THE POST-BUCKLED BEHAVIOR IN THIN-WALLED CONSTRUCTION AND ITS PARTIAL 'EROSION' UNDER REPEATED LOADING

摘要

There are two ways to make steel construction more competitive: (i) to save steel (via thin walled structures) and (ii) to save fabrication costs (via economic-fabrication structures). The authors' studies on post-buckled behavior in thin-walled construction and its partial "erosion" under many times repeated loading are described. S-N curves are established by the authors based on their numerous tests, such as to be used in the design of webs breathing under repeated loading. A reduction of some fabrication procedures as a way to economic-fabrication construction is discused, e.g. the possibility to avoid straightening of plate elements involved. Formulae for a user-friendly design of the webs of economic-fabrication steel girders, such as to make it possible to disregard their breathing, are also presented.