This product helps students to understand the nature of plastic deformation in hot-rolled mild steel portal frames that can undergo large plastic deformations. Similar frames at real-scale form parts of buildings with large internal spaces such as factories or warehouses.

Learning Outcomes

• Elastic bending to plastic deformation of portal frames
• Collapse load and the formation of plastic ‘hinges’
• Yield stress
• Deformation due to single and combined loads on a portal frame
• Generating an interaction diagram
• Shape of a collapsed portal due to hinge formation
• Introduction to limit state design
• Shape or form factor and the additional factor of safety it provides

Features

• Vertical and horizontal load and measurement for increased experiment range
• Includes a set of specimen portals for ‘out of the box’ experiments
• Additional pack of specimen portals available
• Industrial, high-resolution digital deformation indicators for accurate results
• Includes Vernier caliper for cross-section measurement
• Supplied with a storage tray to keep smaller items safe
• Works with user-friendly software (VDAS®)