Elastic distortional buckling of doubly symmetric steel I-section beams with slender webs

H. R. Naderian, H. R. Ronagh, M. Azhari

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    Abstract

    Doubly symmetric steel I-section members with thin webs and stocky flanges have a tendency to buckle in a so-called distortional buckling mode, involving distortion of the web of the I-section in the plane of its cross-section. As this mode is more complicated than the local or global buckling, analytical expressions take empirical forms and vary in between different proposals. This paper has two main objectives. The first objective is to propose a complex finite strip method for distortional buckling analysis of I-section beams with slender webs and check the suitability for such analysis by comparing its accuracy with other methods and the second objective is to propose a simple method for predicting the distortional buckling loads of I-beams. The latter objective is superior to current methods with respect to the weight of the sections.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)289-301
    Number of pages13
    JournalThin-Walled Structures
    Volume84
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • bridges
    • buckling (mechanics)
    • concrete beams

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