Experimental and numerical studies of ferritic stainless steel beam-columns have been
carried out and are described in this paper. Two cross-section sizes were considered in the
physical testing: square hollow section (SHS) 60× 60× 3 and rectangular hollow section
(RHS) 100× 40× 2, both of grade EN 1.4003 stainless steel. The experimental programme
comprised material tensile coupon tests, geometric imperfection measurements, four stub
column tests, two four-point bending tests, two axially-loaded column tests and ten beam …