Experimental research on stable ultimate bearing capacity of leaning-type arch rib systems

4^th International Conference on Advanced Steel Structures

November 09-10, 2017 Singapore

Airong Liu

Guangzhou University, China

Keynote: J Steel Struct Constr

Abstract :

The stability of a leaning arch structural system was investigated experimentally in this study. Scaled models of five structural systems including a single arch, a parallel arch, and leaning arch systems with a 10, 20, and 30 degree inclined angles between the main and the stabilizing arches were constructed. Each of these models was tested under five point loads spaced equally along the arch. Results show that adding stabilizing arches increased arch�s lateral stability as well as its ultimate bearing capacity. Comparing against the single arch the parallel arch, 10 degree, 20 degree and 30 degree arch system had 14.3%, 15.6%, 13.7%, and 12.9% increase in ultimate bearing capacity, respectively. As the inclined angle of the leaning arch increased, the failure mode changed from out-of-plane buckling to in-plane buckling. Out-of-plane buckling failure was observed in the single arch, parallel arch, and 10 degree arch system, while in-plane buckling failure was observed in the 20 degree and 30 degree arch rib system. Among the five models tested, the 10 degree leaning arch system had the highest ultimate bearing capacity. Recent Publications 1. Liu A R, Lu H W, Fu J Y, Pi Y L, Huang Y H, Li J, Ma Y (2017) Analytical and experimental studies on out-of-plane dynamic instability of shallow circular arch based on parametric resonance. Nonlinear Dynamics; 87(1): 677-694. 2. Liu A R, Lu H W, Fu J Y, Pi Y L (2017) Lateral-Torsional Buckling of Circular Steel Arches under Arbitrary Radial Concentrated Load. Journal of Structural Engineering; 143(9): 04017129.

Biography :

Airong Liu has received her PhD degree in Solid Mechanics from Southwest Jiaotong University and has worked in Guangzhou University for over 16 years. Currently she is mainly engaged in structural vibration and stability research of large span bridge and is the Vice Director of China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base and the Council Member of The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics on Civil Engineering. She is also the Reviewer of Journal of Bridge Engineering and International of Structural Stability and Vibration.