FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR OF LIGHT GAUGE COLD FORMED STEEL MEMBERS : COMPARISON OF IS CODE AND EURO CODE

A Jayaraman, S Athibaranan, A Mohanraj

Abstract: Light – gauge steel evolved as a building material in the 1930’s and reached large scale usage only after the Second World War. In comparison with conventional steel construction, where standard hot rolled shapes are used, the cold formed light gauge steel structures are relatively new development. This paper presents a study on behaviour and economical of cold formed steel (CFS) built up channel section using different codes. This paper provides an experimental investigation for the bending strength of Cold – Formed light gauge steel plain (stiffened) rectangular sections. The test specimens were brake pressed from high strength structural steel sheets. In addition, the test strengths were compared with the design strengths calculated using the Indian Standard and Euro codes Specification for Cold –Formed steel structures. Flexural members are linear members in which axial forces act to cause elongation (stretch). The theoretical data are calculated using Indian Standard code IS 801-1975 and the section properties of the specimens are obtained using IS 811-1975. The specimens are designed under uniformly distributed loading with simply supported condition. The research project aims to provide which code of practice given more economical, high bending strength, more load carrying capacity and high flexural strength. The studies reveal that the theoretical investigations limit state methods (SI method) have high bending strength, high load caring capacity, maximum deflection and minimum local buckling& distortional buckling compare to the other codes

Keywords: Cold formed steel, built up channel section, limit state method, working stress method, bending strength, deflection

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0406032