Experimental study of lateral-torsional buckling behavior of stainless steel welded I-section beams

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanqing Wang ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Bo Gao ◽  
Yongjiu Shi ◽  
Huanxin Yuan
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 3432
Author(s):  
Ralph Timmers ◽  
Tobias Neulichedl

Using glass as a primary load-carrying element is becoming more and more popular in architecture. Probably the most used application is the single-span girder, but another important system is the cantilever beam, which is widely used, e.g., as a canopy in front of an entrance. Research on the lateral-torsional buckling behavior of glass beams has been typically performed on single-span girders. As a consequence, the design buckling curves provided in literature are usually too conservative for the widely used case of a cantilever beam, which is also related to the loading situation. Therefore, experimental and numerical investigations have been performed for this special case. Based on the obtained results, design buckling curves have been developed and resulted in being more economical than the curves already given in the literature. Among others, information on the shape and size of the real imperfections, a testing device for cantilever beams, and experimentally and numerically obtained load-deflection curves are additional outcomes of the investigations presented here.


2016 ◽  
Vol 853 ◽  
pp. 317-321
Author(s):  
Mohammad Anwar-Us-Saadat ◽  
Mahmud Ashraf ◽  
Shameem Ahmed

Stainless steel is now widely used in construction as structural members in recognition to its unique beneficial properties such as corrosion resistance, higher strength and ductility, andnegligible maintenance cost. Recent research on stainless steel has seen development of rational design rules to predict cross-sectional resistances but still lacks in appropriate knowledge at the member level. The current paper investigates the lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) behaviour of welded stainless steel I sections. Available test results were used to develop and validate nonlinear finite element (FE) models. Limited experimental evidences were supplemented by a large number of reliable numerical results covering wider range of member slenderness ratio. All test and numerical results were used to investigate the performance of Eurocode EN-1993-1-4 and Australian code AS/NZS 4673 in predicting member resistances against lateral-torsional buckling.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (07) ◽  
pp. 2050080
Author(s):  
Xiaokun Huang ◽  
Mingzhe Cui ◽  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Jianguo Nie

In this paper, the lateral torsional buckling (LTB) behavior of multi-layered long-span laminated glass (LG) beams is investigated through full-scale model test and numerical simulation. In the test program, the LG beams consisting of up to four glass plies and spanning 5000[Formula: see text]mm are constructed and tested. The load-displacement curves and development of strain in glass plies are recorded, based on which the deformation and stress state of buckled LG beams are analyzed, and the strength checking criterion is provided. The test results are also used to determine the shape and amplitude of initial imperfection through statistical analysis and to validate a numerical model based on the finite element method (FEM). Parametric analysis based on the FEM model is then conducted to investigate influential factors on the LTB resistance of LG beams, among which the influence of shape and amplitude of initial imperfection is emphasized. For the LTB design of LG beams, the applicability of existing formula to determine the critical buckling moment through effective stiffnesses is evaluated for multi-layered LG beams with the test and numerical results. Finally, the design buckling curves adopting the Ayrton–Perry formula (APF) are proposed and validated for LG beams categorized with glass type and load duration.


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