Design of Cold-formed Steel Structures: Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures. Part 1-3 Design of cold-formed Steel Structures

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO COLD-FORMED STEEL DESIGN 1

1.1 General 1

1.2 Cold-formed steel sections 4

1.3 Peculiar problems of cold-formed steel sections 12

1.4 Main application of cold-formed steel 31

CHAPTER 2 BASIS OF DESIGN 47

2.1 General 47

2.2 Limit state design 49

2.3 Action of structures. Combinations of actions 53

2.4 Materials 65

2.5 Methods of analysis and design 73

2.6 Imperfections 85

CHAPTER 3 BEHAVIOUR AND RESISTANCE OF CROSS SECTION 97

3.1 General 97

3.2 Properties of gross cross section 100

3.3 Flange curling 111

3.4 Shear lag 114

3.5 Local buckling 116

3.6 Distortional buckling: analytical methods for predicting elastic distortional buckling stresses 129

3.7 Design against local and distortional buckling according to EN 1993-1-3 132

3.8 Resistance of cross-section 175

CHAPTER 4 BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN RESISTANCE OF BAR MEMBERS 239

4.1 General 239

4.2 Compression members 241

4.3 Buckling strength of bending members 277

4.4 Buckling of members in bending and axial compression 299

4.5 Beams restrained by sheeting 324

4.6 Design of beams at serviceability limit states 363

CHAPTER 5 SHEETING ACTING AS DIAPHRAGM 367

5.1 Introduction 367

5.2 General design considerations on diaphragm action 372

5.3 Design procedures for sheeting acting as diaphragm 382

5.4 Interaction of the shear diaphragms with supporting framing 412

5.5 Diaphragm action of sandwich panels 422

CHAPTER 6 STRUCTURAL LINER TRAYS 437

6.1 Introduction 437

6.2 Design procedures for cassette sections 442

6.3 Design procedures for cassette panels acting as diaphragm 453

6.4 Combined effects 457

CHAPTER 7 CONNECTIONS 463

7.1 Introduction 463

7.2 Fastening techniques of the cold-formed steel constructions 465

7.3 Mechanical properties of connections 487

7.4 Design of connections 489

7.5 Design assisted by testing cold-formed steel connections 536

CHAPTER 8 BUILDING FRAMING 557

8.1 General information 557

8.2 Introduction 557

8.3 Construction systems 558

8.4 Stick built constructions 563

8.5 conceptual design 573

8.6 Structural design 589

8.7 Case study: residential building 608

References 633