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800 tance between EDE. RFE modeling the steel beam and the
concrete slab was connected together by EDE, which
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possesses elastic-damping characteristics of stud connect-
400 ors. Finally, the model created on the basis of the descrip-
200 tion above is shown at the fig. 3b.
As the figure shows, the model includes:
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a) six types of the RFE:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Mode Number
steel beam: l=50mm; RFE 1, 35;
l=160mm; RFE 3, 33;
Fig. 2. The comparison of natural frequencies l=220mm; RFE 5, 7,…, 29, 31;
of flexural vibrations.
r.c. slab: l=50mm; RFE 2, 36;
l=160mm; RFE 4, 34;
As it is shown with another frequency of free flexur-
l=220mm; RFE 4, 6,…, 30, 32;
al vibration the disparity between analytical and experi-
a)
60
70 30
y
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100 220 220 12 x 220 220 100
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b) 3 6 9 12 48 51
2 4 6 8 10 32 34 36
30
4 7 10 46 49
70
30 30
1 2 5 8 11 47 50 52
1 3 5 7 9 31 33 35
b) six types of the EDE: The block of stiffness factors of EDE representing
steel beam: l=100mm; EDE 2, 50; the steel beam and r.c. slab is defined according to the
l=220mm; EDE 5, 8,…, 44, 47; following dependence:
r.c. slab : l=100mm; EDE 3, 51; EA GA EJ
C k diag[ck1 , ck 2 , ck 6 ] diag , , (1)
l=220mm; EDE 6, 9,…, 45, 48; l l l
stud connectors: EDE 4, 7,…, 46, 49; where:
support: EDE 1, 52. k – number of the EDE,
ck1 – translation stiffness factor along the x axis,
The figure also shows two supports at the extreme ck2 – translation stiffness factor along the y axis,
parts of the steel beam, which hints that we deal with a ck6 – rotation stiffness factor about z axis,
simply-supported beam, whereas the results of the exper- E – Young’s modulus,
imental research taken form [1] concern a free beam. It is G – modulus of elasticity in shear,
a result of the fact that the RFEM model was build in the A – cross-sectional area,
most universal way. This kind of model in the future J – cross-sectional moment of inertia,
makes possible the analysis of simply supported beam. At l – length of element,
this stage of work the stiffness factors of the first EDE – coefficient of non-uniform distribution of shear
and the 52-th EDE are assumed as equal zero, which stress over a cross section.
consequently gave a free beam model. The value of E, A, J was accepted according to [1],
Since that in the analyzed problem we deal with vi- whereas, values of G, were accepted as following:
brations of only one plane of Cartesian co-ordinate system a) steel beam
(x-y), we can build our model of rigid finite elements -
Gs = 81010 N/m2
RFE possessing less number of degrees of freedom with
s=
reference to finite elements applied in general cases. The
b) r.c. slab
RFE described above posses three degrees of freedom:
Gc = 1.631010 N/m2
they can displace along the x and y axis and rotate around
the z axis. c=
Stiffness factors concerning EDE representing steel
stud connectors are defined as following:
A I ~ξ 0
2
(7)
The non-trivial solution (7) exist only in case of a situa-
ck1 = 2.453108 N/m – in accordance with [1]
tion when the characteristic determinant equals zero
E A
ck 2 sc sc 8.59 10 8 N/m
ec
det A I 2 0 (8)
The individual n eigenvalues of matrix A, with the ade-
ck6 = 0 ~
where: quate n eigenvectors ξ was described by means of a
Esc –Young’s modulus of the stud connector material, proper procedure of MATLAB program. The relation
(Esc = 2.11011 N/m2); between i–th eigenvector of matrix A and the i–th eigen-
Asc – cross sectional area of stud connector - =12.5mm vector of mode shape of beam is shown as following:
(Asc = 1.22710-4 m2); ~
~
ec – half of r.c. slab thickness (ec = 0.03 m). qij i , j = 1, 2, …, n. (9)
mi
The block of inertia factors of RFE representing the
steel beam and r.c. slab is defined according to the follow- 4. The analysis of received results
ing dependence: The results of the calculations are presented in the
figures below.
