Plastic Analysis and Design
Plastic Analysis and Design
INTRODUCTION:
• The method of elastic design of a structure is defined as a method
which limits the structural usefulness of the material of the
structure upto a certain load, at which the maximum stress in
extreme fibres reaches the yield stress of the material in bending.
• The rest of cross-section remains under-stressed.
• This method is also known as working stress method of design.
• The elastic design does not take into account the strength of the
material beyond the yield stress.
• The method of plastic design of a structure is defined as a method
which limits the structural usefulness of the material of the
structure upto ultimate load.
• The term plastic has occurred due to the fact that the ultimate
load is found from the strength of steel in the plastic range.
• This method is also known as method of load factor design or load
and resistance-factor design or ultimate load design.
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INTRODUCTION:
• In this method, the selection of members is done such that under
various combinations of the service loads, each multiplied by a
load factor, the member forces shall not exceed the specified
ultimate strengths.
• The strength of steel beyond the yield stress is fully utilized in this
method.
• The sections designed by the method of plastic analysis and
design are smaller in size than designed by the method of elastic
design.
• The most indeterminate structural steel building frames collapses
due to plastic deformation.
• The plastic analysis and design is based on the ultimate load the
structure may support just before it plastic collapse.
DUCTILITY OF STEEL:
• The mild steel is a ductile material.
• The ductility of steel is a unique property in this material. This
properly does not exist in any other structural material in the
same manner, as it exists in the steel.
• The concept of ductility of structural steel forms the basis for the
plastic theory.
• The structural steel is capable to withstand large deformations
beyond the elastic limit without fracture.
A: Proportional limit
B: Elastic Limit
C: Upper yield point
D: Lower yield point
E: Beginning of strain
hardening
F: Ultimate stress point
G: Fracture Point 4
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DUCTILITY OF STEEL:
• Some of the structural steel do not show the upper yield point in
the stress-strain curve.
• In the simple plastic theory of bending, the upper yield point and
the strain hardening range are neglected.
• The simple plastic theory of bending leaves a major part of the
ductility of the steel.
• The idealized stress strain curve shown in Figure is followed as the
basis of plastic theory.
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• The neutral axis of the section N.A. (the line about which the
moments of the areas in compression and tension are equal)
passes through the centroid of the section as shown in Figure (a)
and (b).
• When the moment is increased, then, the bending stress in the
extreme fibre from the neutral axis reaches the yield stress σy.
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• The bottom fibres are at extreme distance from the neutral axis in
this case.
• The stress at the top fibre remains less than the yield stress as
shown in Figure (c).
• The neutral axis still passes through the centroid of the section.
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• The moment at which the first yield has occurred is termed as the
yield moment.
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• The area above the neutral axis is equal to the area below the
neutral axis.
• Therefore, the neutral axis of the completely plasticized section is
known as equal area axis.
• These two equal and opposite forces form a couple to resist the
plastic moment.
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= + = + = + =
2
• Where,
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• Thus, the total moment is the sum of the moments of both the
elastic and plastic sections and is given as
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• Thus,
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PLASTIC HINGE:
• When the fully plastic moment is developed at any section of a
structure, subjected to a system of load, then the section is
completely yielded or plasticized.
• The curvature at the section becomes infinitely large, and the
section continues to rotate at constant moment.
• The fibers carrying bending compressive stress equal to yield
stress, tend to contract. The fibers carrying bending tensile stress
equal to yield stress, tend to expand.
• The section acts like a hinge. The hinge is known as plastic hinge.
• At the plastic hinge, an infinite rotation can occur, under a constant
moment equal to plastic moment of the section.
• The plastic hinge is defined as a yielded zone due to bending in a
structural member, at which the infinite rotation can take place at
a constant plastic moment MP, of the section.
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PLASTIC HINGE:
• In contradiction to mechanical hinge, at which the value of
moment is zero, the plastic hinge allows free rotation at constant
plastic moment.
• A mechanical hinge is represented by a hollow small circle, and a
plastic hinge is represented by a solid black dot.
• The value of the moment at sections adjacent of the yield zone for
a certain length is more than the yield moment, this length is
known as hinge length.
• To simplify the analysis, this small length is neglected and the
plastic hinge is assumed to be formed at discrete points of zero
length.
• However, the hinge length cannot be neglected for the calculation
of deflections (serviceability condition) and the design of bracings
(involved in stability) as the length over which yielding extends is
quite important.
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PLASTIC HINGE:
• The hinge length depends upon the loading and geometry of the
section.
• Consider a simply
supported rectangular
beam subjected to a
gradually increasing
concentrated load W,
at the center.
• The value of bending
moment reaches to
fully plastic moment MP, of the section and a plastic hinge is formed
at the center.
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PLASTIC HINGE:
• Let the width of rectangular beam be ‘b’ and depth be ‘h’.
• The yield stress, σy is first reached at the yield moment, My
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PLASTIC HINGE:
• Now consider a section X1X1 in the region of plasticity at a distance
x1 from the center.
• The bending moment at the section X1X1, when fully plastic
moment exists at the center,
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PLASTIC HINGE:
• This shows that the depth of elastic core varies parabolically with
x1.
