Fire structural modelling and testing of welded aluminium plate
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Article Title | Fire structural modelling and testing of welded aluminium plate |
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ERA Journal ID | 4896 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Chevali, V. S. (Author), Summers, P. (Author), Cholewa, N. (Author), Khatibi, A. Afaghi (Author), Feih, S. (Author), Lattimer, B. Y. (Author), Case, S. W. (Author) and Mouritz, A. P. (Author) |
Journal Title | Fire and Materials: an international journal |
Journal Citation | 40 (1), pp. 48-64 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0308-0501 |
1099-1018 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.2267 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fam.2267 |
Abstract | The structural response of welded aluminium in fire is computationally and experimentally analysed. A finite element (FE) model is developed to compute the deformation and failure of gas metal arc welded (GMAW) aluminium plate under combined loading and one-sided unsteady-state heating representative of fire. The FE model predicts the deformation of the weld, heat-affected zone and parent plate based on the combined effects of elastic softening, plastic softening and creep. The effects of residual stresses in the weld and thermal expansion on the deformation response are also analysed. The numerical accuracy of the model is rigorously evaluated using a large amount of deformation and failure stress data obtained from fire structural tests performed with welded AA5083-AA5083, AA5083-AA6061 and AA6061-AA6061 plates. Good agreement is found between results computed with the FE model and experimental testing. The results reveal that GMAW welds do not reduce the structural performance of aluminium in fire unless the maximum temperature remains below the recrystallisation temperature. |
Keywords | aluminium; FE model; welded structures |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400499. Chemical engineering not elsewhere classified |
409999. Other engineering not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Virginia Tech, United States | |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) |
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