Abstract
Cold rolling is used for bending straight members with hot rolled wide-flange sections to create arches. Extensive studies have shown that the influence of residual stresses due to hot rolling on the resistance of wide-flange steel sections is nonnegligible. On the contrary, the residual stress pattern due to roller bending has been only recently identified. Its effects on the elasto-plastic behavior of curved members have not been studied sufficiently. In this paper, an in-depth study of the influence of such residual stresses is performed. Considering the residual stress pattern due to cold bending, interaction diagrams and buckling curves for cold bent steel arches are developed. The results are quantified and compared with those for hot-rolled and stress free members. This allows designers to appreciate the available margins of safety when using standard interaction equations and buckling curves for cold bent members. Furthermore, the results suggest the necessity for the development of buckling curves for cold bent members including initial imperfections.
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