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Structural behaviour of thin-walled steel elements with geometric and sectional non-uniformities

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posted on 2023-05-27, 21:30 authored by Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T
This PhD program proposes innovative ideas within a comprehensive and yet umbrella definition as indicated through the title. Above all, this thesis provides a comprehensive compendium of experimental results on a variety of aspects of buckling of thin walled steel elements and an invaluable resource of experimental data for the later studies of such structural elements. This thesis experimentally investigates the structural stability of thin-walled steel members with different geometrical and material specifications. For tubular circular members made exclusively from steel, large imperfections in the form of dents were examined under axial loading, bending and external pressure. As another form of geometrical irregularity, different shapes and geometries of cutouts were considered in order to investigate the effect of these imperfections on the structural behaviour of the steel members. Circular shell elements with normal fabrication-related imperfections were investigated under external pressure. Reinforcement of the shell members with additional elements (stiffeners/thickeners) and without additional material (corrugation) was also undertaken. Large imperfections such as dents and cutouts with different sizes were then examined for circular tubes under cyclic loading. Rehabilitation of members with cutouts (using Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer, CFRP), fully recovered the reduced capacity resulted from the existence of the cutouts; yet, employed reinforcements manifested capacities well above the intact models. Sectional irregularity was also of a great interest in this PhD thesis, which was adopted for composite members. Composite elements such as CFRP and timber were combined with thin-walled steel members to produce light-weight elements with great structural efficiency. Timber cores with different cross sections were utilised for timber filled CHS steel tubular sections. CFRP reinforced the timber-filled CHS members from outside the steel so that both inward and outward buckling was restricted. The same scenario was used for the CHS members with timber and concrete cores, in which the timber blocks were employed to act as compressive members, alongside their key role to form (cast) the concrete inside the tubes. Bending members including timber, reinforced by U-shape steel members were designed in order to make a light-weight flexural element. The effect of such strengthening on the capacity as well as the ductility of the beams in question was evaluated.

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Copyright 2017 the author Chapter 2 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D. 2015. Plastic buckling of dented steel circular tubes under axial compression: an experimental study, Thin-walled structures, 92, 48‚Äö-54 Chapter 2 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D. 2014. Experiments on dented cylindrical shells under peripheral pressure, Thin-walled structures, 84, 50-58. Chapter 2 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2015. Experiments on dented steel tubes under bending, Advances in structural engineering, 18(11), 1807-1817 Chapter 2 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2015. Structural behavior of shells with different cutouts under compression: An experimental study, Journal of constructional steel research, 105, 129-137 Chapter 3 appears to contain the equivalent of a pre-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2014. An experimental study on externally pressurized stiffened and thickened cylindrical shells, Thin-walled structures, 85, 359-366 Chapter 3 appears to contain the equivalent of a pre-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2015. Longitudinally stiffened corrugated cylindrical shells under uniform external pressure, Journal of constructional steel research, 110, 191-199 Chapter 4 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2014. Influence of a cutout on circular steel hollow sections under cyclic loading, Journal of constructional steel research, 100, 12-20 Chapter 4 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2015. Fatigue experiments on circular hollow sections with CFRP reinforced cutouts, Journal of constructional steel research, 106, 322-328 Chapter 5 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2017. Concrete-filled circular steel tubes with a timber infill under axial compression, Journal of structural engineering, 143(7), 1-9 Chapter 5 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2015. Timber filled CFRP jacketed circular steel tubes under axial compression, Construction and building materials, 94, 791-799 Chapter 5 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2015. Rectangular steel tubes with timber infill and CFRP confinement under compression: Experiments, Journal of constructional steel research, 114, 196-203 Chapter 5 appears to contain the equivalent of a post-print version of an article published as: Ghanbari Ghazijahani, T., Jiao, H., Holloway, D., 2017. Composite timber beams strengthened by steel and CFRP, Journal of composites for construction, 21(1), 1-11

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