Dynamics Analysis of Steel-Concrete Composite Box Beams

Abstract

Steel-concrete composite box beams have been widely used in high rise buildings and long-span bridge structures. But so far, almost all researches have been aimed at the static behavior of the composite beams and dynamic behavior of steel and concrete composite beams have been rarely studied. In this paper, by using general finite element program ANSYS to analyze the dynamic performance of the composite box beam under different geometric parameters. Research is focused on the slip stiffness、width-to-thickness ratio、depth-span ratio and the height ratio of cross section to the vibration characteristics of composite box beam. The results indicate that these factors affect the seismic dynamic response of steel-concrete composite box beams most and they should be controlled according to different situations in seismic design stage.