Design Of Cold-formed Steel Structures. : Euroc... Info

Provisions to account for the increased yield strength that occurs at the corners of a section during the cold-forming process.

Handled by assigning a "reduced thickness" to stiffeners, such as the small lips on a C-channel. Design of cold-formed steel structures. : Euroc...

Because CFS members are thin, they often buckle before reaching their full material yield strength. Eurocode 3 manages this using the . 🛠️ Key Feature: The Effective Width Method Provisions to account for the increased yield strength