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ProfessorLeroyGardner

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor of Structural Engineering
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6058leroy.gardner

 
 
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435Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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BibTex format

@article{Yun:2018:10.1016/j.tws.2018.08.012,
author = {Yun, X and Gardner, L},
doi = {10.1016/j.tws.2018.08.012},
journal = {Thin-Walled Structures},
pages = {574--584},
title = {Numerical modelling and design of hot-rolled and cold-formed steel continuous beams with tubular cross-sections},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2018.08.012},
volume = {132},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The structural behaviour and design of hot-rolled and cold-formed steel continuous beams with square and rectangular hollow sections are studied in the present paper, with a focus on the beneficial effects of material strain hardening and moment redistribution. Finite element (FE) models were first developed and validated against existing test results on hot-rolled and cold-formed steel square and rectangular hollow section continuous beams. Upon validation against the experimental results, parametric studies were carried out to expand the available structural performance data over a range of cross-section geometries, cross-section slendernesses, steel grades and loading conditions. Representative material properties and residual stress patterns were incorporated into the FE models to reflect the two studied production routes – hot-rolling and cold-forming. The experimental results, together with the parametric numerical results generated herein, were then used to evaluate the accuracy of the design provisions of EN 1993-1-1 (2005) as well as the continuous strength method (CSM) for indeterminate structures, the latter of which is extended in scope in the present study. It was shown that the current provisions of EN 1993-1-1 (2005) for the design of hot-rolled and cold-formed steel continuous beams are rather conservative, while the proposed CSM yields a higher level of accuracy and consistency, due to its rational consideration of both strain hardening at the cross-sectional level and moment redistribution at the global system level. Finally, statistical analyses were carried out to assess the reliability level of the two design methods according to EN 1990 (2002).
AU  - Yun,X
AU  - Gardner,L
DO  - 10.1016/j.tws.2018.08.012
EP  - 584
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 0263-8231
SP  - 574
TI  - Numerical modelling and design of hot-rolled and cold-formed steel continuous beams with tubular cross-sections
T2  - Thin-Walled Structures
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2018.08.012
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/63397
VL  - 132
ER  -
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