Numerical analysis of local and global buckling of a stiffened beam-column

Abstract

The linear buckling phenomenon is obviously very important for stability of compressed supports. The determination of buckling resistance is an important characteristic of the design of steel structure. Besides, the presence of stiffeners in structural plate elements has a vital role in order to increase critical buckling load capacity. However, these stiffeners cause a redistribution in buckling behaviour in terms of local and global buckling. In this paper the transverse and longitudinal stiffeners were employed on a real beam-column structure to maximize the critical buckling loads. The objective is to find the optimum geometry of stiffeners. Based on the finite element method, a numerical model is made using the Abaqus program in order to observe the critical buckling capacity. The results showed that the local critical buckling has been significantly affected by stiffener's position in the case of transverse stiffeners, but little effect is observed on the critical local and global buckling in the case of longitudinal stiffeners.

Keywords

• beam-column
• finite element method
• local and global buckling
• transverse and longitudinal stiffener