ABSTRACT
Stainless steel has been used in several types of constructions. Although many of their mechanical properties are similar to the properties of carbon steel, their nonlinear characteristics imply in different design rules. This non-linearity mainly affects the response to local and flexural buckling. The Eurocode 3: Part 1-4 (2006) stainless steel design standard can be applied to hot rolled, welded and cold formed products, but the provisions of this code are rather conservative, with a limited application due to the lack of experimental data. Thus, one of those areas that require attention and study concerns the behaviour of columns made of rolled stainless steel angles. This paper describes an experimental campaign made on rolled stainless steel angles under axial compression. The tests were performed on stainless steel rolled angles with lengths varying from 150 mm to 1400 mm while the collapse involved: flexural-torsional and flexural buckling modes.
