Publications

Xu, M.C. and Guedes Soares, C., (2011), “Experimental Study on the Collapse Strength of Narrow Stiffened Panels”, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2011), 19-24 June, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ASME, New York, USA, paper: OMAE2011-50293

The results of five tests on narrow stiffened panels under axial compression until collapse and beyond are presented to investigate the collapse behaviours of stiffened panels. Tension tests were used to evaluate the material properties of the stiffened panels. The tests were made on panels with two half bays plus one full bay in the longitudinal direction. Initial loading cycles were used to eliminate the residual stresses of the stiffener panels. The strain gauges were set on the plates and the stiffeners to record the strain histories. The displacement load relationship was established. The collapse behaviour, modes of failure and load-carrying capacity of the stiffened panels are investigated with the experiment.

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