Stub column tests for racking design: Experimental testing, FE analysis and EC3

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Title:	Stub column tests for racking design: Experimental testing, FE analysis and EC3
Author:	Roure Fernández, Francisco; Pastor Artigues, María Magdalena; Casafont Ribera, Miguel; Somalo Coarasa, María Rosa
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Resistència de Materials i Estructures a l'Enginyeria; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. REMM - Recerca en Estructures i Mecànica de Materials
Abstract:	The LaboratoryofElasticityandStrengthofMaterials,intheSchoolofEngineeringofBarcelona(UPC), has gainedawideexperienceinpallet-racktestinginrecentyears.Wehavegatheredacomprehensive set ofexperimentalresultsfromuprightcross-sectionssubjecttocompression.Twentydifferentpallet- rack steelprofileshavebeentested.Thisinformationisvaluableandallowsustoevaluatedifferent methodsalternativetotestingasadesignoption.Inthispaper,twoalternativemethodsareconsidered: the analytical,byapplyingtheEuropeanStandardEN1993-1-3:2006/AC:2009;atraditionalmethod, which involvestheeffectivewidthdeterminationforeachpartofthesectionsubjecttocompression; and thenumerical,byapplyingfiniteelementanalysis,includingnon-linearmaterialandgeometrical behaviour.Theresultsofbothmethodsarecomparedtotheexperimentalones.Thisresearchreveals that eventhoughtheEuropeanStandardEN15512:2009doesonlyaccepttheexperimentalmethodfor perforatedsections,thesesothertwomethodscangivegoodaccuracy,andbegoodtoolsinthestageof design andoptimization.
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi numèrica::Mètodes numèrics -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materials -Finite element method -Mathematical optimization -Steel -Structural design -Elements finits, Mètode dels -Optimització matemàtica -Acer -Disseny d'estructures
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