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A Coupled Experiment-finite Element Modeling Methodology for Assessing High Strain Rate Mechanical Response of Soft Biomaterials
Published on: May 18, 2015
Experimental and numerical data from stub-column, short beam-column and long beam-column tests on the local and
Andreas Müller1, Andrea Toffolon2, Andreas Taras1
1ETH Zurich, D-BAUG, Institute of Structural Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The presented data is based on investigations carried out in the framework of the European RFCS (Research Fund for Coal and Steel) funded project HOLLOSSTAB (2016-2019). The campaign's overall goal is presented in more detail in [1] and [2]. The experiments were performed in the Structural Laboratory at the Bundeswehr University Munich to investigate the cross-section behavior of cold-formed square and rectangular hollow sections (SHS and RHS). Two grades of mild and high-strength steel (S355 and S500) and seven section sizes were examined. The profiles cover all four cross-section classes according to EN1993-1-1 [3]. Monotonic stub column, short beam, and long-beam column tests were performed to investigate the load-bearing capacity. The outputs were load-deformation curves for each specimen. The experimental tests were accomplished by digital image correlation (DIC) to obtain an overview of the full deformation field in the specimens. Recalculations with advanced FE-shell simulations, based on scanned specimen geometries (spatial 3D point clouds) and nonlinear material models obtained from tensile coupon tests, were modeled to reproduce the real behavior obtained during the tests.
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