Experimental Investigation and Design Method Research on Low-Rise Cold-Formed Thin-Walled Steel Framing Buildings
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 5
Abstract
Cold-formed thin-walled steel residential building systems, because of their good environment protection, seismic performance, and high construction efficiency, have been widely used in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia, and recently, they also have had good application in China. Although a variety of studies have been carried out all over the world in the last 20 years, there is no related design code for this kind of building in China. For this reason, a series of research has been conducted in China recently, considering the consistency of standard systems in structural design in China and the newest development in the world. The contents of the paper can be divided into two parts. First, the major research works conducted by the authors over the last 5 years and the main findings are reviewed and summarized. Second, based on a Chinese professional standard, a brief summary of the design methods for cold-formed thin-walled steel framing residential buildings developed by the authors and other researchers in China is introduced.
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Acknowledgments
We are grateful for the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50878168), the research fund of State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering (Grant No. SLDRCE09-B-01), the Kwang-Hua Fund of College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, and the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 200802470026). We also thank AISI standards for using the formula of estimating distortional buckling capacity for basic cold-formed thin-walled members in JGJ227-2011.
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Volume 139 • Issue 5 • May 2013
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Received: Sep 1, 2011
Accepted: Sep 6, 2012
Published online: Sep 8, 2012
Published in print: May 1, 2013
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