Behaviour of stainless steel columns under combined bending and axial compression loading

Abstract

The behaviour and load capacity of Type 304 stainless steel columns of lipped channel cross-section, subjected to pure compression loading was presented by Macdonald, Rhodes and Kotelko in 2000 [1].This paper describes the results obtaincd from an investigation into the behaviour and load capacity of eccentrically loaded Type 304 stainless steel columns of the same lipped channel cross-section. The test results obtained are compared with those obtained from Eurocode 3, Part 1.4 and, the applicability of the Polish carbon steel code PN-90/B-03200 is investigated. Finally, all test and code results are compared to thosc obtained from finite element analysis. ConcJusions are drawn on the basis of the comparisons.