Abstract
Existing web crippling design provisions available in European, American, and Australian/New Zealand standards are based on empiric equations that differ from the approach adopted for the treatment of other instabilities such as local or overall buckling that employs χ-λ curves. Assessment of those empiric web crippling provisions based on test data available in the literature and reported herein for interior-one-flange (IOF) and interior-Two-flange (ITF) loading conditions has demonstrated that they provide unsafe and inconsistent predictions, thereby highlighting the need to develop an alternative approach. Focusing on aluminum tubular sections subjected to IOF and ITF loading conditions, this article reports experimental and numerical results that were used to develop χ-λ curves for web crippling design. The tubular sections were made of 6060 and 6063-T6 aluminum alloys and were manufactured by extrusion. A total number of 12 tests were carried out and subsequently used to develop and calibrate a numerical model. The measured dimensions, material properties, and web crippling loads attained are reported. After successful calibration of the numerical model, parametric studies covering a wide range of slenderness and support lengths were carried out. In order to derive the χ-λ approach, three numerical analyses were performed as part of the parametric study: (1) a linear elastic analysis, (2) a plastic analysis, and (3) a geometrical and material nonlinear analysis. A total number of 288 numerical results were used to derive the new method. Compared with European, American, and Australian/New Zealand standards, the derived χ-λ design method provides more accurate and reliable predictions for the web crippling of aluminum tubular sections.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 11796 |
| Journal | Journal of Structural Engineering (United States) |
| Volume | 148 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 13 Oct 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2022 |
Bibliographical note
This is the accepted manuscript of an article published by American Society of Civil Engineers in Journal of Structural Engineering on 13/10/2022, available online: https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-11796 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version. This material may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This material may be found at https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-11796Funding
The research presented in this article has received funding from the Early Researcher Award Scheme 2018/19 of the University of Wolverhampton. The authors are also grateful to Mr. Iain Liall and Paul Bates from the School of Engineering of the University of Wolverhampton for their assistance with the tests.
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| University of Wolverhampton |