Analytic Study of Structural Stability for H-Section Column Made of Submarine Structural Steels Based on Boundary Conditions and Column Lengths at High Temperature

Abstract

Structural steels require performance, such as structural performance, constructional one, and fire performance as an efficient constructional material. However, structural steels have a fundamental weakness in a fire and need to improve constructional performance of welding which resulted in the development submarine structural steels, such as SM 400, SM 490, and SM 520. Their yield strengths are the same as general structural steels, but the weldability was better. Therefore, the application of submarine structural steels increases in steel building market annually. However, the fire resistance performance isnt determined when these are used as main materials in H-section columns in the case of different boundary conditions and different column lengths. In this paper, to confirm and suggest a new guideline for fire protective materials, an advanced engineering design was used with mechanical properties at high temperature and a heat stress analysis. The findings showed that fire resistance of H-section columns with longer lengths and other boundary conditions are determined to satisfy the fire resistance performance if the fire protective materials derived from 3500mm in length and hinge to hinge boundary condition apply to longer column lengths and other boundary conditions.