Seismic performance analysis of steel beam to CFST column connection with ductility and energy dissipation components

Concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) column to steel beam joint with the ductility and energy dissipation components is a type of connection which is used in prefabricated structures, to improve the capacity of connections and construction efficiency. In this paper, two different type of steel beam to CFST column connections with the penetrated high-strength bolts and end-plate are investigated, i.e., steel beam to CFST column connection with end plate (CJ-1), and T-stub bolted (CJ-2) connections. The finite element model (FEM) of steel beam to CFST column connection with the penetrated high-strength bolts under cyclic loading are conducted based on the whole process of the nonlinear explicit analysis method using ABAQUS. The feasibility of FEM is verified by a set of experimental results performed by our research group, as well as available test results from other researchers. The failure modes, bearing capacity, energy dissipation capacity and ductility and rigidity degeneration were studied. As a result, the load-displacement hysteretic loop curve of CJ-2 connection is plump. However, the hysteresis curve of CJ-1 shows pinching phenomenon. The value of buckling load and ultimate load of CJ-2 increased by 28 % and 30 % respectively, compared with CJ-1. With respect of stress analysis, the plastic strain accumulation position distribution is relatively uniform duo to the T-stub connection, avoiding the penetrated high-strength bolt early yield or fracture. The results show that the steel beam to CFST column connection with penetrated bolts and T-stub connection has good seismic capacity