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Torsional buckling strengthening in cruciform columns

 Torsional buckling strengthening in cruciform columns
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022, published in , pp. 1873-1881
DOI: 10.2749/prague.2022.1873
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Flanged cruciform steel columns are often used in heavy-duty industrial buildings, with high axial loads and buckling length, to effectively eliminate weak-axis flexural buckling. Consequently, tor...
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Author(s): (Martínez Segovia, Madrid, Spain)
(Martínez Segovia, Madrid, Spain)
(Martínez Segovia, Madrid, Spain)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 May 2022
Published in:
Page(s): 1873-1881 Total no. of pages: 9
Page(s): 1873-1881
Total no. of pages: 9
DOI: 10.2749/prague.2022.1873
Abstract:

Flanged cruciform steel columns are often used in heavy-duty industrial buildings, with high axial loads and buckling length, to effectively eliminate weak-axis flexural buckling. Consequently, torsional buckling often becomes the governing failure mode under compression. While the effectiveness of twisting and warping restraints has been extensively studied for lateral torsional buckling, much less research is available on torsional buckling restraints in cruciform members.

For this study various FEM-assisted linear elastic buckling analyses have been performed to assess the increase in torsional buckling resistance due to typical end connections as compared to ideal fork end conditions. Furthermore, it is shown that adding intermediate warping restraints is an effective means against torsional buckling. Finally, a simple design criterion is presented for their spacing and dimensions to effectively eliminate torsional buckling.

Keywords:
torsional buckling industrial buildings tall buildings cruciform columns warping restraint
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