Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STEEL STRUCTURES
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 447-455Publisher
KOREAN SOC STEEL CONSTRUCTION-KSSC
DOI: 10.1007/s13296-014-3002-0
Keywords
Local buckling; equal angle; axial compression; steel strength; finite element analysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51078205]
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Steel angle sections have been widely accepted with the development of steel structures, and such members made by high strength steel (HSS) sections are also increasingly used in buildings and bridges, and especially in transmission towers and long span trusses. Compared to normal strength steels, HSS exhibits different mechanical properties, which can cause different local buckling behavior. A finite element analysis (FEA) was performed in this paper to investigate the local buckling of steel equal angle members with different strengths under axial compression, where the residual stresses and the initial geometric imperfections of specimens were accurately described. Through this work, the relationship of the ultimate local buckling stress of steel equal angle members under axial compression as a function of steel strength and width-to-thickness ratio was established. By comparing the FEA results with the international design specifications (ANSI/AISC 360-10 and Eurocode 3), a modified design formula was developed and corresponding design suggestions were proposed, to take into account the effects of steel strength.
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