Cold-Formed Steel Researchers: The Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) is pleased to announce the first ever online, global CFSRC Colloquium
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CFSRC Summer Symposium
CFSRC is hosting an online symposium 26 and 27 May for students of CFSRC investigators to share their latest research.
CFS and BLAST 101
by Nabil Rahman In this article, we discuss blast analysis of structures as set out in US building codes and
Analysis Blog kicks off
https://cfsrc.org/category/analysis-blog/Analysis of cold-formed steel can be complicated. Codes and standards are great, but they often don’t provide the engineer with
Getting Started With Thermal Modeling
by Kara Peterman and Nabil Rahman Understanding and designing for thermal performance in buildings is necessary for occupant comfort and
Sino-American CFSRC MEETING
The inaugural Sino-American Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) Colloquium was held on 23-25 August, 2019 in Tongji University, Shanghai, China,
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
CFSRC reports available
CFSRC released a large trove of CFS research reports, going back to 2000, based on research from CFSRC investigators today.