Residual Stress in Structural Steel Members

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During testing it was noted that in every case the actual measured thickness of the specimens was somewhat larger than the nominal value, suggesting that the length measurement uncertainty was 0.08, mm for 3D laser scanner, for detailed description Ref. [16]. This was true to the greatest extent when producing structural steel in transverse direction, whereby the actual thickness was on average 9.8% larger than the nominal value, as compared with an average of 5.6% larger in longitudinal direction, for IPE360 profile. However, as the calculated values for tensile properties, presented in the following sections, take into account the actual thickness of the specimen, these differences between actual and nominal dimensions will not affect the results shown. Significantly residual stresses occur in most structural steel members. Such stresses usually results from differential shrinkage during cooling in the manufacture of I-profiles. However, the magnitude and distribution of residual stresses in hot-rolled members depend on the type of cross section and manufacturing processes and different patterns are proposed. The residual stress is considered constant in the web although, when the depth of a wide flange section is large, it varies more or less parabolically. In this paper tried to investigate the influence of residual stresses on the tensile properties of structural steel. The residual stress distributions measured using X-ray diffraction techniques from the both structural steel specimen are shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5. The modulus, yield stress, tensile stress and maximum tensile strain results for the IPE 360 profile and IPE 400 profile are presented and discussed in the following sections. Modulus, which describ... ... middle of paper ... ...s to Characterize Mechanical Properties of Structural Steel, International Journal of Steel Structures, 2013, Submitted. 18 Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.: Influence of Measurement Uncertainties on Results of Creep Prediction of Concrete under Cyclic Loading, In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, March 10-14, 2013 /Toledo - Spain, ISBN 978-84-941004-1-3, pp. 805-814. 19 Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.: Uncertainty quantification on creep deflection of concrete beam subjected to cyclic loading, In:11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability, Columbia University, New York, NY, 16 - 20 June 2013, USA. 20 ISO 6892-1:2009E (2009)International Standard, Metallic materials- Tensile testing-Part 1: technique of test at room temperature.

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