Experiment on aluminum alloy members under axial compression

Xiaonong GUO, Shuiping LIANG, Zuyan SHEN

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Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. ›› 2015, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (1) : 48-64. DOI: 10.1007/s11709-014-0271-9
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Experiment on aluminum alloy members under axial compression

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To improve the design methods of Chinese aluminum alloy members, experiment of 63 profiled aluminum alloy members, made of Chinese aluminum alloy 6061-T6, under axial compression is conducted in this paper. Valuable experimental data are obtained. At the same time, in order to obtain the relevant data, a large number of other experimental data from published papers and technical reports are collected and sorted out. 167 valid experimental data points are obtained finally. Furthermore, for the purpose of creating column curves, the aluminum alloy members under the axial compression, used in experiments, are analyzed by means of FEM. Based on the numerical results, 2 column curves are created by means of the numerical fitting method. The column curves are compared with the calculated data according to the experimental results for verification, and also are verified with the curves in design codes of several relevant countries. The numerical results show that the column curves obtained in this paper are valid and reliable.

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aluminum alloy / column curve / compression members / overall stability coefficient

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Xiaonong GUO, Shuiping LIANG, Zuyan SHEN. Experiment on aluminum alloy members under axial compression. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng., 2015, 9(1): 48‒64 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-014-0271-9

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Acknowledegemnts

The authors acknowledge the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Research on Load Bearing Capacity of Alluminum Alloy Gusset Joint (Grant No. 50908168).

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