The component Web in transverse compression is investigated in detail. In Eurocode, it is included in several locations:
- EN 1993-1-8, Cl. 6.2.6.2
- EN 1993-1-5, Cl. 6
In AISC 360-22, there are clauses for web local yielding in J.10.2, web local crippling in J.10.3, and web compression buckling in J.10.5.
Web sideways buckling is assumed to be structurally restrained and is not investigated here.
Significant differences were found between analytical solutions themselves and even bigger between analytical and numerical results. The results of GMNIA with a validated ANSYS model composed of solid finite elements are considered to be closest to reality.
Several cases are investigated, namely the influence of:
