Abstract: The unilateral contact buckling problem of thin plates resting on tensionless foundations is investigated. Three different plate models are considered. For a plate of limited length on a tensionless elastic foundation, the ...

Abstract: Eccentrically braced frames (EBFs) are a widely used steel seismic resisting system due to their combination of high elastic stiffness and high ductility. The key component of this system is the portion of the beam in the ...

Abstract: Two common challenges in the computer-aided compliance audit of building engineering designs are addressed in the current research. The first is to ensure that any form of computable representation is practical and relatively ...

Abstract: The web crippling strength of unlipped cold-formed ferritic stainless steel channels subject to interior-one-flange and end-one-flange loading is considered in this paper. A total of 144 results are presented, consisting ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the structural performance of a type of sandwich panels with lightly profiled thin steel skins filled with lightweight concrete. A series of experimental tests and numerical simulations were conducted ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel, cold-formed portal framing system that comprises tapered box members formed from two cold-formed nested channel sections. The proposed method possesses structural and nonstructural advantages, ...

Abstract: This study aims to develop optimized interaction equations for more efficient design of cold-formed steel (CFS) lipped channel beam-columns under combined compressive load and biaxial bending, aligned with the direct ...