Effect of the presence of perforations on thin structure has been extensively investigated for decades. Various perforation parameters were investigated in past studies. However, study on thin cylinder with multiple perforations has not been carried out. In searching for lighter structural members, the concept of perforated hollow section has been inspired by the shape and arrangement of multiple perforations observed in the Cholla skeleton. Effects of multiple perforation parameters on circular hollow section have been the main interest. This paper presents the verification of FEM simulation with test results. A nonperforated circular hollow section (control model) and a circular hollow section penetrated with 12 nos. of circular shape perforations in array arrangement were selected for the verification process. Both test specimen and FEA models were subjected to compression, flexural and torsional loads. For result comparison within the material linear range, FEA models show good agreement with test results for compression and flexural load cases, and for control models under torsional load case. For perforated models under torsional load, FEA results correspond well with the inclined strain gauge readings. FEM analysis method is considered capable to produce reliable result for loading within the material linear range for circular hollow sections with multiple perforations.
The Cholla cactus skeleton has been the inspiration source for this study, in our effort to search forlight and more structural effective structures. This woody skeleton of Cholla with oval shaped perforationsarranged in spiral pattern is found strong enough to support the cactus self weight. This research has beencarried out to investigate the effects of percentage of perforations and perforations arrangements on structuralbehaviour of cylindrical hollow section. A total of eleven models consisting of one cylindrical hollow sectionwithout perforation as the control model and ten simplified perforated cylindrical hollow sections have beenconstructed using a finite element method software. The perforated models have been assigned with 10 to 50percent of perforations area by fixing the number of perforations to twenty and altering the perforation size toachieve the percentage variable. Computational analyses have been carried out for three loading conditions:compressive, flexural and torsional. Findings have shown that the increment in percentage of perforationsproduces higher stresses to the cylindrical hollow section. This has effects on the structural capacity of thecylindrical hollow section. Array arrangement of the perforations shows better structural performance incompression and flexural loading conditions while spiral arrangement exhibits better structural performanceunder torsional loading condition
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