Fracture behaviour of thin-walled cold-formed steel at elevated temperatures
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Author(s)
Rahnavard, Rohola
Craveiro, HD
Simões, RA
Gardner, Leroy
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Cold-formed steel (CFS) is being increasingly used in structural applications due to its high strength-to-weight ratio, ease of construction and versatility. The performance of CFS structures in fire has received signification recent attention, but the fracture behaviour of thin-walled CFS at elevated temperatures, which is fundamental to the fire response of the key components, like connections has yet to be extensively studied; this is therefore the subject of the present paper. First, using experimental data on cold-formed grade S280GD+Z275 steel at elevated temperatures from the literature, damaged true stress-strain curves considering the post-necking behaviour are determined. Then, a fracture prediction approach, implemented in the finite element analysis software Abaqus and considering ductile damage and a damage evolution law is calibrated and validated against the experimental data. Finally, the applicability of the proposed approach to different types of CFS material, including high-strength CFS, is assessed. The results show that the proposed model can accurately predict the fracture behaviour of CFS at elevated temperatures.
Date Issued
2024-05-04
Date Acceptance
2024-04-27
Citation
Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 429
ISSN
0950-0618
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Construction and Building Materials
Volume
429
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061824015873
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
136446
Date Publish Online
2024-05-04