| publication name | Composite concrete beam with multi-web cold-formed steel section |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahmed Youssef Kamal, Nader Nabih Khalil |
| year | 2019 |
| keywords | Composite concrete beam; Encased; Multi-web; Cold-formed steel; CFS |
| journal | CHALLENGE JOURNAL OF CONCRETE RESEARCH LETTERS |
| volume | 10 |
| issue | 2 |
| pages | 20-33 |
| publisher | CHALLENGE JOURNAL |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | https://doi.org/10.20528/cjcrl.2019.02.001 |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Lately, structural engineers use cold-formed steel sections (CFS) in buildings due to its light-weight and easy shaping. Encasing the cold-formed steel sections by con-crete avoiding the structure elements some of its disadvantages especially buckling. This paper reports an experimental test program for beams with a multi-web cold-formed steel section encased by reinforced concrete. Eleven (full-scale) specimens have tested under mid-span concentrated load, the experimental test program de-signed to cover many cold-formed steel section variables such as (web number, web height, and the steel section length). Comparison between the experimental results for specimens with encased steel cold-formed section and that for reference beam have presented. The experimental results show that the cold-formed steel webs num-ber has a noticeable influence on the structural behaviour of the beam, such as in-creasing the beam load capacity. The beam load capacity, failure mode and the beam ductility have analysed, and some preparatory criteria for a sufficient outline have presented.