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For compression members with primarily axial forces, steel angles with bolted connections are often used. Due to the eccentric connection on only one leg additional bending moments are acting on the member, leading to a complex load carrying behaviour with flexural and/or lateral torsional buckling phenomena. The paper mainly focuses on the presentation of the influence of realistic end support conditions at the gusset plates on the member capacity in compression. In the first part of the paper, about 300 existing test results for steel angles in compression with bolted connections are prepared in such a way that they can be compared with different design rules. This was achieved through the common representation of all test results as a function of the normalized slenderness λ ¯ v about the weak axis. In the second part, systematic numerical calculations are conducted for limit cases of the stiffness of the boundary condition of the load-introducing gusset plates (rigid/hinged). The results are also presented in dependency of the relative slenderness λ ¯ v . The consolidation of all tests and numerical results shows (besides the well-known difference between one-bolt and two-bolt connections) a very high influence of the end support of the gusset plate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a design proposal for the out-of-plane buckling resistance of prismatic beam-columns subject to axial compression and uniaxial major-axis bending that was developed based on the well-known Ayrton-Perry format. Firstly, the relevant theoretical background is summarized, closely following the theoretical derivation performed by Szalai and Papp (2010). Secondly, the required transformations for the engineering application of the design procedure are detailed and extended to arbitrary bending moment distributions. Appropriate generalized initial imperfection factors for the out-of-plane buckling of beam-columns are defined so as to achieving complete consistency across the stability verifications for columns, beams and beam-columns. The proposed procedure is subsequently validated against a large set of advanced numerical simulations. A good agreement was found between the numerical results and the estimates provided by the proposed design procedure, both in terms of the overall trend and the specific quantitative results. Based on a statistical assessment, the comparison with the interaction expression of Eurocode 3 (2005) (method 2) showed that this proposal slightly outperforms the Eurocode procedure, both in terms of average values and dispersion of results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Eurocode 3 provides several methods for the stability verification of members and frames. However, several inconsistencies and difficulties have been noticed in the case of non-uniform members regarding in what concerns stability verification. In this paper, the case of web-tapered beams is studied. In a first step, available methods for stability verification of web-tapered beams are discussed. A second order analytical model based on an Ayrton–Perry approach is then derived for the case of tapered beams with uniform bending moment and further extended to other bending moment distributions. Several consistent simplifications are carried out in order to build a simple but coherent design model for the stability verification of tapered beams subject to linear bending moment distributions and to parabolic bending moment. More than 3000 numerical simulations are carried out for calibration and analysis of the results. Throughout the paper, specific issues such as the presence of shear or the codified imperfections for welded cross-sections are brought in and taken into account. Finally, it is noted that the proposed model is consistent with recently proposed design models for the stability verification of prismatic beams. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: In this paper, linear buckling analyses of plates with longitudinal stiffeners having various shapes and positions and subjected to axial force, in-plane bending and shear are developed. The aim is to give some new practical insights about the shape and optimum position of longitudinal stiffener in webs when axial force, bending moment and shear act. By means of a comprehensive numerical investigation, some practical issues for buckling phenomena in stiffened plates, taking into account (a) dimensions and shape (square and rectangular) of the plate, (b) dimensions and shape of the stiffener (with open and closed cross-sections), (c) location of the stiffener, and (d) load configuration (uniform compression, pure bending, combinations of axial compression and bending, and shear) are developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]