Issue 51

P. Naidoo et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 51 (2020) 52-70; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.51.05

that could be adopted for these studies, considering restrictions related to the computational capacity of the used personal computer.

Figure 4 : Stress-strain law adopted for structural steel.

Model

No. of Nodes

No of Elements

Fixed Frame

21484

15448

LRB

26934

16480

Auxetic-Type

54642

116976

Table 2 : Number of nodes and elements per model.

Figure 5 : Mesh of the steel superstructure.

57