EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE OF CORRUGATED SHEETS UNDER BENDING BY A CONCENTRATED LOADS FROM THE LOCAL SUSPENSIONS

Th This paper presents a simple method of evaluating the load resistance and stiffness of corrugated sheets locally loaded with suspended technical fixtures. As a part of this research, parametric numerical analyses of corrugated sheets of different span, and with differently located concentrated forces, were carried out. Stress distributions in the individual folds in the elastic range and in the ultimate limit state were identified. On their basis, equivalent concentrated load factors for the individual folds in the sheet were determined. The load factors enable analyses of the load resistance and stiffness of corrugated sheets loaded with concentrated forces, which can be helpful in design practice.