Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Design models for the bolted joints of cold-formed steel
pitched roof portal frames
D. Dubina & V. Ungureanu
‘Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania
Romanian Academy, Timisoara, Branch, Romania
P. Pe r n e ¸s
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
ABSTRACT: Pitched roof cold-formed steel portal frames of back-to-back built-up lipped channel sections
and bolted joints are analysed in this paper. Usually, the beam-to-column and apex joints of such frames are made
of gusset bracket bolted connections with bolts installed into the webs of the C-sections trough the gusset; the
joints are