Axially Loaded Stainless Steel Columns in Case of Fire

[en] The simple model of Eurocode 3, for the fire resistance evaluation of stainless steel members, are based on the procedures used for carbon steel structural elements. However, due to the existing differences in the constitutive laws of these two materials, it is expected that it would not be possible to use, in both materials, the same formulae for the member stability calculation, as proposed in Eurocode 3. This paper aims at increasing the knowledge on the behaviour of stainless steel axially loaded columns at elevated temperatures. For this purpose, a geometrical and material non linear computer code has been used to determine the buckling load of these elements. The Eurocode formulae are evaluated and a new proposal, that ensures accurate and conservative results when compared with the numerical simulations, is presented.

Disciplines :

Materials science & engineering

Author, co-author :

Lopes, Nuno

Vila Real, Paulo

Simões da Silva, Luís

Franssen, Jean-Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur SE > Ingénierie du feu

Language :

English

Title :

Axially Loaded Stainless Steel Columns in Case of Fire

Publication date :

March 2010

Journal title :

Journal of Structural Fire Engineering

ISSN :

2040-2317

Publisher :

Multi-Science Publishing

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

43-59

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Available on ORBi :

since 02 February 2010

Statistics

Number of views

257 (11 by ULiège)

Number of downloads

352 (3 by ULiège)

More statistics

Scopus citations^®

Scopus citations^®
without self-citations

OpenCitations

Bibliography

Gardner, L. The use of stainless steel in structures, Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Vol. 7, pp. 45-55, 2005.
Estrada, I.; Real, E.; Mirambell, E. General behaviour and effect of rigid and non-rigid end post in stainless steel plate girders loaded in shear. Part I: experimental study, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 63, pp. 970-984, 2006. (Pubitemid 46389406)
Cruise, R. The Influence of Production Routes on the Behaviour of Stainless Steel Structural Members, Thesis submitted to the University of London, United Kingdom, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, 2007.
CEN, European Committee for Standardisation. EN 1993-1-4, Eurocode 3: Design of steel Structures - Part 1-4: General rules - Supplementary Rules for Stainless steels, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.
CEN, European Committee for Standardisation. EN 1993-1-2, Eurocode 3, Design of Steel Structures - Part 1-2: General rules - Structural fire design, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.
Uppfeldt, B.; Outinen, T.; Veljkovic, M. A design model for stainless steel box columns in fire, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 64 (11), pp. 1294-1301, 2008.
Franssen, J.-M.; Schleich, J.-B.; Cajot, L.-G.; Azpiazu, W. A Simple Model for the Fire Resistance of Axially-loaded Members-Comparison with Experimental Results, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 37, pp. 175-204, 1996. (Pubitemid 126399332)
Franssen, J. M.; Taladona, D.; Kruppa, J.; Cajot, L.G. Stability of Steel Columns in Case of Fire: Experimental Evaluation, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 124 (2), pp. 158-163, 1998. (Pubitemid 128612294)
Franssen, J.-M. User's manual for SAFIR 2007a, a computer program for analysis of structures subjected to fire, Structural Engineering, ArGEnCO, University of Liege, Belgium, 2008.
Franssen, J.-M. SAFIR. A Thermal/Structural Program Modelling Structures under Fire, Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol. 42 (3), pp. 143-158, 2005.
Masing, G. Eigenspannungen und Verfestigung beim Messing (in German), proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Applied Mechanics, Zürich, Switzerland, 1926.
Franssen, J.-M. The Unloading of Buildings Materials Submitted to Fire, Fire Safety Journal, Elsevier, Vol. 16, pp. 213-227, 1990.
Franssen, J.-M. Residual stresses in steel profiles submitted to the fire: an analogy, proceedings of the 3rd CIB/W14 Workshop "Modelling", TNO Building and Construction Research, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, 1993.
Lopes, N.; Vila Real, P.; Simões da Silva, L.; Franssen, J.-M. Numerical modelling of thin-walled stainless steel structural elements in case of fire, Fire Tecnhology, SPRINGER, 2009.
Rasmussen, K. Full-range stress-strain curves for stainless steel alloys, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 59, pp. 47-61, 2003. (Pubitemid 36011079)
Real, E.; Mirambell, E. Discussion of Full-range stress-strain curves for stainless steel alloys [Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2003;59:47-61], Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 59, pp. 1321-1323, 2003.
Gardner, L.; Baddoo, N. Fire testing and design of stainless steel structures, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, Vol. 62, pp. 532-543, 2006. (Pubitemid 43243677)
Ng, K. T.; Gardner, L. Buckling of stainless steel columns and beams in fire, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, Vol. 29, pp. 717-730, 2007. (Pubitemid 46414153)
CEN, European Committee for Standardisation. EN 1993-1-1, Eurocode 3, Design of Steel Structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.
Vila Real, P.; Lopes, N.; Simões da Silva, L.; Franssen, J.-M. Lateral-torsional buckling of Stainless steel I-beams in case of fire, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, ELSEVIER, volume 64 / 11, 2008.
CEN, European Committee for Standardisation. EN 1090-2, Execution of Steel and aluminium Structures - Part 2: Technical Requirements for the execution of steel structures, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.
Greiner, R.; Hörmaier, I.; Ofner, R.; Kettler, M. Buckling behaviour of stainless steel members under bending and axial compression, Report No. F-5-14/2005, Technical University of Graz, Austria, 2005.
Chen, W. F.; Lui, E. M. Stability design of steel frames, CRC Press, 1991.
Gardner, L.; Nethercot, D. A. Numerical Modeling of Stainless Steel Structural Components - A consistent Approach, Journal of Constructional Engineering, ASCE, pp. 1586-1601, 2004. (Pubitemid 40264521)