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Part IA Structural Design Course 2009/10

Handout 1

Supplementary Info to theDESIGN HANDOUT

Supervisor versionText and pictures in grey are omitted from the student version.

Fehmi Cirak, February 24, 2010



2 Part IA Structural Design Course 2009/10

Demonstrators:

Dr Fehmi Cirak ([email protected])Alex Macdonald ([email protected])

Problem:

Aluminium Truss Bridge

Copy here problem description from Cam’s handout.

A highvoltage power mast as a sample of a truss structure.

Tasks

1. As a pair design an aluminium bridge structure to carry a specified load without

failure

2. Produce detailed manufacturing drawings

3. Build the structure in the workshop

4. Perform a cost analysis

5. Test the truss to destruction

6. Write an individual report

Prizes available for the best projects



Handout 1. Supplementary Info to theDESIGN HANDOUT 3

Project Timetable

Session 1:

Thursday, 22 October (11am–1pm)

• Project briefing

• Tour of the test rig (Structures Teaching Lab)

• Tutorial on member sizing and stability

• Work on design concepts

Session 2:

Thursday, 29 October (11am–1pm)

• Tutorial on detailed joint design

• Tour of the workshops

• Work on detailed design and calculations

Session 3:

Thursday, 5 November (11am–1pm)

•

Briefing on manufacturing drawings• Finish detailed design and calculations

• Work on manufacturing drawings

Session 4:

Thursday, 12 November (11am–1pm)

• Finish manufacturing drawings

Deadline for drawings: 5pm Monday 16 November

Put here a deadlines section from Cam’s notes. Todo




Design Documentation

Lab books:

1. All notes, sketches and calculations should be located at one end of the lab book (noloose sheets)

2. All working should be tidy and legible with the design process clearly laid out

3. The final report should be written at the other end of the lab book

4. Word processing is permitted for the text (pasted into the lab book) but not forcalculations

5. All sketches, detailed drawings, component selection and calculations should be car-ried out by hand (no spreadsheets, CAD etc)

Detailed manufacturing drawings

• Use A3 size paper and drawing boards provided

(More details will be provided later.)

Don’t go over Cam’s notes. Just mention that they are required to

read it.




Handout 2

Member Sizing: Tension and Compression






2.1 Introduction: Truss Structures

Truss structures provide a mass-efficient means of supporting loads. A carefully designedtruss provides a stiff, strong structure with minimum material usage. Common examples

include bridges, tower cranes, and roof structures.

A truss structure carries the external loads through axial stresses in the members. Thestresses may be in tensile (stretching) or compressive (pushing). Techniques for calculatingthese bar forces are presented in IA Structural Mechanics lectures.

This handout will provide a guide for the selection of truss members to carry therequired loads without failure. We will consider the stability of 2- and 3-dimensionalframes, failure modes for bars in tension and finally failure in compression.

2.1.1 Revision of bar force calculations for a 2D pin-jointed planar truss

Joint A:

Joint B:



Handout 2. Member Sizing: Tension and Compression 7

2.2 Stability of the truss

In devising a truss configuration, a triangulated arrangement of bars must connect load tothe supports. Otherwise, the structure can fail as a mechanism under small loads:

shortens

lengthens

The distance between the corner points can freely increase or decrease, if the joints areassumed to behave as pins. Accordingly, the triangulating bar is either in tension or in com-pression, in order to resist these changes in length: tension is preferable since compressivemembers are generally weaker due to buckling - see later.

tens on compress on

A single, vertical plane structures will normally move out of plane under very small verticalloads. For out-of-plane stability, the structure must be either truly 3-dimensional or two2-dimensional planes connected together, For the latter, two aspects must be considered

1. The two planar trusses should be joined by perpendicular bars or ties at the cornerpoints.

2. All planes on the outside of the new structure, which are potentially mechanisms,need to be triangulated using bracing .




bracing

tie/spreader bar

The bracing is so-called because it carries no load, theoretically, since there is no componentof load acting within each plane of triangulation. The loading plate (the point of application

of the external load) may also tie the planes together.

