Experimental investigations on a novel concrete truss structure with cast iron nodes
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

Truss structures are among the most efficient load-bearing structures in the building industry. Thus, concrete truss structures were already built in the early years of reinforced concrete construction. However, the difficulties associated with their execution prevented the permanent establishment of concrete truss structures. In this context, this article shows a possibility to further exploit the potential of concrete truss structures. A truss structure consisting of concrete struts and cast iron nodes is presented. The components are connected by a grout, whose bond to the cast iron nodes is ensured by shear keys at the inner surface of the nodes. In order to investigate the load-bearing behaviour of this new connection, an experimental program with two types of tests was conducted: tests on grout-cast iron plate assemblies under axial loading and tests on concrete-cast iron pipes assemblies under bending. The evaluation of these test series and the discussion of the results are the focus of this article. As relevant characteristics of the load-bearing behaviour of the connection the bond strength and stiffness were determined. Different failure modes were observed and need to be addressed for the structural design of the connection. All in all, this study indicates that the new type of connection has a good load-bearing behaviour and could encourage the use of concrete truss structures for future applications.

Shear keys

High performance concrete

Offshore wind turbine foundation

Grouted connections

Bond strength

Load-bearing behaviour

Författare

Marina Stümpel

Technische Universität Dresden

Alexandre Mathern

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Konstruktionsteknik

Steffen Marx

Technische Universität Dresden

Engineering Structures

01410296 (ISSN) 18737323 (eISSN)

Vol. 232 111843

ISEAWIND – Innovativa konstruktionslösningar för vindkraftsfundament till havs

NCC AB (SWPTCTG4-21), 2015-08-01 -- 2018-09-30.

Energimyndigheten, 2015-08-01 -- 2018-09-30.

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Innovation och entreprenörskap

Ämneskategorier

Energiteknik

Samhällsbyggnadsteknik

Infrastrukturteknik

Kompositmaterial och -teknik

Styrkeområden

Energi

DOI

10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111843

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