Research Article
Jul 1978
Maximum Load Design of Cold-Formed Steel Channel Beams
Publication: Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 104, Issue 7
Abstract
An alternative to minimizing the weight of a cross section for a specified load is to maximize the load capacity of a structural member of a specified weight. General conditions for equivalence of maximum load design and minimum weight design are given, and advantages of the former are pointed out. Application of the method to cold-formed channel beams results in general optimal relationships that can be expressed in very compact dimensionless form. It is concluded that in order to realize the maximum benefit of flange stiffening the web should also be stiffened. The optimal lip stiffener has a depth equal to the code minimum. Continuous spans are sometimes inferior to multiple single spans, and do not affect optimal profiles appreciably.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 104 • Issue 7 • July 1978
Pages: 1093 - 1107
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© 1978 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jul 1978
Published online: Feb 1, 2021
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Akio Hasegawa, AM.ASCE
Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; formerly, Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Nagoya Inst. of Tech., Nagoya, Japan
Wilfred B. Hall
NRC Research Fellow, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Niels C. Lind, M.ASCE
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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