Seismic Behavior of Sheathed Cold-Formed Structures: Numerical Study

This paper presents and discusses results of a numerical study on seismic deformation demand to sheathed cold-formed steel structures. It is part of a wider research study, also involving physical tests on oriented strand board-sheathed stud walls. Numerical results were obtained using an ad hoc mathematical model of the hysteresis response of sheathed stud walls, also taking into account the strong nonlinearity of the response for small lateral displacements and the strong pinching of hysteresis loops. This model has been calibrated against data coming from physical tests, using both old available experimental results and newly obtained ones. Numerical results have been elaborated on in order to both judge the seismic performance of the structure under increasing seismic intensity levels and develop an ad hoc cyclic loading protocol for physical tests.

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• Authors:
  • Della Corte, Gaetano
  • Fiorino, Luigi
  • Landolfo, Raffaele
• Publication Date: 2006-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 558-569
• Serial:
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9445
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/loi/jsendh

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cold forming; Deformation; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Hysteresis; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Seismicity; Sheathing; Steel structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Steel stud walls
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026468
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2006 7:08AM