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Aluminium Design and Construction John Dwight

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8.2 MOMENT RESISTANCE OF THE CROSS-SECTION<br />

8.2.1 Moment-curvature relation<br />

In this section we consider resistance to bending moment. The object<br />

is to determine the calculated moment resistance Mc of the cross-section,<br />

i.e. its failure moment.<br />

Figure 8.1 compares the relation between bending moment <strong>and</strong><br />

curvature for a steel universal beam of fully-compact section <strong>and</strong> an<br />

extruded aluminium beam of the same section. It is assumed that the<br />

limiting stress p is the same for each, this being equal to the yield stress<br />

°<br />

<strong>and</strong> the 0.2% proof stress respectively for the two materials. Typically,<br />

the diagram might be looked on as comparing mild steel <strong>and</strong> 6082-T6<br />

aluminium.<br />

Moment levels Zp <strong>and</strong> Sp are marked on the diagram, where Z <strong>and</strong><br />

° °<br />

S are the elastic <strong>and</strong> plastic section moduli respectively. Both curves<br />

begin to deviate from linear at a moment below Zp . This happens in<br />

°<br />

steel, despite the well-defined yield point of the material, because of<br />

the severe residual stresses that are locked into all steel profiles. For the<br />

aluminium, it is mainly a function of the rounded knee on the stressstrain<br />

curve.<br />

The problem in aluminium is how to decide on an appropriate value<br />

for the limiting moment, i.e. the calculated moment resistance (Mc ).<br />

This is the level of moment corresponding to ‘failure’ of the crosssection,<br />

at which severe plastic deformation is deemed to occur. For a<br />

steel beam, there is an obvious level at which to take this, namely at the<br />

‘fully plastic moment’ Sp where the curve temporarily flattens out. In<br />

°<br />

aluminium, although there is no such plateau, it is convenient to take<br />

the same value as for steel, namely Mc =Sp . That is what BS.8118 does<br />

°<br />

<strong>and</strong> we follow suit in this book (for fully compact sections). F.M.Mazzolani<br />

has proposed a more sophisticated treatment [26].<br />

Figure 8.1 Comparison of the curves relating bending moment M <strong>and</strong> curvature 1/R for<br />

steel (1) <strong>and</strong> aluminium (2) beams of the same section <strong>and</strong> yield/proof stress.<br />

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