Assessment on single degree of freedom modelin steel column analysis of anti-detonation

For the evaluation of the applicability of the single degree of freedom (SDOF) model in the structural antiknock design, the dynamic response of the simply supported steel column under explosion load was simulated using both the SDOF model and the ANSYS/LS-DYNA in this paper. By the comparison of the two calculation results, the scope of application of the SDOF model was analyzed according to the finite element simulation. The results show that the displacements calculated using the SDOF model can be divided into three different phases including the finite deformation, in which the SDOF model agrees well with the DYNA simulation, the critical deformation, and the buckling failure deformation, according to the amplitude size in the free vibration. The ratio of the cross section's depth to its width and that of the flange's width to its thickness have significant effect on the dynamic failure forms of the steel column, namely the bigger the ratio of the depth to the width and the smaller the ratio of the width to the thickness, the more prone it is for the buckling to suffer out-of-plane bending and twisting. In the SDOF model, it is feasible to calculate the strain and the strain rate in the plastic deformation phase by assuming the plastic hinge distribution length and the stress-magnified coefficient in the Cowper-Symonds constitutive relation by using the time-dependent strain rate.