International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 05 Issue: 09 | Sep 2018 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 Finite Element Analysis of Castellated Steel Beam Pooja .G. Sawai 1 ,Prof. Mrs. M. V. Waghmare 2 1 PG Student M.E. Civil (Structures), Department Of Civil Engineering, AISSMS COE, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2 PG Guide ,Department Of Civil Engineering, AISSMS College Of Engineering , Pune, Maharashtra, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - This dissertation investigates the various failure patterns and effect of web openings on various structural aspects with the help of Finite Element Analysis software ANSYS WORKBENCH 16.0. The present study deals with the static analysis of single solid web, double solid web, single web and double web castellated beam and nonlinear time history analysis of single web and double web castellated beam. In this research, to design and study the Finite Element Analysis of steel beam with single solid web, double solid web, single web and double web castellated beam is performed and the response in terms of deflection up to serviceability limit by changing the span and section of beam and validate the results by static analysis using ANSYS WORKBENCH 16.0. The beams are simply supported conditions having uniformly distributed loads up to serviceability limit and the spans are 6m, 9m, 12m and 16m. With different parent sections for ISMB 225, ISMB 350, ISMB 400 and ISMB 450 for single solid web, ISDW(Solid Double Web) 225, 350, 400 and 450 for double solid web and also IC 225, IC 350, IC 400 and IC 450 for single and double web castellated beam. Non-linear time history analysis has been carried out by considering earthquake ground motion viz. modified EI-Centro (1940). This indicates that up to serviceability limit, castellated beams has more load carrying capacity than its parent sections of beam (i.e. solid beams) The major mode of failure is lateral torsional buckling and that is reduced in double solid web and double web castellated beams than the single solid and single web castellated beams. Key Words: Castellated beam, Deflection, Stress, Finite Element Analysis, single-double web openings. 1. INTRODUCTION Necessity is the mother of invention. Now a days Engineers are constantly trying to improve the material properties and techniques of design and construction. Use of castellated beam has become very popular due to its advantageous structural applications such as they are light, cheap, they have relatively high resistance, and can be assembled fast at the construction site. These uses take advantage of the increased strength and the economy of castellated beams. Also the different failure modes of castellated beam such as Vierendeel collapse mechanism, buckling of a web post, flexural failure, lateral torsional buckling, shear failure. Therefore these modes of failures are minimized due to providing the double web castellated beam. The available literature does not deal with the behaviour of double web castellated beam with increase in depth of opening. Use of steel for structural purpose in structure is rapidly gaining interest these days. One such improvement occurred in built-up structural members in the mid-1930, an engineer working in Argentina, Geoffrey Murray Boyd, is castellated beam. Castellated beams are such structural members, which are made by flame cutting a rolled beam along its center line and then rejoining the two halves by welding so that the overall beam depth is increased by 50% for improved structural performance against bending. Castellated beam reduces the cost of structural steel. Castellated beams having holes or castellation on its web portion. It is made by cutting the web portion of the solid beam in zigzag pattern and then arranging the two halves in such a way that castellation’s are made in the web portion. It is the then welded together to form a castellated beam. In castellated beams, one can increase the depth of the beam without any additional steel. In this work, we are considering a single web castellated beam and double web castellated beam having hexagonal openings. Ansys 16.1 is used for finite element analysis. The beams are simply supported conditions having uniformly distributed loads up to serviceability limit and the spans are 6m, 9m, 12m and 16m. With different parent sections for ISMB 225, ISMB 350, ISMB 400 and ISMB 450 for single solid web, ISDW(solid double web) 225, 350, 400 and 450 for double solid web and also IC 225, IC 350, IC 400 and IC 450 for single and double web castellated beam. Non- linear time history analysis has been carried out by considering earthquake ground motion viz. modified EI- Centro (1940). 2. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS In this paper, a three dimensional (3D) finite element model is developed to stimulate the behaviour of double web castellated beam having an I-shaped cross section. Various finite element models for determining the Y-directional deformations and von-mises stresses of I-beam with various cross-section and lengths are developed and useful results have been obtained. fixed supported I-beam models have been analyzed and the corresponding deflections and stresses are obtained for a variety of cross sectional geometries, and lengths where d is depth of web opening, D is depth of beam. 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