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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 73
PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper 29
Buckling Behaviour of FRP Thin-Walled Lipped Channel Members N. Silvestre and D. Camotim
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
N. Silvestre, D. Camotim, "Buckling Behaviour of FRP Thin-Walled Lipped Channel Members", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 29, 2001. doi:10.4203/ccp.73.29
Keywords: FRP thin-walled members, pultrusion, lipped channels, generalised beam theory (GBT), buckling, local plate mode, flexural-distortional mode, distortional mode.
Summary
Although composite materials have been extensively employed in the
aeronautical industry, their application to civil engineering structures only became
significant in recent years. Presently, there exists a growing demand for composite
structural members, namely members manufactured by pultrusion from a polymer
plastic matrix reinforced with unidirectional fibers. The mechanical behaviour of
such members is characterised by linear elastic stress-strain relations, absence of
ductility and a distinct kind of orthotropy, often termed "special orthotropy". These
mechanical properties clearly indicate that the ultimate strength of FRP pultruded
members may be strongly affected by instability phenomena. Therefore, in order to
assess the structural efficiency of such members, namely columns, beams and beam-
columns, it is essential to investigate their local and global buckling behaviour.
The "Generalised Beam Theory" (GBT) was shown to be a rather powerful analytical tool to study the buckling behaviour of thin-walled (cold-formed) steel structural members. Recently, the authors extended GBT in order to enable its application to the stability analysis of members with special orthotropy, therefore obtaining the generalised GBT fundamental equation:
The main objective of the paper is to investigate, by means of GBT, the local and global buckling behaviour of FRP thin-walled lipped channel members (Figure 29.1(a)) displaying the special orthotropy just mentioned. Depending on the applied stress distribution, the members are designated as columns ( ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the paper addresses how the cross-section shape and dimensions affect the member local buckling behaviour. The relevance of the cross-section shape is assessed by comparing the behaviours of identical hat and C-section columns and beams and it is concluded that their local plate and distortional buckling behaviours can be markedly different. The combined influence of the flange and lip widths on the buckling mode nature and corresponding bifurcation stress value of hat and C- section members is also investigated.
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