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Typical welding-induced residual stess patterns in thin-walled beams |
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Three girder web cross section geometries |
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Girder web cross section defomation at six time steps during the welding process |
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Finite element models of girder with various web cross section geometries |
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Girder web Von Mises residual stress distributions from various fabrication processes |
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Buckling of the girder web as loaded shown in the next image |
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Girder web Von Mises stress distributions from various fabrication processes and at post-buckled failure |
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Examples of built-up columns |
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Concrete encased steel composite columns with different types of steel sections |
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Concrete Encased Steel (CES) composite columns used in top down construction |
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Truss roof structures supported by prestressed cables |
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Local buckling failure of a cable-supported roof truss |
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Various concrete-filled L-shaped tubular columns to be axially and obliquely compressed |
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Local buckling of one of the L-shaped concrete-filled axially compressed columns. |
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