Experimental testing on plastic hinge formation for steel beams : distribution of stress and spread of plastic hinge

• Main Author: Tay, Bernard Shing Ann.
• Other Authors: Lee Chi King
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49165
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Structural Steel Design, members are commonly designed to withstand load up to the yield stress of the material. However with the incorporation of safety factors, it is not common for structural steel members to achieve the yield stress throughout their service lifetime. The safety factors are pr...