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DEVELOPMENT OF PRECAST CONCRETE AND STEEL HYBRID SPECIAL
MOMENT-RESISTING FRAMES
by
Yuntian Wu
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(CIVIL ENGINEERING)
December 2008
Copyright 2008 Yuntian Wu
Object Description
| Title | Development of precast concrete and steel hybrid special moment-resisting frames |
| Author | Wu, Yuntian |
| Author email | yuntianw@usc.edu; wytwt2008@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Civil Engineering |
| School | Viterbi School of Engineering |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-07-30 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-11-17 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Xiao, Yan |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Anderson, James C. Teng, Ta-Liang |
| Abstract | In this NSF sponsored research project, an innovative hybrid steel precast concrete column (PC) and steel beam (S) moment resisting system was proposed and studied. The proposed hybrid PCS beam-column frame is structurally unique in that its system continuity and toughness is solely provided by the post-tensioning force of beam-column connection. The proposed PCS system is also economically efficient due to the mixed use of precast concrete and steel beam. Compared with conventional steel structure, PCS system has lower material cost while better dynamic characteristics. Compared with conventional reinforced concrete system, PCS frame is lighter, lesser labor cost and faster construction speed.; To validate the use of hybrid PCS special moment resisting frame in moderate to high seismic regions, a capacity-based design methodology was developed and applied to design of prototype building. The effectiveness of the proposed design approach was also examined through large scale quasi-static testing of beam-column-footing subassembly. Test results showed that the hybrid PCS moment frame can be designed to have adequate strength, stiffness and energy dissipation capacity.; Some considerations on the nonlinear modeling of the proposed hybrid PCS beam-column connection are also presented. The purpose of the proposed modeling method is to capture the rotational behavior of the PCS beam-column connection. |
| Keyword | beam-column; connection; experiment; hybrid |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1791 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Wu, Yuntian |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-WU-2385 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-WU-2385.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | DEVELOPMENT OF PRECAST CONCRETE AND STEEL HYBRID SPECIAL MOMENT-RESISTING FRAMES by Yuntian Wu A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CIVIL ENGINEERING) December 2008 Copyright 2008 Yuntian Wu |
