Exclusive Article: Stainless steel corrugated girder webs subjected to patch loading

This short article by Carlos Graciano, Mathias Flansbjer, Mozhdeh Amani, and Euro Casanova, is exclusive to the Newsletter and presents recent research on stainless steel corrugated girder webs.

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Current international standards for the design of stainless steel members closey mirror those for carbon steel. However, stainless steel exhibits significant strain hardening that should be considered for economical and efficient structural designs. This article presents the main findings of an experimental investigation on the structural response of stainless steel trapezoidal corrugated web girders subjected to patch loading.