Behaviour, failure and DSM design of cold-formed steel beams: Influence of the load point of application

Autor(es)

Basaglia, Cilmar ; Camotim, Dinar ; Coda, Humberto

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES; v. 81, p. 11-pg., 2014-08-01.

Resumo

This work presents and discusses the results of an ongoing numerical investigation on the buckling, postbudding, collapse and design of cold-formed steel beams subjected to non-uniform bending due to transverse loadings acting away from the shear centre (either at the top or bottom flange). These results consist of (i) elastic buckling loads and modes, obtained through analyses based on Generalised Beam Theory (GBT), and (ii) elastic-plastic equilibrium paths and collapse loads, yielded by ANSYS geometrically and materially non-linear shell finite element analyses. The numerical ultimate strength values are compared with their estimates provided by the current Direct Strength Method (DSM) strength curves and, on the basis of this comparison, it is possible to assess the merits of the DSM approach to design beams subjected to transverse loadings acting away from the shear centre - moreover, novel features that may improve the performance of this approach are identified. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/17557-2 - Novos Desenvolvimentos e Aplicações da Teoria Generalizada de Vigas para Estruturas Metálicas: Plasticidade, Vibração e Programas Computacionais
• Beneficiário: Cilmar Donizeti Basaglia
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 11/15731-5 - Desenvolvimento e disponibilização de softwares de simulação em mecânica computacional: consolidação do laboratório de informática e mecânica computacional LIMC - Wilson Sérgio Venturini
• Beneficiário: Humberto Breves Coda
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático