Abstract :
[en] This paper presents a series of 48 full-scale tests on press-braked stainless steel lipped
channel section columns subjected to concentric compression. The tests were carried out between
fixed ends in the Structures Laboratory of the University of Liège and the test specimens were designed
such that distortional buckling developed in the section prior to overall flexural-torsional buckling. The
stainless steel alloy was 1.4003 chromium weldable steel, popularly known as 3Cr12. Three different
geometries were tested using the same experimental set-up. A critical summary of the standards and
methods for calculating the carrying capacity of cold-formed stainless steel compression members is
presented in a companion paper by the same authors.
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