Experimental behaviour of ductile diagonal connections for rack supported warehouses

Experimental behaviour of ductile diagonal connections for rack supported warehouses | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Experimental behaviour of ductile diagonal connections for rack supported warehouses Agnese Natali, Francesco Morelli, Cristian Vulcu, Dimitrios Tsarpalis, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4008172/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 28 Aug, 2024 Read the published version in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering → Version 1 posted 4 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Steel racking systems are widely adopted for storage purposes: they are thin-walled structures composed of consecutive trusses, connected with beams on which the palletized goods are stored. Their geometry and structural configuration strongly depend on market and operator necessities, and, in modern applications, the racks can also function as the supporting structure of the warehouse itself in the form of Rack Supported or High-Bay Warehouses. With the increase of the overall geometric dimensions and the global weight of the stored material, the seismic action becomes more relevant for the design. Along these lines, we present the development and experimental testing of a dedicated seismic design approach for ductile steel racks, with particular attention to Rack Supported Warehouses. This approach exploits the ductility of trusses introduced via the plastic ovalization mechanism of the diagonal-to-upright connections while a tailored capacity design is used to assure the elastic behaviour of the rest of the structure and to keep the brittle failure mechanisms at bay. Automated Rack Supported Warehouses cold formed elements ductile connections plastic ovalization bearing failure Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 28 Aug, 2024 Read the published version in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Minor revisions needed 17 Jun, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 11 May, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 03 Mar, 2024 First submitted to journal 01 Mar, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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