Cold-formed Tubular Members and Connections

Preface

Notation

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Application of Cold-Formed Tubular Sections

1.2 International Standards

1.3 Layout of the Book

Chapter 2: Cold-Formed Tubular Sections

2.1 Manufacturing Processes

2.2 Manufacturing Tolerances

2.3 Material Properties

2.4 Special Characteristics

2.5 Limit States Design

Chapter 3: Members Subjected to Bending

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Local Buckling and Section Capacity

3.3 Flexural-Torsional Buckling and Member Capacity

Chapter 4: Members Subjected to Compression

4.1 General

4.2 Section Capacity

4.3 Member Capacity

Chapter 5: Members Subjected to Bending and Compression

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Second Order Effects

5.3 Local Buckling and Section Capacity

5.4 Member Buckling and Member Capacity

Chapter 6: Members Subjected to Concentrated Forces

6.1 General

6.2 Concentrated Forces Applied through a Welded Brace

6.3 Concentrated Forces Applied through a Bearing Plate

Chapter 7: Tension Members and Welds in Thin Cold-Formed Tubes

7.1 Tension Members

7.2 Characteristics of Welds in Thin Cold-Formed Tubes

7.3 Butt Welds

7.4 Longitudinal Fillet Welds

7.5 Transverse Fillet Welds

Chapter 8: Welded Connections Subjected to Fatigue Loading

8.1 General

8.2 Classification Method

8.3 Hollow Sections and Simple Connections

8.4 Lattice Girder Joints

8.5 Examples

Chapter 9: Recent Developments

9.1 Effect of Concrete-Filling and Large Deformation Cyclic Loading on Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratios

9.2 Fatigue Design using the Hot Spot Stress Method

9.3 Bolted Moment End Plate Connections

9.4 Plastic Design of Portal Frames

9.5 Other Recent Developments

Subject Index