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Experimental and numerical studies on the behaviour of corroded cold-formed steel columns

  • Nie, Biao (School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology) ;
  • Xu, Shanhua (School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology) ;
  • Zhang, Haijiang (School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology) ;
  • Zhang, Zongxing (School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology)
  • Received : 2020.01.15
  • Accepted : 2020.05.13
  • Published : 2020.06.10
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Abstract

Experimental investigation and finite element analysis of corroded cold-formed steel (CFS) columns are presented. 11 tensile coupon specimens and 6 stub columns of corroded CFS that had a channel section of C160x60x20 were subjected to monotonic tensile tests and axial compression tests, respectively. The degradation laws of the mechanical properties of the tensile coupon specimens and stub columns were analysed. An appropriate finite element model for the corroded CFS columns was proposed and the influence of local corrosion on the stability performance of the columns was studied by finite element analysis. Finally, the axial capacity of the experimental results was compared with the predictions obtained from the existing design specifications. The results indicated that with an increasing average thickness loss ratio, the ultimate strength, elastic modulus and yield strength decreased for the tensile coupon specimens. Local buckling deformation was not noticeable until the load reached about 90% of the ultimate load for the non-corroded columns, while local buckling deformation was observed when the load was only 40% of the ultimate load for the corroded columns. The maximum reduction of the ultimate load and critical buckling load was 57% and 81.7%, respectively, compared to those values for the non-corroded columns. The ultimate load of the columns with web thickness reduced by 2 mm was 53% lower than that of the non-corroded columns, which indicates that web corrosion most significantly affects the bearing capacity of the columns with localized corrosion. The results predicted using the design specifications of MOHURD were more accurate than those predicted using the design specifications of AISI.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by 13th Five-Year national focus on R & D project of China with Grant No. 2016YFC0701305 and the National Nature Foundation of China with Grant No.51678477.

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