Abstract: This research proposes an innovative method utilizing power-actuated fasteners (PAFs) for the shear connection joining cold-formed steel (CFS) plates to hot-rolled steel (HRS) plates. An experimental program comprising 66 ...

Abstract: The direct strength method (DSM) recently included in the North American Specification and Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 4600:2005 gives design rules for compression and bending. No rules are presented in this ...

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Abstract: In roof systems, a high strength steel profiled sheeting fastened to high strength steel cold-formed purlins of a lipped

Abstract: The direct strength method (DSM) is a newly developed design method for cold-formed steel members due to its reliability and consistency. It has been well developed and incorporated in the North American Specification and ...

Abstract: A total of 105 cross-tension tests were conducted to investigate the strength and behavior of power-actuated fastener (PAF) connections under quasi-static monotonic tensile loading. Three types of PAF were used to join ...

Abstract: The enhanced shear strength of transversely stiffened shear panels compared to the strengths of the unstiffened has been well recognized in the Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 360) and the North American ...

Abstract: This study proposes an innovative type of simple connection utilizing power-actuated fasteners to join a cold-formed steel channel to a rectangular hollow section column via a web-side plate or a T-section. An experimental ...

Abstract: The complex behavior of high-strength steel staggered-hole bolted connections failing in block shear with a combination of tension and inclined shear behavior was studied in this work. In particular, the location of the ...