Bending capacity of girth-welded circular steel tubes

Autor: Chin-Hyung Lee, Kyong-Ho Chang, Jeong-Hoon Baek
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 75:142-151
ISSN: 0143-974X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2012.03.019
Popis: In this paper, the buckling behavior of girth-welded circular steel tubes subjected to bending was investigated by numerical method. Finite element (FE) simulation of the girth welding process was first performed to obtain weld-induced residual stress and deformation employing sequentially coupled three-dimensional (3-D) thermo-mechanical FE formulation. Elastoplastic large-deformation analysis in which the failure mode, the ultimate moment capacity and the moment versus end-rotation behavior of girth-welded circular steel tubes under pure bending were explored incorporating weld-induced geometric imperfection and residual stress was next carried out. Results showed that the flexural behavior of girth-welded circular steel tubes always involves local buckling near the girth weld on the compression side, which significantly affects the moment versus end-rotation response.
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