Open AccessPerformance of Hybrid Castellated Beams
Author(s) -
Wael A. Salah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
engineering, technology and applied science research/engineering, technology and applied science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2241-4487
pISSN - 1792-8036
DOI - 10.48084/etasr.4824
Subject(s) - flange , structural engineering , parametric statistics , failure mode and effects analysis , buckling , finite element method , beam (structure) , materials science , compression (physics) , composite material , engineering , mathematics , statistics
In the current study, the up to failure behavior of the Hybrid Castellated Beams (HCBs) is predicted with the use of a developed Finite Element (FE) model. Both material and geometric nonlinearities are considered in the numerical simulations. The accuracy of the FE model was validated using the experimental test results presented in the literature. The results of the FE analysis had a close agreement with the experimental work in predicting the failure load and failure mode pattern. A parametric study was conducted to investigate the influence of some parameters on HCBs’ ultimate strength. These parameters included slenderness of compression flange, beam span-to-depth ratio, and laterally unbraced length of compression flange. A design formula is proposed to estimate the inelastic lateral-distortional strength of both homogeneous and hybrid material castellated beams.