Experimental Tests and Numerical Simulation of the Plastic Cyclic Behaviour of Simple Steel Coupons

Abstract

Abstract. The cyclic response of steel beam-to-column connections under a cyclic sinusoidal loading history was studied. The experimental investigation included a number of full-

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Steel Sections of Storage Systems Tested to Failure

“…Each numerical model was a very close representation of the tested specimens in terms of geometric details. The numerical analysis included the inelastic behavior of the material of the specimens through the ABAQUS isotropic hardening constitutive law by means of a table of true stress -true strains ( [3], [4], [5]). The relevant values of this constitutive material load were introduced based on relevant axial tension experiments of coupons performed in the laboratory of Experimental Strength of Materials and Structures of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki [5].…”