Statistical analysis of the material, geometrical and imperfection characteristics of structural stainless steels and members

I Arrayago, KJR Rasmussen, E Real - Journal of constructional steel …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional member-based two-step design approaches included in current structural codes
for steel structures, as well as more recent system-based direct-design alternatives, require …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-sectional behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured tubular beams

C Huang, X Meng, L Gardner - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a promising metal 3D printing technique in the
construction industry for its ability to produce large and complex-shaped elements, with …

Reliability analysis of structural stainless steel design provisions

S Afshan, P Francis, NR Baddoo, L Gardner - Journal of Constructional …, 2015 - Elsevier
Since the establishment of the Eurocode design provisions for structural stainless steel, a
considerable amount of both statistical material data and experimental results on structural …

Structural response and continuous strength method design of slender stainless steel cross-sections

O Zhao, S Afshan, L Gardner - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
In current structural stainless steel design codes, local buckling is accounted for through a
cross-section classification framework, which is based on an elastic, perfectly-plastic …

Behaviour of structural stainless steel cross-sections under combined loading–Part I: Experimental study

O Zhao, B Rossi, L Gardner, B Young - Engineering Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
Stainless steel has been gaining increasing use in a variety of engineering applications due
to its unique combination of mechanical properties, durability and aesthetics. Significant …

[HTML][HTML] Design of stainless steel structural systems by GMNIA with strain limits

F Walport, HU Chan, DA Nethercot, L Gardner - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Design by GMNIA (Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Analysis with
Imperfections) allows the key behavioural features of structures to be directly captured in the …

Behaviour and design of stainless steel SHS and RHS beam-columns

O Zhao, L Gardner, B Young - Thin-Walled Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Previous studies on stainless steel tubular section beam-columns have revealed
shortcomings in established codified design methods. These shortcomings stem principally …

Effects of material nonlinearity on the global analysis and stability of stainless steel frames

F Walport, L Gardner, E Real, I Arrayago… - … of Constructional Steel …, 2019 - Elsevier
In structural frames, second order effects refer to the internal forces and moments that arise
as a result of deformations under load (ie geometrical nonlinearity). EN 1993-1-1 states that …

The continuous strength method for the design of mono-symmetric and asymmetric stainless steel cross-sections in bending

O Zhao, L Gardner - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The current codified treatment of local buckling in stainless steel cross-sections is based on
the traditional cross-section classification framework and a simplified elastic, perfectly-plastic …

Behaviour of stainless steel beam-to-column joints-part 2: Numerical modelling and parametric study

M Elflah, M Theofanous, S Dirar - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reports a detailed numerical (FE) study on planar stainless steel beam-to-column
joints. A nonlinear FE model is developed and validated against the first set on full-scale …