Effective width equations accounting for element interaction for cold-formed stainless steel square and rectangular hollow sections

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Document typeArticle
Defense date2015-06
PublisherElsevier
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Abstract
Square and rectangular hollow sections (SHS and RHS, respectively) featuring high height-to-width (aspect) ratios have shown to offer improved ultimate capacity due to the effects of the interaction between the elements within the cross-section which are particularly significant for slender cross-sections (class 4) undergoing local buckling. The European design rule dealing with stainless steel, EN 1993-1-4 (2006), utilises the concept of cross-section classification and the effective width method for the design of slender cross-sections susceptible to local buckling neglecting such interaction effects, hence yielding over conservative predictions. This paper examines the benefits of element interaction effects on cold-formed ferritic stainless steel compressed sections on the basis of carefully validated finite element models. Following parametric studies, the applicability of various alternative design approaches accounting for element interaction to ferritic stainless steel is assessed and effective width curves, as well as a Class 3 limiting slenderness equation, are derived herein as an explicit function of the aspect ratio. Comparisons with the loads achieved in the FE models have shown that the proposed effective width equations allowing for the benefits of element interaction improve capacity predictions making design more cost-effective.
CitationBock, M., Real, E. Effective width equations accounting for element interaction for cold-formed stainless steel square and rectangular hollow sections. "Structures", Juny 2015, p. 81-90.
ISSN2352-0124
Publisher versionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352012415000302
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