2.3 Failure of bars in tension

The strength of a bar in tension is dependent on the material behaviour. The stress versusstrain for a ductile material such as mild steel in tension is as follows:

ACTUALlimit

elastic

IDEALISED

σσ

εε

σ y

If the bar stresses exceed the elastic limit, i.e. experiences yielding, further stress incre-ments can result in large increments in strain. The behaviour is simplified by means of anidealised form (elastically-ideally plastic), with a distinct yield stress, σY

σy = 255 N mm2

If the stress is uniformly carried over the cross-section, then its required cross-sectionalarea to avoid failure is

A > bar force

σy

In practice, end effects arise from the presence of a hole for connecting members by rivets

or bolds. In the detailed computer simulation below, regions of practically zero stress aredark, and vice versa . Note also the high stresses behind the load at the hole.




SECTION POINT 1

MISES VALUE

+4.60E-01

+3.26E+03

+6.51E+03

+9.77E+03

+1.30E+04

+1.63E+04

+1.95E+04

+2.28E+04

+2.60E+04

+2.93E+04

+3.26E+04

+3.58E+04

+3.91E+04

+4.23E+04

KAS/2001FIXED

LOAD

A smaller cross-sectional area is available near the hole to carry the bar force; consequently,the stresses here must locally increase , and this is therefore the most critical part undertension. The following effective area is therefore used:

effective area

b

b

t

D

b2

For b >> t:

Aeff =

2bt

total

− Dt hole

−bt

2 ineffective

We therefore require:

actual stress = bar force

Aeff

< σy

2.4 Failure of bars in compression

If the member is very short and stocky, it fails by yielding when the stress in the barreaches σy. Otherwise, for slender bars, it fails by buckling , a geometric effect. The criticalbuckling force depends on:

1. The full cross-sectional area (end effects are not crucial)

2. The longest unsupported length between a pair of joints or connected points in a givenmember




Buckling of Angle Struts: Aluminium Alloy 6082-T6

0 10 20 30 400

50

100

150

200

250 mode A mode B

mode C

A

B

C

Lb

σ C R

[ N m m 2 ]

b

b

b

b b

Bracing members are used to reduce unsupported length L and, hence, the slenderness L/bin order to increase σcr.

compression

tension

l

l2 (= L)

brace

buckled

As with stability, the bracing member nominally caries no force, and the smallest availablesection can be used.




Worked example: using 16×16 mm angle (area = 58.7 mm2), design a safe section for thefollowing compression bar using the previous buckling curves for aluminium angle struts.

1. For a single section (which would buckle in mode A):Actual stress

σ = 15000

58.7 = 255

N

mm2

Slenderness

Lb

= 40016

= 25

Mode A buckling gives

σcr = 43.0 N

mm2 ⇒ σ > σcr ⇒ unsafe

2. For a double unconnected section which performs as two mode A barsActual stress

σ = 15000

2 × 58.7 = 127.5

N

mm2

L/b remains the same, as does σcr = 43 N mm2

σ > σcr ⇒ unsafe

3. Rivet the section in (2) along the length with several (e.g., three) rivets: performs asmode B with L = 0.4 mMode B buckling gives

σcr = 97 N

mm2 ⇒ σ > σcr ⇒ unsafe

4. Add a central bracing member to (3) to invoke mode B buckling over half its length

Slenderness L

b =

200

16 = 12.5




Mode B buckling gives

σcr = 212 N

mm2

σ = 127.5 < σcr = 212 ⇒ safe




Handout 3

Joint Design






3.1 Introduction

This handout will provide a guide for joint design and dimensioning. Poorly designed joints can compromise the load carrying capacity of the entire structure. For example,

the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis collapsed on August 1, 2007 because of underdimensioned joints. The collapse killed thirteen people and injured 145 people.

