Elastoplastic Cross-Sectional Behavior of Composite Beams with High-Strength Steel: Analytical Modeling

Abstract

AbstractComposite steel-concrete beams that use high-strength (HS) steel sections are more sustainable from an environmental low-carbon perspective than those that use mild steel because less steel is needed. Quantifying the elastoplastic cross-sectional behavior of composite beams using HS steel sections is important because HS steel has significant differences in its plastic properties when compared with conventional mild steel. It is also important to establish this behavior in order to apply the principles of rigid plastic design. This paper develops a new analytical model for the cross-sectional analysis of HS steel-concrete composite beams to elucidate this elastoplastic response, so as to ascertain the validity of applying rigid plastic design. Both material nonlinearity and partial shear connection are incorporated in the analysis. The constitutive model for the steel is specified by using a multilinear stress-strain relationship, and that of the concrete is based on a model in terms of its axial ...