Improved design rules for hollow flange sections subject to lateral distortional buckling


Autoria(s): Anapayan, Tharmarajah; Mahendran, Mahen
Data(s)

2012

Resumo

The LiteSteel Beam (LSB) is a new hollow flange section with a unique geometry consisting of torsionally rigid rectangular hollow flanges and a relatively slender web. It is subjected to lateral distortional buckling when used as flexural members, which reduces its member moment capacity. An investigation into the flexural behaviour of LSBs using experiments and numerical analyses led to the development of new design rules for LSBs subject to lateral distortional buckling. However, the comparison of moment capacity results with the new design rules showed that they were conservative for some LSB sections while slightly unconservative for others due to the effects of section geometry. It is also unknown whether these design rules are applicable to other hollow flange sections such as hollow flange beams (HFB). This paper presents the details of a study into the lateral distortional buckling behaviour of hollow flange sections such as LSBs, HFBs and their variations. A geometrical parameter defined as the ratio of flange torsional rigidity to the major axis flexural rigidity of the web (GJf/EIxweb) was found to be a critical parameter in evaluating the lateral distortional buckling behaviour and moment capacities of hollow flange sections. New design rules were therefore developed by using a member slenderness parameter modified by K, where K is a function of GJf/EIxweb. The new design rules based on the modified slenderness parameter were found to be accurate in calculating the moment capacities of not only LSBs and HFBs, but also other types of hollow flange sections.

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application/pdf

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49370/

Publicador

Elsevier Science Ltd

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49370/4/49370.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.tws.2011.09.004

Anapayan, Tharmarajah & Mahendran, Mahen (2012) Improved design rules for hollow flange sections subject to lateral distortional buckling. Thin Walled Structures, 50(1), pp. 128-140.

Direitos

Copyright 2012 Elsevier

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Thin Walled Structures. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Thin Walled Structures, [VOL 50, ISSUE 1, (2012)] DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.09.004

Fonte

Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #090506 Structural Engineering #LiteSteel beam #Hollow flange sections #Flexural members #Lateral distortional buckling #Design rules #Finite Element Analyses #Cold-formed steel structures
Tipo

Journal Article