Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Direct strength method and continuous strength method for cold-formed
lean duplex stainless steel columns
Y. Huang & B.Young
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
ABSTRACT: Thisstudy investigatesthe applicabilityof directstrength methodand continuousstrength method
for cold-formed lean duplex stainless steel columns. Available data in the literature were used to compare the
design strengths calculated using various direct strength methods and continuous strength method. It is shown
that the existing design methods are either conservative or tedious in