Interactive buckling and load carrying capacity of thin-walled beam–columns with intermediate stiffeners

2004 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Teter ◽  
Z. Kolakowski
Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3468
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Kolakowski ◽  
Andrzej Teter

The phenomena that occur during compression of hybrid thin-walled columns with open cross-sections in the elastic range are discussed. Nonlinear buckling problems were solved within Koiter’s approximation theory. A multimodal approach was assumed to investigate an effect of symmetrical and anti-symmetrical buckling modes on the ultimate load-carrying capacity. Detailed simulations were carried out for freely supported columns with a C-section and a top-hat type section of medium lengths. The columns under analysis were made of two layers of isotropic materials characterized by various mechanical properties. The results attained were verified with the finite element method (FEM). The boundary conditions applied in the FEM allowed us to confirm the eigensolutions obtained within Koiter’s theory with very high accuracy. Nonlinear solutions comply within these two approaches for low and medium overloads. To trace the correctness of the solutions, the Riks algorithm, which allows for investigating unsteady paths, was used in the FEM. The results for the ultimate load-carrying capacity obtained within the FEM are higher than those attained with Koiter’s approximation method, but the leap takes place on the identical equilibrium path as the one determined from Koiter’s theory.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Zaczynska ◽  
Zbigniew Kolakowski

The distribution of the internal forces corresponding to the individual buckling modes of lip-channel (LC) beams is investigated using the Semi Analytical Method (SAM) and the Finite Element Method (FEM). Channel section beams made of 8-layered GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer) laminate with three different layer arrangements were considered. The effect of the internal forces on the non-linear first-order coefficients corresponding to the interactive buckling was also studied. Moreover, distributions of the internal forces corresponded to the loading, leading to structure failure for which the load-carrying capacity was determined. The results indicated a high influence of the Nx internal force component on the buckling loads and load-carrying capacity of the LC-beams.


2010 ◽  
Vol 102-104 ◽  
pp. 140-144
Author(s):  
Yi Ping Wang ◽  
Yong Zang ◽  
Di Ping Wu

The buckling behavior of thin-walled steel structures under load is still imperfectly understood, in spite of much research over the past 50 years. In this paper, the buckling behaviors of H-section columns under compression have been simulated with ANSYS. In the analysis, contact pairs between column ends and end blocks have been introduced into the model, and the load carrying capacity of the columns with four kinds of end constraint conditions and various typical initial geometric imperfections has been calculated and discussed. The results indicate that the load carrying capacity is most sensitive to the flexural imperfection, and the constraint condition cannot change the imperfection sensitivity of a column under compression, but improving restrain condition can heighten the load carrying capacity. They are helpful to the use and the tolerance control in the manufacture process of thin-walled H-section steel structures.


2014 ◽  
Vol 969 ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Jan Valeš

The presented paper deals with the load-carrying capacity analysis of compress steel members having the square closed (box) cross-section with non-dimensional slenderness 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 a 1.2. The axis of these beams is randomly three-dimensionally curved. Initial curvatures are modelled by random fields applying the LHS method. Load-carrying capacities are then calculated by the geometrically nonlinear solution using the ANSYS program. The results are presented both in form of histograms and of the table. The analysis of load-carrying capacity of beams with individual nonlinear slenderness is carried out, and the values are compared with the values of design load-carrying capacity according to the standard.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 2956
Author(s):  
Hubert Debski ◽  
Sylwester Samborski ◽  
Patryk Rozylo ◽  
Pawel Wysmulski

This study investigates the effect of eccentric compressive load on the stability, critical states and load-carrying capacity of thin-walled composite Z-profiles. Short thin-walled columns made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composite material fabricated by the autoclave technique are examined. In experimental tests, the thin-walled structures were compressed until a loss of their load-carrying capacity was obtained. The test parameters were measured to describe the structure’s behavior, including the phenomenon of composite material failure. The post-critical load-displacement equilibrium paths and the acoustic emission signal enabling analysis of the composite material condition during the loading process were measured. The scope of the study also included performing numerical simulations by finite element method to solve the problem of non-linear stability and to describe the phenomenon of composite material damage based on the progressive failure model. The obtained numerical results showed a good agreement with the experimental characteristics of real structures. The numerical results are compared with the experimental findings to validate the developed numerical model.


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