Cold-Formed Steel Bolted Connections without Washers on Oversized and Slotted Holes
Description:
The use of the cold-formed steel sheet bolted connections without washers is so significant; however, the North American Specifications for the Design of Cold Formed Steel Structural Members, NASPEC, doesn't provide provisions for such connections. The bearing failure of sheet and the shear failure of sheet were considered in this study. For the sheet shear strength, it was found that the NASPEC (2007) design provisions can be used for oversized holes in both single and double shear configurati…
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Date:
May 2009
Creator:
Sheerah, Ibraheem
Partner:
UNT Libraries