Abstract: Cold-formed steel (CFS) framed construction has been widely adopted and used toward a modern, lightweight, and cost-efficient engineering practice across the United States. The primary objective of this work is to numerically ...

Abstract: Efficient structural design demands qualitative understanding and statistical characterization of live loads. While live loads have been the subject of extensive study for office and residential buildings, roof live loads ...

Abstract: The North American construction industry has seen substantial growth in the use of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing for midrise buildings in recent years. In seismic zones, CFS-framed buildings utilize shear walls to provide ...

Abstract: Although cold-formed steel (CFS) framing systems have the potential to support the need for resilient housing, the use of CFS has been restricted due to gaps in understanding its structural behavior and by the limited ...

Abstract: Structural elements that span the building envelope are susceptible to becoming thermal bridges, transferring heat and energy between interior and exterior. This is especially true with steel structural elements. As part ...