Lateral stiffness and strength of sheathing braced cold-formed steel stud walls

Vieira, Lucélia Gonçalves; Schafer, Benjamin W.

doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.12.029

Cited by 87 publications

(36 citation statements)

References 8 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Testing conducted in [19] demonstrates that board continuity (no horizontal breaks) is the main factor necessary to guarantee the existence of the diaphragm stiffness. If horizontal breaks exist the shear resistance of the diaphragm cannot be engaged to resist the differential in local forces at the stud-tofastener connection and thus no resistance is provided to the stud at the fastener locations.…”

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gypsum properties may vary considerably depending on humidity, this issue is addressed by the authors in [19], where the change in the local fastener-gypsum translational stiffness was determined in climate-controlled specimens and shown to depend on the steady-state humidity in the gypsum boards, particularly at the extremes (near 0% or 100%) of relative humidity.…”

Section: Sheathing Types and Test Configurationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All of the specimens with sheathing on both sides (OSB-OSB, OSB-GYP, and GYP-GYP) received sufficient restraint from the sheathing to restrict global and distortional buckling and develop local buckling limit states. As detailed analytically and experimentally in [19] the local (fastener) and diaphragm (sheathing) resistances are in series with one another. Thus, both resistances must be present to restrain the global and distortional buckling modes.…”

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, the bracing demands on the sheathing are dependent on the stud and the fastener-sheathing system stiffness; second the bracing capacity of the sheathing is dependent on local details of the fastener, and strength of the sheathing. Recent work [19] provides insights on determining the available stiffness from the fastener-sheathing system and properly incorporating the influence of fastener spacing, stud spacing, etc. in the stiffness determination.…”

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…in the stiffness determination. For OSB and plywood sheathing general guidance exists [19], but the use of diaphragm resistance derived from gypsum board remains a complicated issue. Under controlled conditions, such as the testing reported herein, the reasonably large shear stiffness of gypsum board is typically sufficient to develop adequate bracing forces.…”

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Experiments on sheathed cold-formed steel studs in compression

Vieira

Shifferaw

Schafer

2011

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sheathing Types and Test Configurationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Diaphragm Stiffness Developed By the Boardmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Experiments on sheathed cold-formed steel studs in compression

Vieira

Shifferaw

Schafer

2011

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Experimental Investigation of Sheathed Cold‐Formed Steel Sigma Studs Under Compression Loading

Yousefi,

Samali,

2023

ce papers

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cold‐formed steel sections are used to form various components of low‐and medium‐rise buildings. Such sections are commonly constructed with sheathing board, providing thermal and acoustic separation between interior partitions. In contemporary projects, these sheathing boards have been used to provide bracing and increasing lateral stiffness. The strength and stiffness of sheathing‐braced structural assemblies is governed by connections between framing elements and sheathing components. This paper describes an experimental investigation of stability and strength of sheathed cold‐formed steel lipped sigma wall studs under compression loading. A total of 35 experimental tests conducted covering various parameters including, sheathing plasterboard thickness, stud and track thickness, plasterboard configuration and density. Sheathing density and thickness are found to be significant in impacting the compression strength of the sheathed cold‐formed steel lipped sigma studs. A clear pattern was noted between plasterboard material and thickness on the stability and strength of the sheathed stud. It is found that higher density boards provided the greatest restraint against buckling, as did increased thicknesses. Isolating direct loading of the sheathing, and Composite action between the stud and sheathing are shown to be significant in determining the strength and controlling limit state of the stud.

show abstract

Experimental Study of the Lateral Resistance of CFS Shear Walls

Baldassino,

Manzini,

Zandonini

2024

ce papers

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In recent years, the attention grew toward sustainability issues. This led to the popularity of residential buildings made of cold formed steel profiles. In these systems the lateral bracing is provided by the shear walls. Their complex response calls for the design by testing approach. At the University of Trento an experimental study is in progress of the shear wall response under monotonic and cyclic loading. Five shear wall configurations differing in the steel skeleton and sheathings type are comprised in the programme. The paper presents the main features of the testing set‐up and the preliminary results related to two shear wall configurations. The key role of sheathing‐to‐steel framing connections is pointed out.

show abstract

Lateral stiffness and strength of sheathing braced cold-formed steel stud walls

Cited by 87 publications

References 8 publications

Experiments on sheathed cold-formed steel studs in compression

Experiments on sheathed cold-formed steel studs in compression

Experimental Investigation of Sheathed Cold‐Formed Steel Sigma Studs Under Compression Loading

Experimental Study of the Lateral Resistance of CFS Shear Walls

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About