RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Influence of the Material Properties on the Ultimate Behaviour of Aluminium H-shaped Beams
Rosario Montuori1, Elide Nastri2, Vincenzo Piluso2, *, Alessandro Pisapia2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 15
First Page: 176
Last Page: 188
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-15-176
DOI: 10.2174/1874836802115010176
Article History:
Received Date: 21/5/2021Revision Received Date: 17/8/2021
Acceptance Date: 24/8/2021
Electronic publication date: 22/12/2021
Collection year: 2021
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Abstract
Background:
In this paper, the influence of the Ramberg-Osgood exponent on the ultimate behaviour of the H-shaped (or I-shaped) aluminium beams subjected to non-uniform bending moment is investigated.
Methods:
In particular, the results of a wide parametric analysis recently carried out by the authors are herein exploited to point out the influence of the material properties. The flange slenderness, the flange-to-web slenderness ratio, and the non-dimensional shear length, accounting for the moment gradient, are the main non-dimensional parameters governing the ultimate resistance and the rotation capacity of H-shaped aluminium beams.
Results:
The influence of these parameters was investigated considering four different materials covering both low yielding-high hardening alloys and high yielding-low hardening alloys, which are characterised by significant differences in the values of the Ramberg-Osgood exponent of the stress-strain constitutive law of the material.
Conclusion:
Finally, empirical formulations for predicting the non-dimensional ultimate flexural strength and the plastic rotation capacity of H-section aluminium beams under moment gradient have been provided as a function of the Ramberg-Osgood exponent and all the above non-dimensional parameters.