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Numerical analysis of cold‐formed steel sigma-shaped beams in fire conditions

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This paper presents the development of a finite element model for predicting the flexural behavior of cold-formed steel beams subjected to fire and with restrained thermal elongation (different grades of axial and rotational restraint). The numerical simulations were carried out with the finite element software Abaqus/CAE. The numerical model was compared with experimental results in order to validate it for further parametric studies. This paper provides details of the simulation methodology for achieving the numerical stability and faithful representation of detailed structural behavior. To verify the accuracy of the Abaqus model the numerical and experimental results were compared in terms of axial restraining forces, vertical mid-span deflections, critical temperatures and failure modes of the beams. The numerical results showed a good agreement with the experimental ones. However, the critical temperatures determined numerically were slightly lower than the numerical ones in the simply supported and axially restrained beams and the opposite in the axially and rotationally restrained beams, this for both sigma and 2-sigma section beams.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) to the first author and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the framework of the research project PTDC/ECM/116859/2010 and the Portuguese cold-formed steel profile maker PERFISA S.A. in the experimental tests.

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  1. Department of Structural Engineering, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Isabela B. Santiago, João Paulo C. Rodrigues & Francisco C. Rodrigues

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, FCT, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    João Paulo C. Rodrigues & Rafael L. G. de Oliveira

  3. CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    João Paulo C. Rodrigues

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Santiago, I.B., Rodrigues, J.P.C., Rodrigues, F.C. et al. Numerical analysis of cold‐formed steel sigma-shaped beams in fire conditions. Archit. Struct. Constr. 1, 53–63 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44150-021-00004-x

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