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Article Dans Une Revue Thin-Walled Structures Année : 2024

Experimental and numerical investigations towards the lateral torsional buckling of cellular steel beams

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This paper deals with the response of so-called “cellular members” against lateral torsional buckling. These beams comprising regularly-spaced circular web openings are especially used for their high resistance-to-weight ratio, the possibility to integrate service pipes within their height, and for aesthetics. Such profiles usually exhibit a complex behaviour and many potential failure modes, including interactional local/global instability modes. Regarding global instability, the members are usually designed by means of approximate design rules, which often lead to an unduly conservative solution, with beams sometimes showing up to 150 % resistance reserves. The present research works aim at improving this situation, through the development of adequate design formulae. In this respect, the present paper reports on investigations led towards improved solutions for cellular members at the experimental and numerical levels. This first paper focuses on experimental activities and on the development and validation of dedicated shell F.E. models. The results of three bending tests on members spanning from 7.5 m to 11 m are reported. Cross-sectional dimensions, material properties and accurate initial geometrical imperfections were measured for each specimen and further introduced in the corresponding F.E. models, which are shown to provide predictions in close agreement with the experimental results. The companion paper [1] further makes use of the F.E. models within extensive parametric studies and proposes a new set of design rules that could be proposed for integration in Eurocode 3.
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Nicolas Boissonnade, Joanna Nseir, Hugues Somja. Experimental and numerical investigations towards the lateral torsional buckling of cellular steel beams. Thin-Walled Structures, 2024, 195, pp.111388. ⟨10.1016/j.tws.2023.111388⟩. ⟨hal-04467377⟩
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