Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Tests of cold-formed steel lipped channel columns undergoing
local-distortional-global interaction
B. Young
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
D. Camotim & P.B. Dinis
Civil Engineering Department, ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
ABSTRACT: The paper presents a test program on cold-formed steel lipped channel columns with geometries
(cross-section dimensions and lengths) selected to ensure that they undergointeraction betweenlocal, distortional
and global (flexural-torsional) buckling modes. The ...