Tests of cold-formed stainless steel tubular flexural members

Reliability analysis of structural stainless steel design provisions

“…Test data on stainless steel stub columns [11,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] and beams [11,16,17,17,25,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] were collected and used to assess the partial factors γ M0 employed in Equations (15) and (16). Owing to the relatively simple form of these design resistance functions, Equation (8) Tables 7 and 8, respectively.…”

Experimental and numerical studies of lean duplex stainless steel beams

“…The lean duplex stainless steel results reported in the present paper, together with austenitic and duplex stainless steel test data on SHS and RHS members subjected to 3-point and 4-point bending [33][34][35][36][37] have been utilised to assess the relative performance of the various stainless steel grades. The reported ultimate moment capacities from the tests have been normalised by the respective plastic section moduli and plotted against the c/t ratio of the compression flange of the sections in Fig.…”

Flexural behaviour of stainless steel oval hollow sections

“…All specimens were manufactured by Oval 316 as cold-rolled and seam welded sections with a minimum specified yield strength (0.2% proof strength) of 240 N/mm 2 according to EN 10088-2 [24]. However, the strength of cold-formed stainless steel sections is often far higher than both the minimum specified values and the mill certificate values for the flat sheet material, as a result of cold-work during forming [25][26][27].…”