Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure

The structural fire response of slender austenitic stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure is studied experimentally for the first time. The presented experimental programme comprised local geometric imperfection measurements for all the test beams, room temperature material tests, a referen...

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Main Authors: Xing, Zhe, Zhao, Ou, Kucukler, Merih, Gardner, Leroy
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1619122022-09-26T04:32:51Z Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure Xing, Zhe Zhao, Ou Kucukler, Merih Gardner, Leroy School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering::Civil engineering Stainless Steel Fire Tests The structural fire response of slender austenitic stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure is studied experimentally for the first time. The presented experimental programme comprised local geometric imperfection measurements for all the test beams, room temperature material tests, a reference room temperature weak-axis bending test and a series of elevated temperature weak-axis bending tests. The experimental setup, procedure and measured responses of the test specimens are fully described. The results demonstrate that, despite the studied cross-section being slender, considerable inelastic strength reserves were displayed. Such behaviour has previously been observed in steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure at room temperature. The test results are used to assess the accuracy of existing fire design provisions in predicting the weak-axis bending moment resistances of slender stainless steel I-sections. Significantly improved capacity predictions were achieved through the application of a plastic effective width method in which the beneficial influence of the partial spread of plasticity is captured. 2022-09-26T04:32:51Z 2022-09-26T04:32:51Z 2022 Journal Article Xing, Z., Zhao, O., Kucukler, M. & Gardner, L. (2022). Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure. Thin-Walled Structures, 171, 108682-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.108682 0263-8231 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161912 10.1016/j.tws.2021.108682 2-s2.0-85121312165 171 108682 en Thin-Walled Structures © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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topic Engineering::Civil engineering
Stainless Steel
Fire Tests
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Stainless Steel
Fire Tests
Xing, Zhe
Zhao, Ou
Kucukler, Merih
Gardner, Leroy
Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure
description The structural fire response of slender austenitic stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure is studied experimentally for the first time. The presented experimental programme comprised local geometric imperfection measurements for all the test beams, room temperature material tests, a reference room temperature weak-axis bending test and a series of elevated temperature weak-axis bending tests. The experimental setup, procedure and measured responses of the test specimens are fully described. The results demonstrate that, despite the studied cross-section being slender, considerable inelastic strength reserves were displayed. Such behaviour has previously been observed in steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure at room temperature. The test results are used to assess the accuracy of existing fire design provisions in predicting the weak-axis bending moment resistances of slender stainless steel I-sections. Significantly improved capacity predictions were achieved through the application of a plastic effective width method in which the beneficial influence of the partial spread of plasticity is captured.
author2 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
author_facet School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Xing, Zhe
Zhao, Ou
Kucukler, Merih
Gardner, Leroy
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author Xing, Zhe
Zhao, Ou
Kucukler, Merih
Gardner, Leroy
author_sort Xing, Zhe
title Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure
title_short Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure
title_full Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure
title_fullStr Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure
title_full_unstemmed Fire testing and design of slender stainless steel I-sections in weak-axis flexure
title_sort fire testing and design of slender stainless steel i-sections in weak-axis flexure
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161912
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