Review: The Direct Strength Method of cold-formed steel member design

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 766-778

  Schafer, B W ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold formed steel; Direct Strength Method; Effective Width Method; Finite strip method; Stability; Thin walled

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIFICATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

COLD-FORMED STEEL; DIRECT STRENGTH METHOD; EFFECTIVE WIDTH METHOD; FINITE STRIP METHOD;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 42749090894     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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