M r diag[mr1 , mr 2 , mr 6 ] 0.15
f 1 =57.999 Hz v1
l 2 J (2) v2
diag ρAΔl,ρAΔl,ρAΔl u1
12 A u2
where:
r – number of the RFE 0
mr1 – mass of the RFE
mr2 – mass of the RFE
mr6 – mass moment of inertia of the RFE about z axis
-0.15
Concerning the rules of RFEM models creating [2] 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0x [m]3.5
there was a program written using the language of tech-
nical computing MATLAB, which creates automatically 0.15
of blocks of stiffness factors of EDE, blocks of inertia f 2 =137.366 Hz v1
v2
factors of RFE, blocks of points of mounting coordinates u1
u2
EDE to a proper RFE a stiffness matrix K and mass ma-
trix M for the whole system.
We receive a differential equation of free vibration 0
of a general differential equation of motion, after assum-
ing that there is no influence of external force on the sys-
tem.
Mq Lq Kq 0 (3) -0.15
If we overlook the influence of damping, and also 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0x [m]3.5
transform it properly, we receive finally the transformed
differential equation of free vibration as following: 0.15
f 3 =235.103 Hz v1
ξ Aξ 0 (4) v2
u1
where: u2
1 1 1
ξ M 2q ; AM 2 KM 2 (5) 0
The matrix A is called a transformed stiffness ma-
trix. The equation (4) is a system of homogenous differen-
tial equations with constant coefficient. Assuming the
solution of the equation (4) as following: -0.15
~
ξ (t ) ξ sin(t ) (6) 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0x [m]3.5
~ Fig. 4. First eight flexural vibration modes
where ξ is a vector of amplitudes and putting (6) into (4)
we receive a homogeneous system of linear equations:
Signatures on figures:
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f 4 =344.397 Hz v1 v1 – transversal displacement of r.c. slab – along y axis
v2
u1 v2 – transversal displacement of steel beam– along y axis
u2
u1 – axial displacement of r.c. slab – along x axis
u2 – axial displacement of steel beam – along x axis
0
The diagrams show eight first natural frequencies of
flexural vibrations. These are the frequencies form 1 to 6,
the 8-th and the 9-th. The 7-th of the natural frequency of
the beam is the first of frequencies of longitudinal vibra-
-0.15
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0x [m] 3.5
tions. The comparison of received frequencies of vibra-
tions and the results of experimental research is shown in
0.15 the table 3. and in the fig. 5.
f 5 =461.354 Hz
Table 3. The comparison of natural frequencies
of flexural vibrations - RFEM
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Experimental Analytical Value
Mode Value RFEM
v1
v2 Number
u1
u2
f(Hz) f(Hz) %
-0.15 1 59.625 57.999 -2.7%
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0x [m] 3.5
2 133.875 137.366 2.6%
3 235.250 235.103 -0.1%
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f 6 =581.667 Hz 4 345.000 344.397 -0.2%
5 459.000 461.354 0.5%
6 578.250 581.667 0.6%
7 706.750 703.242 -0.5%
0
8 853.000 825.276 -3.3%
v1
v2 900
u1
u2 800 Experimental Value
-0.15 Analytical Value RFEM
700
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0x [m] 3.5
Frequency [Hz]
600
0.15 500
f 8 =703.242 Hz v1
v2 400
u1
u2
300
200
100
0
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Mode Numbe r
0
0
v1
v2
v1
u1
v2
u2
u1
u2 -0.25
-0.15 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
x [m]
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
x [m]
Fig. 7. Longitudinal vibration modes – displacements
of steel beam and r.c. slab are phase-different.
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f 20 =1801.476 Hz
5. Conclusions
The presented method of vibrations of steel-concrete
0
beam analysis by means of RFEM gives very good re-
sults. The conformity of received results with the experi-
v1
v2
mental research in case of free flexural vibrations is sig-
u1 nificant. In the future authors intend to continue works on
u2
-0.15
the problem placing emphasis on analysis of natural fre-
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 quencies and vibration modes sensitivity to damage of the
x [m]
beam.
Fig. 6. Longitudinal vibration modes – displacements
of steel beam and r.c. slab are phase-consistent. Bibliography
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Table 4. The comparison of natural frequencies steel-concrete composite beams. Journal of Vibration
of longitudinal vibrations - RFEM and Control, 6, s.691-714, 2000.
2. Kruszewski J. i inni: Metoda sztywnych elementów
Experimental Analytical Value skończonych. Arkady, Warszawa 1975.
Mode Value RFEM
Number
f(Hz) f(Hz) %
1 617.750 616.507 -0.2%
2 1233.625 1219.588 -1.15%
3 1858.750 1801.476 -3.17%