Object-oriented steel connection design framework

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Connections are a vitally important part of any structural framework. Thisstatement may seemobvious, yet it is surprisinghow often insufficient attention is given to the design of this essentialaspect of steelwork projects.This thesis concentrates on developing a specification for designing steel connections with themain emphasis on the practical and economical design of typical connections. The designmethods of the specification are developed according to the new South African design codewhich is currently in draft form, namely SANS10162:Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Steel:Part 1: Limit States Design of hot-rolled steelwork - 2002.An object-oriented framework and associated graphical user interface for designing theconnections are developed and implemented. The primary objectives of the implementedframework are:• Being generic in the sensethat it allows for easy addition of additional connection types,• To implement the design paradigm of the South African code, without fixing specificparameter values programmatically in the implementation and• To build on an existing architecture that allows for structural analysis,structural steel memberdesign and distributed collaboration in the design process.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University