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    • Analytical design method for the improvement of steel structures stability 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; López Almansa, Francisco; Roure Fernández, Francisco (2021-09)
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      This article presents a design method for the improvement of steel structures stability by modifying their structural elements parameters. The available parameters can be selected from a predefined list of stiffness and ...
    • Comparison between numerical models for unbraced multiple bay pallet racks 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bonada Bo, Jordi; López Almansa, Francisco (John Wiley & sons, 2023)
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      Unbraced conventional pallet racks are structures intended for the storage of goods (commonly palletized); they are composed of vertical uprights, horizontal beams, and braces, connected together to form a steel skeleton-like ...
    • Comparison Between Two Types of Seismic Tests of Racking Systems 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; López Almansa, Francisco; Roure Fernández, Francisco (2021-09)
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      This paper is the result of both experimental and numeric analyses on pallet rack components. Two cyclic testing protocols for beam-end connectors of adjustable racking systems are compared; such experiments are named as ...
    • Cross-sectional optimization of perforated pallet rack columns against distortional and global buckling 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bové Tous, Oriol (2023-11)
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      This paper presents a cross-sectional optimization procedure to increase the load carrying capacity of a perforated rack column under a compression load. The optimization method is based on a Genetic Algorithm (GA) combined ...
    • Customary light-gauge steel framing construction with flat strap bracing. Seismicity limits for short to mid-rise buildings in Europe 

      Navarro Granados, Jordi; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bové Tous, Oriol; Bonada Bo, Jordi; López Almansa, Francisco (Springer, 2023-11-20)
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      Ordinary (customary) light gauge steel framing is a convenient construction technology; however, given the studs low axial capacity, it has been considered mainly for low-rise buildings in low seismicity regions. This paper ...
    • Ductility improvement of adjustable pallet rack speed-lock connections: Experimental study 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; López Almansa, Francisco; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; Roure Fernández, Francisco (2022-01)
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      This paper presents seismic cantilever monotonic and cyclic tests of speed-lock (boltless) beam-to-upright con-nections of adjustable pallet rack systems; the objective of the monotonic tests is to obtain the bounds that ...
    • Eines TIC per a l'aprenentatge de bifurcacions de sistemes plans continus a trossos 

      Bové Tous, Oriol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-09)
      Projecte/Treball Final de Carrera
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      Aquest projecte té com a objectiu oferir eines de suport a la docència. Tant el contingut teòric que s'ofereix com les eines informàtiques que s'hi desenvolupen pretenen fer més comprensibles uns conceptes que estan a ...
    • Improvement of down-aisle stability and ductility for unbraced adjustable pallet racking systems 

      Bové Tous, Oriol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-02-04)
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      Pallet racking systems are structures intended to store products. Their proper structural design is of paramount importance as its collapse can lead to significant economic losses and even human. This type of structures ...
    • Investigation on the down-aisle ductility of multiple bay pallet racks by means of pushover analyses 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bonada Bo, Jordi; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; López Almansa, Francisco (2023-07)
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      This paper presents numerical pushover analyses on multiple bay pallet racks, aiming to quantify variations in global ductility when using different beam-to-upright connections. The connections differ in the layout of the ...
    • Local buckling of cold-formed steel trapezoidal sheets: data for finite element model validation 

      Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Marimon Viadiu, Frederic; Bové Tous, Oriol; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; Centelles Soler, Xavier (Elsevier, 2024-01)
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      Data is provided from a validation example for a finite element model of a cold-formed steel trapezoidal sheet. The sheet is subjected to bending, failing due to local buckling. The numerical model and the validation ...
    • Numerical investigation on a seismic testing campaign on adjustable pallet rack speed-lock connections 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; López Almansa, Francisco; Roure Fernández, Francisco (Elsevier, 2022-02)
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      This paper presents numerical simulations of a suite of cantilever seismic tests of speed-lock connections between beam and upright members of adjustable pallet rack systems. The tested specimens differ in the endplate-to-beam ...
    • Seismic pushover analysis of unbraced adjustable pallet racks in the down-aisle direction. Need for multimode analysis 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Golla, Vinod Kumar; Oliver Saiz, Maria Elena; Bonada Bo, Jordi; López Almansa, Francisco (2023-12)
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      Modal Pushover Analysis has been proposed to account for the higher modes contribution in seismic analysis of slender structures, such as unbraced racks in the down-aisle direction. In these structures, only single-mode ...
    • State-of-the-art review on adjustable pallet racks testing for seismic design 

      López Almansa, Francisco; Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; Bonada Bo, Jordi (2022-12)
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      This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on seismic tests of adjustable pallet rack systems: on particular components of racks, subassemblies, full racks and stored goods. The tested particular components are the most ...
    • Structural analysis of rack upright frames under a pure compression load by means of a nonlinear Generalized Beam Theory analysis 

      Bonada Bo, Jordi; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Bové Tous, Oriol; López Rull, Ignasi (2023-09)
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      Rack uprights are commonly mono-symmetric open thin-walled members with regular perforations along their length. These perforations are used to enable the connection with Rack upright frames of conventional pallet racking ...
    • Systemized structural predesign method for selective racks 

      Bové Tous, Oriol; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Ferrer Ballester, Miquel; López Almansa, Francisco; Roure Fernández, Francisco (2020-12)
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      This paper presents a simplified stability-based method for practical structural predesign of down-aisle unbraced frames of selective racks. Given the uniformity of actual racks, only a single upright and its adjoining ...