Session Dates
24 Aug 2012 - 25 Aug 2012
Keywords and Phrases
Cold-formed steel; Web crippling; Finite element analysis; Web openings; Channel section
Abstract
Cold-formed steel sections are often used as wall studs or floor joists; such sections often include web holes for ease of installation of the services. Web crippling at points of concentrated, or localised, load or reaction in thin-walled beams is well known to be a significant problem, particularly in the case of beams with slender webs, and is of high importance in the field of cold-formed steel members, as such members are generally not stiffened against this type of loading. In this paper, a combination of experimental tests and non-linear elastoplastic finite element analyses are used to investigate the effect of such holes on web crippling under end-two-flange (ETF) loading condition. In the case of the tests with web openings, the web holes located at the mid-depth of the webs. A non-linear elasto-plastic finite element model is developed in this study, and the results compared against the laboratory test results; a good agreement was obtained in terms of both strength and failure modes.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures
Meeting Name
21st International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2012 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Uzzaman, Asraf; Lim, James B. P.; Nash, David; Rhodes, Jim; and Young, Ben, "The Effects of Web Holes on Web Crippling Strength of Cold-formed Steel Channels under End-two-flange Loading Condition" (2012). CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018). 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/isccss/21iccfss/21iccfss-session4/7
The Effects of Web Holes on Web Crippling Strength of Cold-formed Steel Channels under End-two-flange Loading Condition
Cold-formed steel sections are often used as wall studs or floor joists; such sections often include web holes for ease of installation of the services. Web crippling at points of concentrated, or localised, load or reaction in thin-walled beams is well known to be a significant problem, particularly in the case of beams with slender webs, and is of high importance in the field of cold-formed steel members, as such members are generally not stiffened against this type of loading. In this paper, a combination of experimental tests and non-linear elastoplastic finite element analyses are used to investigate the effect of such holes on web crippling under end-two-flange (ETF) loading condition. In the case of the tests with web openings, the web holes located at the mid-depth of the webs. A non-linear elasto-plastic finite element model is developed in this study, and the results compared against the laboratory test results; a good agreement was obtained in terms of both strength and failure modes.
