The Effect of Transient Heat Transfer Analysis on Corrugated Web Beams

The steel structures are continuously developing by using improved materials or optimized profiles. The corrugated web beams are associated with the last category of optimized profiles but their response to elevated temperatures is less familiar. A different aspect ratio of the cross-section is given by the thin web, leading to particular phenomena regarding thermal and structural response. The paper discusses the behavior of corrugated web beams, subjected to elevated temperatures, analyzed in transient and steady-state procedure with a general purpose finite element code.