Reference Type:  Journal Article
Record Number: 1
Author: Lee, C. K. and Chiew, S. P.
Year: 2019
Title: A REVIEW OF CLASS 4 SLENDER SECTION PROPERTIES CALCULATION FOR THIN-WALLED STEEL SECTIONS ACCORDING TO EC3
Journal: Advanced Steel Construction 
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
Pages: 259–266
Date: Sep
Type of Article: Article
Short Title: A REVIEW OF CLASS 4 SLENDER SECTION PROPERTIES CALCULATION FOR THIN-WALLED STEEL SECTIONS ACCORDING TO EC3
Alternate Journal: Adv. Steel Constr.
ISSN: 1816-112X
DOI: 10.18057/IJASC.2019.15.3.6
Keywords: Class 4 Slender Sections
Thin-walled steel sections
Effective width method
Effective area and modulus
Abstract: A review is given to the procedure suggested by the Eurocode 3 for the section properties calculations of thin-walled Class 4 slender steel
sections consists of plate elements. Focus will be given to the effective width approach described in the Eurocode 3. The essential steps for
the effective width calculation for single plate element subjected to different direct stress distribution are first given. It is then followed by
a study that compares the two different procedures, namely the full iteration procedure and the simplified procedure adopted by Eurocode
3 for Class 4 slender section properties calculation. Calculation examples are then given to demonstrate the calculation steps for both the
full and the simplified approaches. Results of the calculation examples indicate that while the simplified procedure eliminates the tedious
iteration steps and is much more convenient for manual calculation, the full iteration method in general will lead to less conservative
effective area and section modulus and thus could result in more economical design in practice
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Cited Reference Count: 8
Author Address: Chi-King Lee 1, * and Sing-Ping Chiew 2
1 School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia
2 Singapore Institute of Technology, Dover Campus, Singapore
* (Corresponding author: E-mail: c.lee@adfa.edu.au)
Language: English