSYS program. The developed model was calibrated against numerical and experimental results. The physical and geometrical non-linearities have been incorporated in the model to mobilize the joint full load capacity. The material nonlinearity was considered by Von Mises criteria through stress versus strain bilinear constitutive law. The geometric non-linearity was introduced in the model by the use of Lagrange Updated Formulation in order to consider the expected large deformation and to allow redistribution of load in the joint after the initial yielding. This work also proposes the modeling of a planar truss made of circular hollow section structures to establish a comparison between a single joint and the response of joint as a part of a full scale truss structure. The modeling of a spatial truss made of circular hollow section structures to establish a comparison between a single joint and the response of joint as a part of a full scale truss structure was proposed.