U.S.-China Cooperative Research (Engineering): Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Investigation of Semi Rigid Steel Frames

这是普渡大学的陈伟发和中国建筑工程学院中国重庆分院的吴海柏和周胜平合作的一个为期两年的项目。得到国家科学基金和中国国家科学基金的资助。钢结构的稳定性分析与设计是当今最重要的结构工程问题之一。美国和中国存在着几个类似类型的重要结构稳定问题，尽管它们的规模不同。在这个项目中，主要投资人将进行全尺寸试验和分析模型，试图解决钢框架结构的稳定性问题。普渡团队将主要致力于半刚性连接的扩展数据库以及基本数学公式和基于计算机的模型开发。CIAEC团队将主要进行全面测试。每个团队都将在对方的设施中度过一段时间。预计合作研究的主要成果将为下一次可能修订美国和中国使用的现行建筑结构钢设计、制造和安装规范提供必要的依据。

This is a two-year collaborative project between Wai-Fah Chen of Purdue University and H.B. Wu and S.P. Zhou of the Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering of China (CIAEC). It is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Science Foundation of China. Stability analysis and design of steel structures is one of the most important structural engineering problems today. Several important structural stability problems of similar type exist in the United States and China, despite their differences in scale. In this project, the principal inves- tigators will undertake full-scale experimental tests and analytical modeling to attempt to solve stability problems in steel framed structures. The Purdue team will work principally on the expanded data bank for semi-rigid connections and on the basic mathematical formulation and computer-based model development. The CIAEC team will work principally on the full-scale tests. Each team will spend time in the other's facility. It is expected that major findings resulting from the cooperative research will provide the necessary basis for possible next revision of current Specifications for Design, Fabrication and Erection of Structural Steel for Buildings, which are used in the United States and China.