Storage rack systems are widely used in the world due their practical and economic character. They possess some structural settings, for example, the existence of perforations in the height of the columns, to fit the connections, which make more difficult the prediction of their strength. So the manufacturers associations prescribe tests to determine this resistance. This work presents the use of the finite element method to preview the resistance of the column, and alternatives to the tests are showed.
steel structures; thin-walled perforated members; finite element analysis
