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Behaviour of high strength steel columns under fire conditions

Winful, D; Cashell, KA; Afshan, S; Barnes, AM; Pargeter, RJ; (2018) Behaviour of high strength steel columns under fire conditions. Journal of Constructional Steel Research , 150 pp. 392-404. 10.1016/j.jcsr.2018.06.008. Green open access

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Abstract

With the scarcity of performance data on HSS columns at elevated temperature, a numerical model, which considered geometric imperfections and material non-linearity has been developed in ABAQUS (2014) and validated using experimental data on HSS at ambient temperature and mild steel grades at elevated temperature. After the model was validated, parametric studies incorporating material properties of two different steel grades: S690QL and S700MC were done, in order to determine the influence of the steel grades on the buckling behaviour and assess the suitability of the Eurocode fire resistance design rules for HSS columns. The results showed that the Eurocode generally provides conservative (i.e. safe) results with respect to the buckling coefficients and safely predicts the buckling resistance of columns made from S700MC, while a lower buckling curve may be needed for columns made from S690QL. In addition, because of the various alloying and production routes employed to produce HSS, variations in the stress-strain responses was also observed, in turn, this influenced the buckling response and highlighted possible unconservativisms (i.e. unsafe) in the Eurocode design approach as a result of generalising the material response.

Type: Article
Title: Behaviour of high strength steel columns under fire conditions
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2018.06.008
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2018.06.008
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: High strength steel Fire, Buckling response, S690QL, S700MC
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10163363
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