Design of cold-formed steel channel columns with complex edge stiffeners by direct strength method

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1756-1763

  Young, Ben ^a   Yan, Jintang ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buckling; Cold formed steel; Columns; Failure modes; Standards; Stiffening; Structural design

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL COLUMNS; COLD-FORMED STEEL; FAILURE MODES; STIFFENING;

BUCKLING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; METAL FORMING; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 13844275589     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2004)130:11(1756)     Document Type: Article

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