Abstract
Numerical simulations are being conducted on the behavior of thin-walled steel tubular bridge piers under cyclic lateral loading in the presence of constant axial compression loads. The effects of cyclic lateral loading on the behavior of the thin-walled steel tubular bridge piers have been evaluated through analysis of the hysteresis curve, envelope curve, stiffness, and strength degradation characteristics, and energy-dissipating capacity, including interaction effects of local buckling and flexural buckling, and post-buckling regimes. This study also compares the numerical analysis with experimental results available in the literature to validate the accuracy of the proposed finite element model. Based on this model, a range of relevant material and structural parameters will be investigated in future work. Numerous numerical specimens will be designed and analyzed, gaining further information about the influence of width-to-thickness ratio, Rt, column slenderness ratio, , material properties of the embedded shell plate, spacing of transverse stiffening ribs of the shell, height, and properties of partially infill concrete, and axial compression load.
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