Continuing

Education

Nineteenth International

Specialty Conference

on

Cold-Formed Steel Structures

RECENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS IN

COLD-FORMED STEEL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Held in St. Louis, Missouri October 14 & 15, 2008

Edited by

Roger

A. LaBoube and Wei-Wen Yu

Department

of

Civil, Architectural & Rolla,

Environmental

Engineering

Missouri

University of Science & Technology

Missouri

CONTENTS
Preface
v

Program
TECHNICAL SESSION No. 1 Elements and Cross-Section Behavior Floor System Design for Distortional Buckling Including Sheathing Restraint
B.W.

vi

Schafer, R.H. Sangree,

and Y. Guan

Simplified Methods for Predicting Elastic Buckling of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members with Holes
CD. Moen and B.W. Schafer Generalized Beam Theory Formulation Able to Capture Load Application and Localized Web Buckling Effects N.M.F. Silva, D. Camotim, andN. Silvestre GBTUL A Code for the Buckling Analysis
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17

33

of Cold-Formed Steel Members

R.

Bebiano, N. Silvestre, and D. Camotim

61

TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 2

Compression Members
Impact
on

of Global Flexural Imperfections 81

the Cold-Formed Steel Column Curve B.W. Schafer and V. M. Zeinoddini

Computed Flexural Buckling Stress for Cold-Formed Stainless Steel Columns

S.H. Lin,C.L. Pan and CP. Yu Stability of Cold-Formed Steel Simple and Lipped Angles under Compression W.R. Maia, J.M. Neto and M. Malite Structural Analysis of Scaffolding with Plank and Anchor Rod during Construction J.L. Peng., CL. Pan, K.H. Chen, and S.L. Chan TECHNICAL SESSION NO; 3 97

Ill

127

Design Standards

and Guides Development

Whafs New in the 2007 Edition of the North American Cold-Formed Steel
R. R.

Specification?
147

Brockenbrough, R. Schuster, LaBoube, andH. Chen

i

An Update

on

AISI Standards for 159

Cold-Formed Steel Framing

J. Larson

Overview of the Standard for Seismic Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Systems
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Special Bolted Moment Frames H. Chen, CM. Uang, R. Bjorhovde, and B. Manley
TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 4 Flexural Members

175

Buckling
C.H.

Studies of Thin-Walled Channel 185

Bending and Shear Pham, G.J. Hancock Experimental Study on Web Crippling of Lapped
Sections under Combined

Cold-Formed Steel Channels

Interior

Subjected to
S. Fox

Two-Flange Loading Q. Rahman, K. Sennah, and

on

....205

Simplified Models for Cross-Section

Demands
L.C.M.

Stress

C-Section Purlins in Uplift Vieira, M. Malite, andB.W. Schafer

219

Flexural Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Box Sections

Built-Up
........235

Subjected

to Eccentric Loading

L. Xu and P. Sultana

Web

Crippling Lipped Channel Beams Subjected

to EOF and ETF M.

Behaviour of Thin-Walled

Loading Macdonald, M.A. Heiyantuduwa, and J. Rhodes.............251

TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 5

Rack Systems and Panel and Deck Assemblies

Simplified Consideration of Down-Isle Stability in Pallet Racking

J. Rhodes and M. Macdonald 265

Response

of Metal Roofs to Uniform Static 281

on

and True Hurricane Wind Loads

R.R. Sinno State of the Art

Report

Thin-Walled

Cold-formed Profiled Steel Decking N.A. Hedaoo, L.M. Gupta,

G.N.

Ronghe,

and S.K. Parikh

307

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TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 6

Floor Joists and Floor Joist Assemblies Vibration Performance of Lightweight Floor

Systems
325

Supported by Cold-Formed Steel Joists B.W. Davis, R. Parnell, and L. Xu

Innovative

Composite Cold-Formed Steel

Schuster, and M. Strickland Design of the New
341

Floor Joist System

D.M. Fox, R.M. Flexural Behaviour and

Built-Up LiteSteel Beams S. Jeyaragan and M. Mahendran

357

Experimental

and Numerical Studies of the 377

Shear Behaviour of LiteSteel Beams P. Keerthan and M. Mahendran TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 7

Shear Wall Assemblies

Inelastic Performance and Braced with

Design of CFS Walls Straps Having Reduced Width Fuses

391

K. Velchev, G. Comeau, N. Balh, and C.A. Rogers

Pilot Research on Cold-Formed Steel Framed Shear Wall Assemblies with Sheet Steel

Corrugated
409

Sheathing
of Corrugated Sheet Steel Shear Walls
and S.

H. Vora and C. Yu

Structural
B.

Testing Stojadinovic

Tipping

425

Shear Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Framed Shear

Wall Assemblies with 0.027-, 0.030-, 0.033-inch Sheet Steel Sheathing C. Yu

441

Estimating the Effective Yield Strength of

Cold-Formed Steel
R. Serrette TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 8 Wall Studs and Stud Assemblies Effect of Varied T.

Light-Frame Shear Walls

457

Imperfections

on

Bracing Demand
471

of Cold-Formed Steel Stud Walls

Sputo, K. Beery, and E. Wong

Finite Element Analytical Investigation of Torsional Bracing Requirements for Cold-Formed Steel C-Shaped Studs
J.

Tovar,

T.

Helwig, and

T.

Sputo

485

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Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Jamb Stud-to-Track

Connections A.V. Lewis, S.R. Fox, andRM. Schuster Thermal Performance of Plasterboard Lined Steel Stud Walls
P. Kolarkar and M. Mahendran 517 531 501

Testing and
J.

Evaluation

of CFS L-Headers S. Fox

Pauls, L.Xu, and

TECHNICAL SESSION NO. 9 Connections

Effects of Elevated Temperatures on Ultimate Moment Capacity of Bolted Moment-Connections between Cold-formed Steel Members J. B.P. Lim and Ben Young Cold-Formed Steel Special Bolted Moment Frames: Cyclic Testing and Numerical Modeling of
Moment Connections

547

CM.

Uang,

J.K.

Hong, A. Sato, and K. Wood

563

Cold-Formed Steel

Special Bolted Moment Frames:

577 591

Capacity Designed Requirements A. Sato and CM. Uang

Cold-Formed Steel Portal Frame Joints: A Review
A.M. Wrzesien and J.B.P. Lim

Strength of Arc-Spot "Welds Made in Single and Multiple Steel Sheets

G.L. Snow and W.S.

Easterling

.......,w;...607

Cold-Formed Steel Bolted Connections without Washers

on

Oversized Holes: Shear and

Bearing Failures in Sheets

623

C. Yuandl. Sheerah

Experimental Response
L.

of Connections Between 639

Cold-Formed Steel Profile and Cement-Based Panel

Fiorino, 0. Iuorio, and R. Landolfo

Framing

Test Standard for Joist Connectors Attached to Cold-Formed Steel G. Greenlee New Test Standard for Hold-downs Attached to ColdFormed Steel Structural

655

Framing
661 Connections

J.Ellis
Behavior of Arc

Spot Weld

Subjected to
681

Combined Shear and Tension Forces

L.K. Stirneman and R.A. LaBoube
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