Pinned connections

Master thesis (2015)

Authors

Contributors

F.S.K. Bijlaard (mentor)
R. Abspoel (mentor)
P.S. Van der Mel (mentor)
Programme
Structural Mechanics (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2015 Harms, I.
Finite Element Method Pinned connection
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Published Date

20-05-2015

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Programme

Structural Mechanics

Abstract

The current calculation methods which determine the capacity of pinned connections provide different results. In this thesis a detailed look on those theories and the effect of different parameters is studied. Because it is hard to provide any conclusions about just comparing these theories also a FEM analysis is done. In this thesis the FEM model is discussed and a method is developed to analyze the FEM results. Finally some formulas are derived which predict the FEM results with an accuracy of 10%.