Finite element validation dataset of additively manufactured equal angle section stub columns.

This article provides experimental and numerical data pertaining to the compressive testing and model calibration for a novel design of 316 L stainless steel equal angle sections (EAS) produced through additive manufacturing, wherein each leg of the EAS is replaced by a wavy surface resembling high order buckling modes of the flat plate. The experimental data were acquired from testing 9 unique stub column sections, in all combinations of 3 different thicknesses and 2 wave magnitudes, with a control section provided for each thickness. The provided numerical data was produced to calibrate a finite element model of the tested sections by varying imperfection magnitudes, and selected values fit strongly to the physical tests.