Finite Element Analysis Research on Buckling Behaviour of Unrestrained Stiffened Cold Formed Steel Box Sections
D. S. Yerudkar1, R. A. Dubal2, M RaiSharma3

1D. S. Yerudkar*, Department of Civil Engineering, JSPM’s Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
2R. A. Dubal, Department of Civil Engineering, JSPM’s Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
3M RaiSharma, Department of Civil Engineering, JSPM’s Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Manuscript received on May 25, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on June 29, 2020. | Manuscript published on July 30, 2020. | PP: 1033-1043 | Volume-9 Issue-2, July 2020. | Retrieval Number: B4052079220/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B4052.079220
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Abstract: This research mainly concentrates on ultimate strength and buckling behaviour of cold formed steel (CFS) laterally un-braced longitudinally stiffened box sections under flexure. A total of five various stiffener combinations for box sections has been studied by modifying the shape of a simple end stiffened section by the provision of intermediate stiffeners along web, flange or both along web and flange. The influence of different types of stiffeners with respect to various aspect radio’s (H/T, B/T, C/T and H/B) have been studied using Finite Element Method (FEM), and recommendations have been proposed on provisions of different stiffener’s combinations. This study mainly details with ultimate strength and buckling behaviour of CFS laterally unbraced stiffened box sections made by C sections connected face to face.
Keywords: Cold Formed Steel; Laterally Un-Braced; Stiffened Box Sections; C Sections Connected Face To Face; Finite Element Method.