Assessment of Lateral Impact Effects on Carbon Steel Battened Built-up Columns Using Finite Element Analysis

Kun GUO

doi:10.56748/ejse.261009

Authors

Kun GUO Xinxiang Vocational and Technical College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56748/ejse.261009

Keywords:

battened built-up columns, carbon steel, impact loading (IL), axial load ratio, web stiffeners, edge stiffeners

Abstract

The study presents a comprehensive finite element (FE) analysis of the structural response of battened-up carbon-steel columns subjected to combined axial and lateral low-velocity impact loads (ILs). The study demonstrated that 120 numerical models were created using ABAQUS/Explicit and analyzed four critical design elements: web stiffener shapes, cross-sectional shapes, edge stiffener shapes, and axial load ratios. The confirmation of the numerical models showed that they accurately predicted both overall and local failure. The parametric study shows that CDV (double V-shaped) web-stiffened columns had the highest total axial reaction capacity, reaching a maximum marginal load that is 87.4% higher than that of C-shaped columns. Edge stiffeners, especially type-3 double-edge stiffeners, improved the column's behavior under lateral ILs by increasing stability and load-carrying capacity by 71.4%; thus, local buckling was also deferred. Axial load ratios had a major effect on the impact performance of the columns, with the highest ratio always increasing the columns' capacity, depending on the stiffened design type. The cross-sectional shapes may change the performance features of the columns, either positively or negatively, depending on the arrangement; in well-stiffened designs, enhanced benefits have been reported. This research has been instrumental in advancing the optimization of battened built-up columns under dynamic and accidental loading scenarios.

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