The inaugural Sino-American Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) Colloquium was held on 23-25 August, 2019 in Tongji University, Shanghai, China,
Author: schafer@jhu.edu
Cross-section Buckling – Signature Curve
Cross-section buckling in cold-formed steel can be complicated: local buckling, distortional buckling, global buckling – their is a lot to
Rosetta Stone for Nonlinear Structural Analysis Terms
Nonlinear structural analysis uses a great number of terms to define exactly what is “nonlinear” in the model. Recently as
Nonlinear Structural Analysis Definitions
What do all these structural analysis terms mean? As part of recent work with AISI and AISC code committees we
New project on CFS studs with less than perfect bearing kicks off
The American Iron and Steel Institute has recently selected CFSRC Affiliated Investigators Dr. Kara Peterman (UMass-Amherst) and Dr. Zhanjie Li
New NSF project on seismic resiliency of CFS-framed buildings
NSF has awarded the CFSRC team of Tara Hutchinson (UCSD) and Ben Schafer (JHU) a new multi-year project to investigate
CFSRC reports available
CFSRC released a large trove of CFS research reports, going back to 2000, based on research from CFSRC investigators today.
CFSRC at AISI Committee on Specifications and Committee on Framing Standards Meetings
February means the American Iron and Steel Institute Committee on Specifications (for Cold-Formed Steel) and Committee on (Cold-Formed Steel) Framing
New affiliated investigator: Prof. Tara Hutchinson
CFSRC is please to announce the affiliation of Prof. Tara Hutchinson. Prof. Hutchinson recently completed successful full-scale shake table testing
CFSRC leads major research initiative on steel deck diaphragms
As detailed at steeli.org CFSRC has spearheaded a large multi-instutition research effort to innovate and improve our prediction abilities for