Investigation of Buckling Behavior of Steel Beams Under the Effect of Lateral Buckling

Abstract

One of the important features in building design is the stability of building elements. In the elements, stability loss occurs depending on the slenderness, rigidity and geometry of the section. Depending on the slenderness of the section in the element, buckling occurs in the weak axis direction under the loading effect. Stability decreases with the occurrence of lateral buckling. In this study, the buckling behavior of I-section steel beams of different lengths and under the influence of different loads was investigated in case of lateral buckling. The behavior of steel beams under the effect of lateral buckling loading was evaluated using nonlinear finite element analysis method.