Numerical Study on the Local Buckling Behaviour of Bolted Steel Plates in Steel Jacketing

Table 6

Comparison of the field capacities derived from the theoretical and numerical studies.

Number	t (mm)	B (mm)	L (mm)	Longitudinal stiffener	Transverse stiffener	(kN)	(kN)	Errors
1	4.3	300	300	4 × 20	—	324.3	324	0.1%
2	4.3	300	300	4 × 20	4 × 20	338.3	350	3.3%
3	4.3	300	300	6 × 25	—	513.3	508	1.0%
4	4.3	300	300	6 × 25	6 × 25	530.2	530	0.0%
5	4.3	300	300	8 × 30	—	663.9	670	0.9%
6	4.3	300	300	8 × 30	8 × 30	683.5	682	0.2%
7	5.7	300	300	4 × 20	—	446.1	448	0.4%
8	5.7	300	300	4 × 20	4 × 20	460.3	462	0.4%
9	5.7	300	300	6 × 25	—	635.4	658	3.4%
10	5.7	300	300	6 × 25	6 × 25	652.6	679	3.9%
11	5.7	300	300	8 × 30	—	786.5	823	4.4%
12	5.7	300	300	8 × 30	8 × 30	806.4	840	4.0%
13	5.6	310	340	5.6 × 24	—	437.1	456	4.1%
								Average error: 2.0%