• The region of the plasticity and variation of elastic core have been
shown in Figure.
• The regions of plasticity are wedge-shaped.
• It is to note that the section is fully yielded or plasticized only at
the central section.
• The regions of plasticity along the span have only a point contact,
which acts like a hinge.
• For simply supported beam carrying uniformly distributed load,
hinge length is equal to L/ 3
• Similarly, it can be worked out that the length of region of plasticity
of an I- section simply supported beam subjected to concentrated
load at the center is about one-eighth of the span.
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SHAPE FACTOR:
• For a ductile material like structural steel, a member reaching yield
at the extreme fibers retains a reserve of strength that varies with
the shape factor.
• Higher the shape factor, more ductile will be the section and will
give greater deflection at collapse. This implies that such a section
gives longer warning before collapse.
• In other words, shape factor gives an indication of reserve capacity
of a section from onset of yielding at extreme fibers to full
plastification.
• Shape factor may be defined as the ratio of the plastic moment
and the yield moment of the section.
• It is a function of the cross section form or shape and is
represented by ‘S’.
SHAPE FACTOR:
• Shape factor for standard shapes:
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1 2
, =
.ℎ
• When the value of moment ‘M’, further increases, the section
becomes elastic-plastic. The section is partially plasticized.
• Let the depth of elastic core be ‘e’.
• The curvature of beam is still governed by the elastic core. The
curvature of beam becomes:
1 2
=
.
• When the value of moment ‘M’, reaches the fully plastic moment,
MP, the section is fully plasticized. The depth of elastic core is zero.
As such the curvature of the beam increases infinitely.
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LOAD FACTOR:
• Load factor is defined as the ratio of the collapse load to the
working load.
• The prime function of the load factor is to ensure that the
structure will be safe under service conditions.
• It depends upon the nature of loading, the support conditions,
and the geometrical shape of structural members.
• Uncertainty of the loads, imperfection in workmanship and errors
in fabrication are some of the other factors which influence the
choice of load factor.
& ) • where S is the shape
• " #$ , % = &' = )*
( ( factor, σy is the yield stress,
σall is the allowable stress
• ratio of yield stress to
allowable stress is termed
,- as the factor of safety
• Thus, % = + , = + × %. 1. +
.//
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LOAD FACTOR:
• Thus, the load factor is also defined as the product of shape
factor and the factor of safety as used in the elastic design.
• Let us take the example of an I-section beam whose shape factor
S = 1.12.
• Factor of safety (F.O.S)= σy/ σall= σy/ (0.66σy)=1.515
• σall= 0.66σy; is the permissible bending stress
• Load factor, F= 1.12 x 1.515= 1.70
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MECHANISM:
• When a structure is subjected to a system of loads, it is stable and
hence functional until a sufficient number of plastic hinges have
been formed to render the structure unstable.
• As soon as the structure reaches an unstable condition, it is
considered to have been failed.
• The segments of the beam between the plastic hinges are able to
move without an increase of load.
• This condition in a member is called mechanism.
• If the body is unable to offer resistance to the applied load, then
it is referred to as a mechanism.
• The concepts of mechanism formation in a structure due to
loading beyond the elastic limit and of virtual work are used in
the plastic analysis and design of steel structures.
• The load at which the body stops offering resistance to the
external load is called collapse load.
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MECHANISM:
• If the degree of indeterminacy of the structural system is ‘n,’ then
‘n +1’ plastic hinges are required to form a mechanism.
• The plastic hinges will form at the following locations of the
structure:
fixed supports
point of action of concentrated loads
the section at which the bending moment is maximum
the section where the moment of inertia changes
• Types of mechanisms:
a. Independent mechanism
i. Beam mechanism
ii. Panel or sway mechanism
iii. Gable mechanism
iv. Joint mechanism
b. Combined mechanism
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MECHANISM:
1. Beam mechanism
• A simply supported beam has to form one plastic hinge at a point
of maximum bending moment.
Mechanical hinge
Plastic hinge
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MECHANISM:
• A propped cantilever requires two hinges to form a mechanism.
Mechanical hinge
Plastic hinge
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MECHANISM:
• A fixed beam requires three hinges to form a mechanism.
Mechanical hinge
Plastic hinge
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MECHANISM:
2. Panel or Sway mechanism
• Sway mechanisms are formed due to lateral
forces acting on framed structure.
3. Gable mechanism
• Gable mechanisms form in gable frames
wherein the relative movement of columns
tops or spread is much more than in portal
frames.
4. Joint mechanism
• It occurs at a joint where more than two
structural members meet.
5. Composite or Combined mechanism
• The independent mechanisms given above
can be combined to eliminate some of the
plastic hinges to obtain composite
mechanism.
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MECHANISM:
Number of independent mechanism:
• If ‘r’ is the redundancy of the structure and ‘N’ is the number of
possible plastic hinges, then the number of independent
mechanisms,
2=3−
• After finding out the numbers of independent mechanisms all the
possible combinations are made in such a way so as to make the
external work maximum or the internal work a minimum.
• This is done to obtain the lowest possible load.
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