Structural performance of cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel beams at elevated temperatures
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1. Introduction
- Lean duplex stainless steel is characterized by a low nickel content of around 1.5%.
- The previous research on lean duplex stainless steel focused mainly on the material properties and design of structural members at room temperature.
- Some research has also been conducted for cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel beams [7, 8, 9, 10].
- The reduced mechanical properties at elevated temperatures were used in the FEM.
- A total number of 125 numerical flexural strengths were compared with the design values calculated from the existing design rules.
2. Finite Element Model
- The finite element model (FEM) for cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel flexural members was developed by Huang and Young [7] using the program ABAQUS version 6.11 [16].
- The FEM has been verified with the test results of four-point bending tests at room temperature.
- Similar to the FEM for beams at room temperature, the local imperfection of t/10 was incorporated into the FEM, where t is the thickness of the sections.
- The residual stresses in the sections were not included.
3. Parametric Study
- A total of 125 cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at elevated temperatures, ranging from 24 – 900 ºC, were investigated in the parametric study.
- The finite element model (FEM) in the parametric study was identical to the FEM developed by Huang and Young [7], except that the mechanical properties obtained from the tensile coupon tests at elevated temperatures were used.
- Five different thicknesses were designed for each section, in order to cover a wide range of slenderness ratios, from stocky to slender sections.
- The numbers before the letter “L” defined the crosssectional dimensions (D×B×t), the number between the letter “L” and letter “T” was the specimen length in millimeters, and the number after the letter “T” was the specimen temperature in degrees Celsius.
- The dimension of the overall web depth (D) was larger than the overall flange width (B), thus the beam was subjected to major axis bending.
4. Design Rules & Comparison with Beam Strengths
- The existing and modified design rules for cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at elevated temperatures were assessed by comparing the design values with the 125 FEA flexural strengths (MFEA,T), as summarized in Table 3.
- A target reliability index (0) of 2.5 for stainless steel structural members was used as the lower limit.
- For the purpose of direct comparison, a constant resistant factor (1) of 0.90 and a load combination of 1.2DL+1.6LL were used to calculate the reliability index (1) for the design rules; the values of the reliability index are also shown in Table 3.
4.2 American Specification and Australian/New Zealand Standard
- The design rules for calculating the moment capacity for flexural members in the ASCE [17] and AS/NZS [18] are same.
- Therefore, both approaches were assessed in this study.
- The design rules based on the inelastic reserve capacity were modified to provide more accurate and reliable predictions for the lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at room temperature by Huang and Young [7].
- The moment capacities (M#inelastic,T) calculated by the modified design rule were compared with the numerical moment capacities (MFEA,T) at elevated temperatures, as shown in Table 3 and Figure 6.
4.3 European Code
- The moment capacity (MEC3,T) at elevated temperatures was calculated by European Code Part 1.4 [20].
- Classification for the sections and calculation of effective widths are required in EC3.
- The comparison of the numerical moment capacity (MFEA,T) with the design values (MEC3,T) at elevated temperatures are shown in Table 3 and Figure 7.
- It is found that the design rules provided less conservative and less scattered predictions for the lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at elevated temperatures compared with those at room temperature [7].
- The classification limits and the effective width calculation in the European Code [19] were examined further in Huang and Young [7] using a large data pool of 180 lean duplex stainless steel flexural strengths at room temperature.
4.4 Direct Strength Method
- Flexural strength for local buckling (Mnl) is calculated by Eqs F3.2.1-1 and 3.2.1-2 in AISI [21] when the inelastic bending reserve is not considered.
- The nominal flexural strengths, calculated by the AISI [21] with and without considering the inelastic bending reserve, were represented by MDSM and M^DSM, respectively.
- The direct strength method (DSM) in AISI [21] was shown to provide conservative predictions for lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at room temperature and elevated temperatures, as shown in Huang and Young [7] and Table 3.
4.5 Continuous Strength Method
- The continuous strength method (CSM) proposed by Saliba and Gardner [9] was assessed for flexural members at elevated temperatures.
- The calculation procedure of CSM was the same as those described in Huang and Young [7].
- Therefore, the flexural strengths of 98 specimens that meet the requirement of the CSM are compared with the design values (MCSM,T) calculated by the continuous strength method, as shown in Table 3.
- The reliability index (0) was 2.35, which was considered not reliable at its current resistance factor (0) of 0.91 and the load combination.
5. Conclusions
- The study reported here investigated the structural performance of lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at elevated temperatures.
- The design rules in ASCE [17] and AS/NZS [18] were found to provide quite conservative predictions for the cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel flexural members at elevated temperatures.
- Huang and Young [7] found that the modified design rules provide more accurate and less scattered predictions for the moment capacities at elevated temperatures.
- The EC3 [19] and the EC3 suggested by Gardner and Theofanous [20] provide less conservative predictions for the flexural members at elevated temperatures than the predictions for members at room temperature.
- The direct strength method in the AISI [21] provides quite conservative predictions for flexural members at elevated temperatures.
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
Q2. What is the reliability index of the design rules?
In calculating the reliability index, Eq. K2.1.1-4 in the North American cold-formed steel Specification AISI S100 [21] was used to calculate the correction factor, in order to account for the influence of the number of data.
Q3. What is the recommended resistance factor for a member with stiffened compression flanges?
The resistance factors (0) of 0.90 for members with stiffened compression flanges subjected to bending is recommended by ASCE [17], AS/NZS [18], and AISI Standard [21] for the direct strength method (DSM), while the resistance factors of 0.91 are used by the EC3 [19] and modified EC3 by Gardner and Theofanous [20] as well as the continuous strength method (CSM) [9].
Q4. What is the length of moment span between the two loading points?
The length of moment span between the two loading points was equal to the length of shear spans between the loading points to the supports for the flexural members.
Q5. What is the flexural strength for local buckling?
when the inelastic reserve local buckling strength is considered, Eq. F3.2.3-1 in AISI [21] is used for sections with first yield in compression.
Q6. What are the design rules for lean duplex stainless steel rectangular hollow beams?
The European Code and direct strength method were found to be suitable for the shear design of lean duplex stainless steel rectangular hollow beams.
Q7. What are the nominal flexural strengths of lean duplex stainless steel?
In this study, the nominal flexural strengths, calculated by the AISI [21] with and without considering the inelastic bending reserve, were represented by MDSM and M^DSM, respectively.
Q8. What temperature was used to determine the cross-sectional dimensions of the specimen?
The specimens with the same cross-sectional dimensions and specimen lengths were investigated under five different temperatures in the finite element analysis, including 24 ºC, 300 ºC, 500 ºC, 700 ºC and 900 ºC.