3.2 Joints and Load Paths

T

T T

For joint design it is helpful to think about load paths

It is evident that every component on the load path must be capable transmitting load.The weakest component on the load path determines the overall strength. (Strength of achain is determined by its weakest link.)

The line of action is the line along the centroid of a cross-section.



Handout 3. Joint Design 17

The force in the member acts along the line of action. It is important to ensure that thelines of action are coincident at joints.

3.3 Failure Mechanisms of Joints

3.3.1 Member Failure

Tension failure

Tension failure has already been covered in Section 2.3. The reduced effective cross sectionAeff was introduced in order to take care of end effects.

T max = Aeff · σy

Shear off failure

Shear failure can be avoided by ensuring L > 3D, where D is the hole diameter.




Bearing failure of member

Bearing failure can be avoided by ensuring

T max = σy · D · t

where D is the hole diameter and t is the profile thickness.

3.3.2 Rivet/Bolt failure

Shear forces carried by rivets and bolts are tabulated on page 4 of the handout.

Single shear

In single shear, the joint rotates due to non-axis aligned member forces, which leads totension forces in the bolt or rivet. Since rivets cannot carry tension forces do not use rivetsin single shear.

Double shear

3.3.3 Gusset plate

The bearing force is tabulated on page 4 of the handout, as a function of sheet thickness

and diameter D of the hole.



Handout 3. Joint Design 19

Bearing failure

Plate buckling

Note that unsupported sheet in compression may buckle. Therefore, compression membersshould be always abutted.

3.4 Summary

Three crucial points to consider when designing joints are:

• Ensure that the lines of action of all the members intersect at a point

• Place all rivets / bolts on the line of action of the force (as far as possible)

• Check the capacity of every component of the joint (all members, all connectors, allgusset plates)

Remember to avoid joints as much as possible by choosing designs with many continuousmembers.




Handout 4

Design Drawings and Final Report






Detailed Design Drawings

• In pencil, on A3 cartridge paper (provided)

• Do not remove drawing boards or drawing equipment: LR3A may be used weekdayafternoons, DPO at the weekend.

DPO should not be used for structural design during week

• The drawing must contain enough information for someone else to build the structure

– draw to scale

– mark all dimensions explicitly · · ·

– · · · but don’t include redundant information

– use a consistent projection

– include all relevant detail (fastener locations, orientation of angle sections, sizeand shape of gusset plates etc.)

– show as many views as are necessary



Handout 4. Design Drawings and Final Report 23

G roup N o. :

Names:

D rawn by:

Drawing No... . .of.. . .

T itle: G eneral A rrangement

J oint D etails 1or

Date:

S ide E levation

Plan

E nd E levation

D etail A 3

Scale: 1:5

1 1 5

Sample drawing of general arrangement

Sample drawing of a joint detail




Test Session

Tuesday, 1 December, 11am –1pm, Structures Teaching Lab

1. Bridges are tested to destruction, most expensive first

2. Test milestones:

(a) does it fit the test rig?

(b) does it reach the working load without noticeable deformation?

(c) does it reach the failure load (= 2× working load)?

(d) actual failure load?

3. Group presentation shared by both members:

• explain the merits of the design

• describe possible failure modes

• identify the critical failure mode

4. You may want to take photos before and after testing



Handout 4. Design Drawings and Final Report 25

Final Report

1. Write the report at the opposite end of the lab book to your design notes

2. Text only may be word-processed and pasted in

3. Sketches, calculations and equations must be hand written

4. Include the following information (listed in Design Handout)

• summary (about 100 words)

• problem statement

• summary of the design process, including sketches

• detailed hand calculations for the final design

• costing sheet (completed after construction)• differences: design versus as-built

• discussion on the test

• suggested improvements

• conclusions

5. Feedback session at the end of term

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