Druck- und biegebeanspruchte Stäbe mit dünnwandigem Hohlkastenquerschnitt: Tragverhalten und Tragreserven gegenüber Eurocode 3

Beam columns with box sections, especially if fabricated from plates made of high strength steels, often lead to slender elements with class 4 cross-sections, i. e. sections that are susceptible to local buckling. The presented comprehensive study compares the load bearing capacity, based on nonlinear FEM-models, with the predictions of Eurocode 3. The definitions of local imperfections in Eurocode EN 1993-1-5 are presented and discussed. The detected, significantly increased loading capacity of columns with fixed ends and antisymmetric moment distributions is an indication that, even for class 4 sections, a hinged-truss model may be used in the global analysis with sufficient safety. This is shown for the design of members of a single-span truss girder by means of a numerical example.