Buckling capacity of high-strength steel flexural members

该项目旨在通过物理测试和数值模拟来研究高强度钢（HSS）受弯构件的能力，并建议在高级分析设计范式下为它们制定创新的总体设计指南。高速钢结构是重要的，因为它们比低碳钢更轻，所以使用更少的材料，碳足迹更低。现代冶金工艺可以生产1000兆帕斯卡或更高等级的高速钢，但没有具体的结构规范来规范其设计。令人惊讶的是，很少有关于HSS受弯构件因侧向屈曲而失效的研究报道，这是该项目的重点，填补了产生先进设计标准所需的空白。

This project aims to investigate the capacity of high-strength steel (HSS) flexural members by undertaking physical tests and numerical simulations, and proposes to craft innovative overarching design guidance for them within a paradigm of Design by Advanced Analysis. HSS structures are significant as they are lighter than their mild steel counterparts and so use less material, with a much lower carbon footprint. Modern metallurgical process can produce HSS of Grade 1000 Megapascals or higher, but there is no specific structural code governing their design. Surprisingly little research has been reported on HSS flexural members which fail by lateral buckling, and this is the focus of the project, filling the gap needed to produce an advanced design standard.