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Design of web-stiffened lipped channel beams experiencing distortional global interaction by direct strength method

  • Hashmi S.S. Ahmed (Department of Civil Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology) ;
  • G. Khushbu (Department of Civil Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology) ;
  • M. Anbarasu (Department of Civil Engineering, Government College of Engineering) ;
  • Ather Khan (Department of Civil Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology)
  • Received : 2023.06.26
  • Accepted : 2024.04.04
  • Published : 2024.04.25
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Abstract

This article presents the behaviour and design of cold-formed steel (CFS) web-stiffened lipped channel beams that primarily fail owing to the buckling interaction of distortional and global buckling modes. The incorporation of an intermediate stiffener in the web of the lipped channel improved the buckling performance leads to distortional buckling at intermediate length beams. The prediction of the strength of members that fail in individual buckling modes can be easily determined using the current DSM equations. However, it is difficult to estimate the strength of members undergoing buckling interactions. Special attention is required to predict the strength of the members undergoing strong buckling interactions. In the present study, the geometric dimensions of the web stiffened lipped channel beam sections were chosen such that they have almost equal distortional and global buckling stresses to have strong interactions. A validated numerical model was used to perform a parametric study and obtain design strength data for CFS web-stiffened lipped channel beams. Based on the obtained numerical data, an assessment of the current DSM equations and the equations proposed in the literature (for lipped channel CFS sections) is performed. Suitable modifications were also proposed in this work, which resulted in a higher level of design accuracy to predict the flexural strength of CFS web stiffened lipped channel beams undergoing distortional and global mode interaction. Furthermore, reliability analysis was performed to confirm the reliability of the proposed modification.

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