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Recent Trends in Cold-Formed Steel Construction
- 2nd Edition - November 4, 2023
- Editor: Cheng Yu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 0 5 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 0 5 6 - 8
Recent Trends in Cold-Formed Steel Construction, Second Edition focuses on the application and use of this important construction material. In this updated edition, new chapters… Read more
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Request a sales quoteRecent Trends in Cold-Formed Steel Construction, Second Edition focuses on the application and use of this important construction material. In this updated edition, new chapters take on these developments, offering updates on cutting-edge new technologies and design methods for using cold-formed steel as a structural material and providing technical guidance on how to design and build sustainable and energy-efficient cold-formed steel buildings. Sections introduce codes, specifications and design methods, provide computational analysis of cold-formed steel structures, examine the structural performance of cold-formed steel buildings, and review thermal performance, acoustic performance, fire protection, floor vibrations and blast resistance.
Over the last few years, there has been major breakthroughs for cold-formed steel design with modular building applications now becoming more widely accepted. Other scientific developments include research on system reliability applications, AI machine learning, and the use of high strength steel, as well as new connection methods and changes in DSM codes.
- Addresses building science issues and provides performance solutions for the design of cold-formed steel buildings
- Provides guidance for using next generation design methods, computational tools and technologies
- Edited by an experienced researcher and educator with significant knowledge on new developments in cold-formed steel construction
- Covers new developments such as modular construction, machine learning and code developments in Europe, Australia and China
Structural and civil engineers, architects, designers and materials scientists working in the design and development of light gauge cold-formed steel structures, Postgraduate students in building and construction
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- Title page
- Table of Contents
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- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part One. Codes, specifications, and design methods for cold-formed steel structures
- 1. Introduction to recent trends in cold-formed steel construction
- 1.1. The history of cold-formed steel
- 1.2. What is cold-formed steel?
- 1.3. Advantages of cold-formed steel
- 1.4. Applications for cold-formed steel framing in buildings
- 1.5. Construction methods
- 1.6. Sources of further information and advice
- 2. Recent development of building codes and design standards for cold-formed steel structures
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Cold-formed steel code development in North America
- 2.3. Australian/New Zealand standards in cold-formed steel construction
- 2.4. Standards for cold-formed steel structures in China
- 2.5. Reorganized Indian Standards IS 801-2022/2023
- 2.6. Appendix A: AISI standards and updates
- 3. AISI design procedures and practical examples for cold-formed steel structures
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Steel sheet shear wall design—effective strip method
- 3.3. Shear design of load bearing clip angle connectors
- 3.4. Compression design of load-bearing clip angle connectors
- 3.5. Conclusions and future work
- 4. Towards the next-generation design of cold-formed steel structures: the Direct Strength Method (DSM)
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. First-generation codified DSM design curves
- 4.3. Second- and third-generation codified DSM design curves
- 4.4. Recent advances and future developments in DSM-based cold-formed steel design
- 4.5. Concluding remarks
- Part Two. Computational analysis of cold-formed steel structures
- 5. Advanced computational tools for elastic buckling analysis of cold-formed steel structures
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Closed-form solutions and analytical models for elastic buckling analysis
- 5.3. Numerical solution methods for elastic buckling analysis
- 5.4. Constrained finite element method
- 5.5. Open-source programs and other software packages
- 5.6. Applications in design and development
- 5.7. Sources of further information and advice
- 6. Optimization techniques for structural design of cold-formed steel structures
- 6.1. Introduction and problem formulation
- 6.2. Algorithms for design optimization of cold-formed steel framing structures
- 6.3. Application examples
- 6.4. Future research directions
- 7. Application of machine learning in cold-formed steel
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Machine learning overview
- 7.3. Review of publications on machine learning applications in cold-formed steel
- 7.4. Challenges and future research directions
- 7.5. Conclusions
- Nomenclature
- Part Three. The structural performance of cold-formed steel buildings
- 8. Thermomechanical performance of cold-formed steel structures in fire
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Numerical models of heat transfer
- 8.3. Experimental studies on thermomechanical performance of materials
- 8.4. Thermal effects on the mechanical behavior of CF members
- 8.5. Fire tests, analysis, and results
- 8.6. Design examples of thermomechanical performance
- 8.7. Sources of further information
- 9. Acoustic performance of cold-formed steel buildings
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Parameters of interest in characterizing airborne acoustic insulation of study walls
- 9.3. Acoustic insulation, performance requirements
- 9.4. Building design for acoustic performance
- 9.5. Tests, performance tables, and insulation values
- 9.6. Design examples of acoustic performance in buildings
- 10. Floor vibration in cold-formed steel buildings
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Evaluation of vibration performance of cold-formed steel floors
- 10.3. Effects of construction details on floor vibration
- 10.4. Sources of further information and advice
- 11. Blast resistance of cold-formed steel buildings
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Dynamic modeling and performance criteria
- 11.3. Blast resistance test studies
- 11.4. Analysis and design methods
- Part Four. Innovation and sustainability in cold-formed steel construction
- 12. New section shapes using high-strength steels in cold-formed steel structures in Australia
- 12.1. Introduction to innovative shapes
- 12.2. Cold-reduced high-strength steel standards and specifications
- 12.3. Bending behavior and design
- 12.4. Shear behavior and design
- 12.5. Conclusions
- 13. Sustainable applications of cold-formed steel structures: connections and joints
- 13.1. Principles and methods
- 13.2. Sustainable design and assessment of commonly used connections and joints
- 13.3. Innovations of sustainable connections and joints
- 13.4. Sources of further information and advice conclusions and future research
- 14. Sustainable applications of cold-formed steel structures: portal frames
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Behavior of bare frames
- 14.3. Frame idealization
- 14.4. Behavior of clad frames
- 14.5. Seismic performance of bare frames
- 14.6. Fire design
- 14.7. Conclusions
- 15. Recent trends in cold-formed steel construction—Modular construction using cold-formed steel
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. History and definitions of Offsite Construction techniques
- 15.3. Definitions/standard terms
- 15.4. Applications
- 15.5. Benefits
- 15.6. Value of CFS framing for Offsite Construction (i.e., why CFS?)
- 15.7. Case study
- 15.8. Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 538
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: November 4, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443190551
- eBook ISBN: 9780443190568
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Cheng Yu
Dr. Cheng Yu is a professor and program coordinator in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from the Tsinghua University. Both his MS and PhD were earned from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Yu’s research interests include thin-walled structures, structural stability, cold-formed steel, and earthquake engineering. Dr. Yu is an active committee member of the American Iron and Steel Institute which developed the North American Cold-Formed Steel Specifications and Standards. Dr Yu’s research has been funded by federal agencies, professional associations, and various industrial sponsors. Dr. Yu is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a Structural Engineering Institute fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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