Application of the finite strip method in cold-formed steel member design

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 971-980

  Li, Z ^a   Schafer, B W ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold formed steel; Constrained finite strip method; Direct strength method

Indexed keywords

STRIP METAL; STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS);

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; COLD-FORMED STEEL; COLD-FORMED STEEL MEMBERS; CONSTRAINED FINITE STRIP METHODS; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; DIRECT STRENGTH METHODS; DISTORTIONAL BUCKLING; FINITE STRIP METHOD;

BUCKLING;

EID: 78649465980     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. American Iron and Steel Institute. Direct strength method design guide. Washington, DC, USA, 2006.
2. Hancock GJ. Local, distortional and lateral buckling of I beams. Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE 1978;104(11):1787-98.
3. Schafer BW, Ádány S. Buckling analysis of cold-formed steel members using CUFSM: conventional and constrained finite strip methods. In: Eighteenth international specialty conference on cold-formed steel structures. 2006. p. 39-54.
4. Li Z, Schafer BW. Finite strip stability solutions forgeneral boundary conditions and the extension of the constrained finite strip method. In: Topping BHV, Costa Neves LF, Barros RC, editors. Trends in civil and structural engineering computing. Stirlingshire (UK): Saxe-Coburg Publications; 2009. p. 103-30. doi:10.4203/csets.22.5 [Chapter 5].
5. Product Technical Information, ICBO ER-4943P. Steel Stud Manufacturers Association. http://www.ssma.com ; 2001.
6. Ádány S, Schafer BW. Buckling mode decomposition of single-branched open cross-section members via finite strip method: derivation. Thin-walled Structures 2006;44(5):563-84.
7. Ádány S, Schafer BW. Buckling mode decomposition of single-branched open cross-section members via finite strip method: application and examples. Thin-walled Structures 2006;44(5):585-600.
8. NAS. North american specification for the design of cold-formed steel structural members. 2007 ed. Washington (DC, USA): American Iron and Steel Institute; 2007.
9. Schafer BW. Review: the direct strength method ofcold-formed steel member design. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2008;64:766-78.
10. Li Z. Finite strip result for SSMA cross-section with application to the direct strength method. Research report. Johns Hopkins University; 2010. Available at http://www.ce.jhu.edu/bschafer.
11. Beregszászi Z, Ád́any S. The effect of rounded corners of cold-formed steel members in the buckling analysis via the direct strength method. In: Proceedings of the twelfth international conference on civil, structural and environmental engineering computing. Paper 36. 2009.