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Meshless local buckling analysis of steel beams with irregular web openings

Zainal Abidin, Ahmad Razin and Izzuddin, Bassam (2013) Meshless local buckling analysis of steel beams with irregular web openings. Engineering Structures . ISSN 0141-0296

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.10.006

Abstract

In addition to typical perforated beams with regular openings of circular or hexagonal holes, the use of beams with irregular web holes of different shapes and arrangement is also widespread in steel construction. Despite some advantages over typical perforated beams, the behaviour of such beams is complicated by the irregularity of openings, which demands more reliable tools for assessing their local buckling response. This paper considers the efficient local buckling analysis of beams with regular and irregular web openings, employing the Element Free Galerkin (EFG) method for the numerical discretisation together with a simplified buckling assessment approach from the Rotational Spring Analogy (RSA). This combination offers a more effective means of buckling assessment utilising an iterative procedure of a rank 2 reduced eigenvalue problem along with a shifting local region. Several illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed EFG/RSA approach for local buckling analysis of steel beams with irregular openings.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:irregular openings, local buckling, meshless method
Subjects:T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:Civil Engineering
ID Code:47200
Deposited By: Narimah Nawil
Deposited On:22 Jun 2015 05:56
Last Modified:28 Jan 2019 03:54

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