Yielding and Fracture and Block Shear, Oh My! (Best in 5 Session)
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Minneapolis, MN
- Publication Date
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August 23, 2022
- Start Date
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June 26, 2022
- End Date
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June 29, 2022
- Conference Session
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Civil Engineering Division - Mechanics Applied and the Best in Five... Get Ready!
- Page Count
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31
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--41696
- Permanent URL
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https://peer.asee.org/41696
- Download Count
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276
Paper Authors
Anthony Battistini Angelo State University
Dr. Anthony Battistini is an Assistant Professor in the David L. Hirschfeld Department of Engineering at Angelo State University. His expertise is in structural design, with an emphasis in steel bridge structures and connections. “Dr. Batts”, as his students call him, aspires to provide students with a quality and enjoyable experience in the classroom. He is actively engaged in improving the quality of education across the country through his participation as an Assistant Mentor in the ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop as well as making classrooms more equitable through his participation as a Facilitator for the ESCALA Certificate in College Teaching and Learning in HSIs and the ESCALA Culturally Responsive Teaching in STEM Mini-Course for HSIs. To get more ideas for demonstrations and how to introduce themes to your classes, Batts encourages you to check out his YouTube Channel (search Dr. Anthony Battistini) and his other ASEE conference papers.
Guillermo Alvarez
Guillermo Alvarez is a Graduate Structural Engineer at TDi Engineering, LLC in Austin, Tx. He graduated from Angelo State University with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 2021. Born and raised in Eagle Pass, Tx, where he developed multiple technical skills such as welding, auto mechanics, and carpentry. This is where his passion and devotion toward engineering originated from. While his ambition is mainly towards structural engineering, it extends to the entire engineering society.
Abstract
With regard to tension member limit states for steel design, undergraduate students often struggle to visualize the various failure modes. Even after the idealized failure paths or mechanisms are taught and practiced, students have difficulty drawing the failure paths or identifying where on the tension member or connection the limit states would apply.
To assist in student comprehension, the authors have participated in an undergraduate mentored research project focused on creating a series of steel connection test samples, with each sample failing in one of the possible limit states outlined in the AISC 360-16 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings. Limit states include yielding, fracture, block shear, bolt shear, shear tearout and bolt bearing. A spreadsheet that determines the controlling limit state, CAD drawings, and videos of each test sample are available for use in Steel Design courses.
Battistini, A., & Alvarez, G. (2022, August), Yielding and Fracture and Block Shear, Oh My! (Best in 5 Session) Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41696
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