Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Compression Behavior in Steel Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Steel is one of the most widely used materials in the product manufacturing and construction industries. Developments in chemical composition and advances in casting, metal forming and heat treatment technologies will allow us to obtain steel products that are tailored for demanding applications. Such applications range from low-carbon sheet steels for automotive applications, through structural steels for bridges, buildings, linepipes, ships, pressure vessels, etc., to stainless steels, high-alloy specialty steels, and tool steels. Furthermore, in many products the compressive behavior must be taken into consideration as a design loading requisite. This includes buckling behavior in structural members as well as crashworthiness of tubular sections. Numerical tools and experimental protocols must be able to capture and model such behavior.

This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and new developments in experimental and numerical studies of compressive behavior of steel structures and structural parts. All aspects related to characterization, modeling, and analytical or numerical tools are relevant. Review articles which describe the current state of the art are also welcomed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• mechanical behavior
• experimental characterization
• constitutive modelling
• numerical simulation
• industrial applications
• construction and infrastructure applications
• life-cycle cost assessment and optimization
• crashworthiness
• topology optimization
• innovative design solutions
• fatigue and fracture

Dr. Nuno Ricardo Maia Peixinho
Dr. Maria Isabel Brito Valente
Guest Editors

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