ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF STEEL PLATE PANELS WITH INITIAL IMPERFECTIONS UNDER UNIFORM SHEARING STRESS

Field Study and Evaluation of Buckling Behavior of Cylindrical Steel Tanks with Geometric Imperfections under Uniform External Pressure

Construction and assembling process of shell structures has caused main problems. In these structures, there is no possibility for the integrated construction due to their large shell extent and they are built using a number of welded curved panel parts; hence, some geometrical imperfections emerge. Most of these imperfections are caused by the process of welding, transportation, inappropriate ...

Application of artificial neural networks to evaluation of ultimate strength of steel panels

Structural design of ships and offshore structures has been moving towards limit state design or reliability-based design. Improving the accuracy and efficiency of predicting ultimate strength of structural components, such as unstiffened panels and stiffened panels, has significant impact on our daily structural design. Empirical formulations have been widely used because of its simplicity and...

Experimental and Numerical Study of Perforated Steel Plate Shear Panels

Thin perforated Steel Plate Shear (SPS) Walls are among the most common types of energy dissipating systems. The applied holes reduce the shear strength of the plate and allow to decrease the profile size of the members at the boundary of the panel when these systems are used in the typical design of structures. On the other hand, the different fracture locations of these panels are visible whe...

Ultimate Strength Analysis of Normal and High Strength Concrete Wall Panels with Varying Opening Configurations

Ultimate Collapse Strength Assessment of Damaged Steel-Plated Structures

In an unpredictable world where human intervention or unexpected environmental conditions can prevail, damage can occur to manmade structures. Whilst structural design allows for redundancy, or a structural capability beyond the general working load of the structure, it is necessary to be able to analyse and understand the residual capability of a damaged structure to ensure the safety of perso...