FEM ANALYSIS OF PERFORATED STEEL EQUAL ANGLE MEMBERS
Keywords:
imperfections,Angle member with perforations,one,two,three perforationsAbstract
Hot-rolled steel angle sections are usually used in many of the structural applications, for example industrial plants, lattice power transmission towers, where they are used as supporting structures to pipes and elevators, roof trusses, shelves, overhead tanks, chimneys, bunkers, silos and storage pallet racks etc. They are also frequently used in both roof braces and lateral braces of
industrial structures. “This paper is concerned with the ultimate load capacity of non-perforated and perforated channel hot rolled steel column. An analytical study has been undertaken to investigate the behaviour of such members under compression. FEM models are used in order to carry out buckling and non linear analyses with the aim of detecting the capacity of the channel members in case of one or more perforations.The software used for finite element analysis in this project is ABAQUS.”
