Stainless steel is gaining wider usage in a range of engineering applications due to its favourable mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, with ferritic grades expected to become more prevalent in construction due ...

There is a wide variety of stainless steel alloys, but all are characterized by a rounded stress-strain response with no sharply defined yield point. This behaviour can be represented analytically by different material ...

In structural frames, second order effects refer to the internal forces and moments that arise as a result of deformations under load (i.e. geometrical nonlinearity). EN 1993-1-1 states that global second order effects may ...

Material nonlinearity affects the stiffness and consequently the distribution of internal forces and moments in indeterminate structures. This has a direct impact on their behaviour and design, particularly in the case of ...

An investigation into the material response and local buckling behaviour of ferritic stainless steel structural cross-sections is presented in this paper. Particular attention is given to the strain hardening characteristics ...

Stainless steel is an increasingly popular construction material due to its combination of durability and favourable mechanical properties. Circular hollow sections (CHS) are widely used due to their aesthetic appeal and ...

The Continuous Strength Method provides excellent resistance predictions of stocky cross-sections under different loading conditions as it accounts for enhanced material properties, although the method is currently limited ...

The Continuous Strength Method (CSM) provides accurate resistance predictions for both stocky and slender stainless steel cross-sections; in the case of the former, allowance is made for the beneficial effects of strain ...