Distortional Buckling Resistance of Thin-Walled Profiles Made of Stainless Steel

Abstract

The described research is focused on load-bearing capacity of compressed, stainless steel, thinwalled elements with a stiffener. This is typically a matter of trapezoidal sheeting design. An extensive numerical study was carried out with validation done on experiments from literature. As a result, a proposal of a distortional buckling curve specifically intended for stainless steel was made.