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Simulation of cold-formed steel structures
(2015)
Buildings framed from cold-formed steel members are becoming increasingly common. Simulation of cold-formed steel (CFS) structures in this dissertation includes seismic modeling and analysis of a two-story CFS-framed ...
Direct Strength Prediction of Cold-Formed Steel Beam-Columns
(2016)
The Direct Strength Method (DSM) of cold-formed steel member design employs local, distortional, and global cross-section elastic buckling analysis with empirically derived “direct” expressions to predict member strength. ...
Behavior of Full-Scale Cold-Formed Steel Buildings under Seismic Excitations
(2014)
The experimental behavior of cold-formed steel (CFS) structures under seismic loads remains relatively unexplored. Modern design codes are based on member and sub- system level testing and have not been validated at the ...
Behavior and Design of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Stud Walls under Compression
(2011)
Cold-formed steel may be used to frame the walls, floors, and roofs of modern buildings. The individual cold-formed steel members (studs) have sheathing attached to provide appropriate architectural enclosures. This sheathing ...
Experiments on the Stability of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Studs Under Axial Load and Bending
(2012)
This report provides test and analysis results for a typical cold-formed steel (CFS) stud as employed in light steel framing for a building. Specifically, tests are conducted on a 362S162-68 (50 ksi) stud connected to ...
Fastener Spacing Study of Cold-Formed Steel Wall Studs Using Finite Strip and Finite Element Methods
(2012)
This study aims to compare the finite element and finite strip methods as they are used to perform buckling analyses of cold-formed steel wall studs. Load-bearing cold-formed steel studs are becoming more common as a ...
Moment-Rotation Characterization of Cold-Formed Steel Beams
(2012)
The objective of this study is to provide a prediction method for characterizing the complete moment-rotation (M-!) response of cold-formed steel (CFS) members in bending. The work is an ancillary effort related to the ...
Test Report on Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls
(2012)
The objective of report is to detail recent cyclic tests on cold-formed steel (CFS) framed shear walls sheathed with Oriented Strand Board (OSB). The tests details are motivated from shear walls designed for a two-story ...
Hysteretic shear response of fasteners connecting sheathing to cold-formed steel studs
(2013)
The series of experiments reported here aims to characterize the hysteretic behavior of the connection between cold-formed steel (CFS) studs and sheathing when subject to in- plane lateral demands. This connection provides ...
CFS-NEES Building Structural Design Narrative
(2011)
The NSF sponsored CFS-NEES1 project R-CR: Enabling Performance-Based Seismic Design of Multi-Story Cold-Formed Steel Structures project was undertaken to study the behavior, particularly seismic behavior, of light-framed ...