Badania złożonego elementu cienkościennego z podatnymi połączeniami sworzniowymi

The paper presents preliminary results of analytical investigations concerning an axially compressed closely spaced element, verified experimentally. The investigated tentative element consists of three branches, made of cold-bent steel sheet. Two branches with a channel-bar cross-section are strengthened by the third branch with a tubular crosssection, the walls of which adjoin the webs of the channel bars. The walls of the three branches forming a bisymmetric cross-section are connected with each other flexibly by means of blind bolts. The tubular branch takes over more than 30 % of the entire load of the complex tentative element, as has been proved both by analytical and experimental results.