The experience presented is part of the teaching of two subjects of the Mechanics discipline: Continuum Mechanics and Strength of Materials, in the field of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. In the bachelor’s degree ...

The investigation attempts to adapt a be am finite element procedure based on the Generalised Beam Theory (GBT) to the analysis of perforated columns. The presence of perforations is taken into account through the use of ...

A finite element procedure to carry out linear buckling analysis of thin-walled members is developed on the basis of the existing Generalised Beam Theory (GBT) and constrained Finite Strip Method (cFSM). It allows designers ...

Concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns are frequently used in construction due to their high ductility and improved loadbearing capacities. At beam-to-CFST column joints, gusset plates are welded to the outer face ...

When non-linear finite element analysis (FEA) of cold-formed thin-walled steel sections subject to compression is carried out, an initial perturbation must be introduced in the model in order to trigger the failure due ...

The uprights for pallet rack systems are usually thin-walled open cold-formed steel sections. Their behaviour under compression can be analysed experimentally, analytically or by finite element simulation. In the ...

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 ...

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 ...