Sm. Chou et al., THE ACCURACY OF SOME CODES OF PRACTICE IN PREDICTING THE LOAD-CAPACITY OF COLD-FORMED COLUMNS, Journal of constructional steel research, 37(2), 1996, pp. 137-172
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9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Civil","Construcion & Building Technology
The accuracy of existing codes of practice for the design of cold-form
ed steel sections, namely, from AISI [American Iron and Steel Institut
e. The Specification for the Design of Cold-formed Steel Structural Me
mbers (Aug. 1986)], BS [British Standards Institution. BS5950: Part 5-
structural Use of Steelwork in Building. Code of Practice for Design o
f Cold Formed Sections (1987).] and EUR [European Convention for Const
ructional Steelwork, ECCS. European Recommendations for the Design of
Light Gauge Steel Members. Design of Cold Formed Steel Sheeting and Se
ctions (1987).] is examined Selected experimental results (ultimate lo
ad capacity) on columns with different cross-sections were used to com
pare with the predictions by the codes of practice, Results show that
the accuracy of all the codes of practice examined varies from section
to section. Some recommendations and proposed modifications to the co
des were also made. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.