Light gauge construction

✍ Scribed by G J Hancock

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 613 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1365-0556
• DOI: 10.1002/pse.2260010107

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The most significant developments in the design of light gauge cold‐formed steel structural members in 1996 have been the publication of the new edition of the American Iron and Steel Institute Specification for cold‐formed steel structural members, the publication of the CEN document Eurocode 3, Part 1.3 for cold‐formed thin‐gauge members and sheeting, and the publication of the limit states Australian/New Zealand Standard AS 4600:1996 for cold‐formed steel structures. All three codes of practice are based on the most recently available research. This review also summarizes research published in 1995/1996 which is aimed at further improvements in design.