Effect of Rolling Direction to the Strength of a Thin-Walled Steel SHS Beam under Concentrated-Compressive Load and Bending Moment

Abstract

In this research, it has been carried out the development of a strength analytical method of a thin-walled steel square pipe (Square Hollow Section/SHS) affected by the interaction of concentrated-compressive load and bending moment then it verified by experimental approach. The experimental approach was consisted of measuring a basic material property and the strength of the investigated SHS pipe. The basic material property identified parallel to rolling direction (0o) and perpendicular to rolling direction (90o). The analytical data obtained from cut-off strength method is generally scattered within the acceptable limits of ± 20 % and tends to be in unconservative region. The actual data measured from experiments shows that SHS beam with t = 0.6 mm and longitudinal axis parallel to the rolling direction of base material has higher strength compared to the one of the SHS beam with t= 0.6 mm and longitudinal axis perpendicular to the rolling direction, meanwhile the SHS beam with t= 1.2 mm is tends to be equal. This means that the rolling direction of base material can be considered to be a parameter in the strength design of a thin-walled SHS beam