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Title

Effect of U-bracket on the structural performance of cold-formed steel angle connection

Author(s)

Ying, Adeline Ng Ling;  Chiang, Mei Chiang

Abstract

The paper presents an experimental investigation on the structural performance of high strength cold-formed steel angle connection stiffened with U-bracket. A total of 18 sets of specimens were tested using different U-bracket configurations. The parameters of the U-bracket studied were the width of the web and the length of the flanges. The behaviour of the connection under load was observed and the failure mode of the connection was identified. It was shown that biaxial deformation occurred in the U-bracket. It was also demonstrated that the capacity of the connection of angle and U-bracket was 4 times the capacity of plain angles. Results showed that it was more conservative to estimate the strength of the connection by taking the total elastic capacity of the sections. It was more effective to use U-bracket with a 40mm web and 15mm long flanges with the 50mm width angle connection.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Sarawak Campus

Source

Advanced Materials Research: Trends in Civil Engineering: selected papers from the Second International Conference on Structures and Building Materials (ICSBM 2012), Hangzhou, China, 09-11 March 2012, Vol. 446-449, pp. 180-185

Publication year

2012

FOR Code(s)

0912 Materials Engineering

Keyword(s)

Cold-formed steel;  High strength;  Lightweight structures;  Steel angle connections;  Structual performance;  U-brackets

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications

ISSN

1022-6680 (series ISSN)

ISBN

9783037853474, 3037853476

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.446-449.180

Copyright

Copyright © (2012) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.

Peer reviewed