FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF LOCAL BUCKLING OF STEEL AND COMPOSITE COLUMNS UTILISING HIGH AND ULTRA-HIGH STRENGTH STEEL

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Dabiri ◽  
Matti Isakov ◽  
Tuomas Skriko ◽  
Timo Björk

The low-cycle fatigue behavior of a direct-quenched ultra-high-strength steel was experimentally characterized and numerically modeled. Fatigue and cyclic parameters were obtained by conducting strain-controlled low-cycle fatigue tests on uniform-gage specimens. Surface residual stresses were minimized and axial deflection eliminated by optimization of machining parameters and post-machining electro-polishing. The steel material showed cyclic softening and decrease in yield strength. Cyclic softening, stabilized response, and the cyclic stress–strain curve were numerically simulated using finite element analysis with a model capable of describing nonlinear kinematic-isotropic hardening. The results showed good agreement with experimental values and validated the model’s ability to simulate the softening and cyclic stabilization of the material under investigation. The same numerical method was then used in elasto-plastic stress–strain analysis of notched specimens made of the same material to make fatigue life predictions. Estimated lives were compared with predictions made by analytical approximations such as the linear rule, Neuber’s rule, and the strain energy density method and verified by experimental data. Finite element analysis using stabilized cyclic response yields the most accurate predictions and, thus, provides an effective tool for the fatigue analysis of this material.


2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 2430-2436
Author(s):  
Gang Shi ◽  
Zhao Liu ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Yong Jiu Shi ◽  
Yuan Qing Wang

High strength steel sections have been increasingly used in buildings and bridges, and steel angles have also been widely used in many steel structures, especially in transmission towers and long span trusses. However, high strength steel exhibits mechanical properties that are quite different from ordinary strength steel, and hence, the local buckling behavior of steel equal angle members under axial compression varies with the steel strength. However, there is a lack of research on the relationship of the local buckling behavior of steel equal angle members under axial compression with the steel strength. A finite element model is developed in this paper to analyze the local buckling behavior of steel equal angle members under axial compression, and study its relationship with the steel strength and the width-to-thickness ratio of the angle leg. The finite element analysis (FEA) results are compared with the corresponding design method in the American code AISC 360-05, which provides a reference for the related design.


2013 ◽  
Vol 482 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Chen Xing Yang ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Li Ping Sun ◽  
Jiong Li

Based on the experimental study of shear strengthened of reinforced concrete rectangular beam strengthened by high-strength steel wire mesh and polymer mortar , the finite element extended analysis was used. The finite element analysis software showed that with the increasing of the strand dosage and reinforcement strand length,the shear strength and stiffness of strengthened members improved . However,with the increasing of shear span ratio , the shear strength and stiffness reduced obviously .


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