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Alternative Title

Civil Engineering Study 90-4

Abstract

In the design of steel buildings, the "Allowable Stress Design (ASD)" method has long been used for cold-formed steel structural members in the United States and other countries. In this approach, member forces, or moments, determined on the basis of working loads should not exceed the allowable values. The allowable value is used to prevent the possible structural failure by using an appropriate factor of safety selected primarily on the basis of engineering judgment and long-time experience. Recently, in the United States, the concepts of risk and reliability analysis have been successfully applied to the Load and Resistance Factor Design criteria for steel buildings using hot-rolled shapes, and built-up members fabricated from steel plates. In order to develop reliability based design criteria for cold-formed steel members, a joint research project entitled "Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) of Cold-Formed Steel" was conducted at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Washington University, and the University of Minnesota. This study included the selection of a reliability analysis model; the evaluation of load factors; the calibration of the design provisions; the determination of resistance factors; the comparative study of design methods for cold-formed steel; and the preparation of the LRFD design manual for cold-formed steel. However, only the development of the reliability based design criteria, and the comparative study of design methods for cold-formed steel are discussed in this dissertation.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Sponsor(s)

American Iron and Steel Institute

Research Center/Lab(s)

Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures

Appears In

Structural Series

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

01 Aug 1990

Document Version

Final Version

Rights

© 1990 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.

Comments

Fourteenth Progress Report

Document Type

Technical Report

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

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