TY - JOUR
T1 - Cold-formed stainless steel elliptical hollow sections under combined biaxial bending and axial compression - Numerical modeling and design
AU - Yao, Ye
AU - Quach, Wai Meng
AU - Young, Ben
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) , Macao S.A.R. (File no. 0088/2022/A , and File no. 073/2015/A2 ), the University of Macau (File no. MYRG2018-00099-FST ), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. N2301016 ) for their financial support.
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PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - This paper aims to investigate the cross-section response of cold-formed stainless steel (CFSS) elliptical hollow sections (EHS) under combined biaxial bending and axial compression. In the present study, an advanced finite element (FE) model was adopted to perform a comprehensive parametric study for CFSS EHS under combined biaxial bending and axial compression, with different stainless steel alloys, as well as a broad range of cross-section sizes, aspect ratios, loading eccentricities and angles. Numerical results obtained from the parametric study were compared with the design strengths calculated by the current design rules in European code EN 1993-1-4, American specification SEI/ASCE 8-02 and Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 4673. In addition, the Continuous Strength Method (CSM) for CFSS circular hollow sections (CHS) under combined actions, was also evaluated for the design of CFSS EHS under combined actions. The comparisons revealed that the current design codes EN 1993-1-4, SEI/ASCE 8-02 and AS/NZS 4673 provided conservative and very scattered predictions for CFSS EHS under combined actions. The existing CSM can provide more accurate predictions than the current design codes (i.e., AS/NZS 4673, EN 1993-1-4 and SEI/ASCE 8-02), but a further improvement is needed. In the present study, a modified CSM is proposed for CFSS EHS under combined actions, which can achieve reliable and accurate design predictions.
AB - This paper aims to investigate the cross-section response of cold-formed stainless steel (CFSS) elliptical hollow sections (EHS) under combined biaxial bending and axial compression. In the present study, an advanced finite element (FE) model was adopted to perform a comprehensive parametric study for CFSS EHS under combined biaxial bending and axial compression, with different stainless steel alloys, as well as a broad range of cross-section sizes, aspect ratios, loading eccentricities and angles. Numerical results obtained from the parametric study were compared with the design strengths calculated by the current design rules in European code EN 1993-1-4, American specification SEI/ASCE 8-02 and Australian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 4673. In addition, the Continuous Strength Method (CSM) for CFSS circular hollow sections (CHS) under combined actions, was also evaluated for the design of CFSS EHS under combined actions. The comparisons revealed that the current design codes EN 1993-1-4, SEI/ASCE 8-02 and AS/NZS 4673 provided conservative and very scattered predictions for CFSS EHS under combined actions. The existing CSM can provide more accurate predictions than the current design codes (i.e., AS/NZS 4673, EN 1993-1-4 and SEI/ASCE 8-02), but a further improvement is needed. In the present study, a modified CSM is proposed for CFSS EHS under combined actions, which can achieve reliable and accurate design predictions.
KW - Cold-forming
KW - Combined compression and biaxial bending
KW - Finite element
KW - Stainless steel EHS
KW - Structural design
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tws.2023.111229
DO - 10.1016/j.tws.2023.111229
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85172691617
SN - 0263-8231
VL - 193
JO - Thin-Walled Structures
JF - Thin-Walled Structures
M1 - 111229
ER -