Performance of Steel-Bolt-Connected Industrialized Building System Frame Subjected to Hydrodynamic Force

Autor: Abubakar Sharif Auwalu, Norhazilan Md Noor, Mohamad Shazwan Ahmad Shah, Sarehati Umar, Mugahed Amran, Musa Adamu, Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin, Roman Fediuk
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 5093 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app12105093
Popis: People need durable shelters for living safely due to devastation caused by flooding in some areas, and it is not easy to mitigate the frequency and intensity of the flooding. Therefore, in this research, an industrialized building system (IBS) has been proposed as one of the best solutions. However, most of the existing IBSs were not designed and tested for resisting a sudden horizontal impact. Furthermore, the joints of some IBSs would likely be vulnerable to failure when subjected to a horizontal impact. There is a need to develop a bolt-connected IBS that is able to withstand a horizontal impact load. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the performance of steel-bolt-connected IBS frames subjected to the sudden impact of hydrodynamic force. Autodesk computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation was used for optimizing the laboratory experiment. A 1:5-scale IBS frame was designed and tested for the dam-break test using 1 m, 2 m, and 3 m reservoir water levels. The results showed that the bolt connections were very effective and robust in the IBS frame. They also restricted damages from spreading to other structural components due to energy dissipation. The main findings of this study are crucial to improving the current IBS method of construction.
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