Shear behaviour of trapezoidal column panels. II: Parametric study and cruciform element

摘要

In recent years a considerable effort has been dedicated to improve the knowledge on the behaviour of semi-rigid steel connections by techniques such as the component method. One of the most important components of the connections is the column web under shear. This component has a well-known and defined behaviour for the case of rectangular panels, which results in internal beam to column joints with beams of equal depth. However, when the right and left beams have different depths the shear panel becomes trapezoidal, and the application of the formulation corresponding to rectangular panels produces inaccurate results. The results of different laboratory tests and finite element simulations have been shown in the companion Part I paper. Also a mechanical model was proposed to characterize its behaviour.