An overview of the plastic-hinge analysis of 3D steel frames

Asia Pacific Journal on Computational Engineering

Table 10 Example b-the data of the frame

Frame layout (Fig. 25)
Used profiles (European profiles)
Story	Columns	Beams in the X direction*	Beams in the Y direction
1st to 3rd	HL 1000 × 883	IPE 400	IPE O 600
4th to 6th	HL 1000 × 591	IPE 400	IPE 600
7th to 9th	HEM 1000	IPE 400	IPE 550
10th to 12th	HEM 400	IPE 400	IPE 500
13th to 15th	HEM 300	IPE 400	IPE 400

Material: Steel grade S355 (yield strength = 355 N/mm², Young modulus = 206 × 10³ N/mm²)
Applied loads: Y direction: 180 kN/node, at the nodes of the face XZ (Y = 0), Z direction = −252 kN/node, at every nodes
* Include also inclined beams (Fig. 1)