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Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures: Bennet Kuriakose

This document discusses the design of steel-concrete composite truss structures. It begins with an introduction to trusses as triangular frameworks with members subjected primarily to axial forces. It then covers various truss configurations, loads, analysis methods, composite truss advantages, design considerations including secondary forces and buckling, and design of studs that connect the steel and concrete elements. The document provides detailed information on the design of steel-concrete composite truss structures.

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Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures: Bennet Kuriakose

This document discusses the design of steel-concrete composite truss structures. It begins with an introduction to trusses as triangular frameworks with members subjected primarily to axial forces. It then covers various truss configurations, loads, analysis methods, composite truss advantages, design considerations including secondary forces and buckling, and design of studs that connect the steel and concrete elements. The document provides detailed information on the design of steel-concrete composite truss structures.

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Design of Steel-Concrete

Composite Structures

MODULE 5
Bennet Kuriakose
Department of Civil Engineering
Trusses: Introduction
• Trusses are triangular frame works in which the members
are subjected to essentially axial forces due to externally
applied load.

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Advantages
• Steel members subjected to axial forces are generally
more efficient than members in flexure since the cross
section is nearly uniformly stressed.
• Trusses, consisting of essentially axially loaded
members, thus are very efficient in resisting external
loads.
• They are extensively used, especially to span large
gaps.
• Since truss systems consume relatively less material
and more labour to fabricate, compared to other
systems, they are particularly suited in the Indian
context.

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Loads
• Dead Load
• Live Load
– Erection load
– Dust load
– Snow load
– Vehicle load
• Wind Load
– Act against the gravity load
– Bracings resist horizontal wind load
• Earthquake
– Less prone
– Industrial buildings with large mass located  crucial
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Analysis
• Three methods (classical)
– Method of joints
– Method of sections
– Tension coefficient methods
• Numerical methods are also available (FEM)
• All the joints are assumed to be pinned. But, some of the
members, particularly chord members, may be continuous
over many nodes.
• Loads are assumed to be acting at joints. But not always
applicable!
• Both the above case induce “Secondary Forces” (Bending
moment, shear force and torsion)
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Configuration of Trusses
Pitched Roof Trusses

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Parallel Chord Trusses

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Trapezoidal Trusses

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Truss Members

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Connections

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To assure economy…
• Method of fabrication and erection to be followed,
facility for shop fabrication available, transportation
restrictions, field assembly facilities.
• Preferred practices and past experience.
• Availability of materials and sections to be used in
fabrication.
• Erection technique to be followed and erection
stresses.
• Method of connection preferred by the contractor and
client (bolting, welding or riveting).
• Choice of as rolled or fabricated sections.
• Simple design with maximum repetition and minimum
inventory of material.

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Composite Trusses
• the members in the compression chord of the simply
supported steel truss (top chord) may prematurely buckle
before the stresses reach the material strength.
• concrete can more economically carry compression,
whereas it is very weak in tension. In a composite truss
system the relative merits of steel and concrete as
construction materials are fully exploited.

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• In multi-storey buildings, the composite truss systems also
reduce the total height of the building, by accommodating
the services (heating, ventilation, lighting and
telecommunication ducts) within the depth of the truss, thus
integrating structural, mechanical and electrical systems
within in the floor space.
• This minimises the inter-floor height.

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Design of Trusses
• Tension and Compression
• Secondary forces if necessary
• Instability consideration
– Bracings are required
• Buckling consideration for compression
members – proper effective length
considered
• Reversal of load

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Analysis and Design
(a) limit state at construction load
– In order to improve the lateral buckling strength, the
top chord may be laterally braced in between
supports either temporarily or permanently.
– Until the green concrete hardens, the steel section
alone has to support all the dead weight and
construction live load. Hence, the failure mode of
the truss can be due to yielding / buckling (lateral or
in-plane) of the top chord in the plane of truss due
to compression, failure of the web member by
yielding / buckling.
– In order to reduce the forces in members during this
stage, propping of the truss from below at one or
more points can be done.

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(b) limit state at service load
– Strength
– Deflection
(c) limit state of collapse.

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Design of Studs

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