DAMAGE REDUCTION OF LIGHT-GAUGE STEEL STUD PARTITION WALL (PART 1): OUT-OF-PLANE STRENGTH OF STUD-TO-TRACK CONNECTIONS

Cyclic Behavior of Cold-Formed Steel Stud-to-Sheathing Connections

This series of experiments aims to characterize the cyclic behavior of cold-formed steel (CFS) stud-to-sheathing connections. This connection provides the key energy dissipating behavior in wood sheathed CFS shear walls, and provides bracing to the studs under gravity and out-of-plane loads. A simple testing rig is developed consisting of two CFS lipped channels facing toe-to-toe connected on t...

Testing and numerical modelling of Steel-Concrete-Steel with stud bolts connectors subject to push-out loading

Steel-concrete-steel (SCS) sandwich panels are composed of two steel plates with low thicknesses and high densities and strengths and one thick layer between both plates with low strength and density known as core that is composed of concrete. Cohesive material-epoxy resin or shear connectors are usually used to connect the plates to the concrete core. SCS sandwich composites are being develope...

Inte # Olecular Energy Transfer Stud 1 with Picosecond Light Pulses

The time deveIopment for the intermolecular transfer of electronic energy has, until recently, been studied by measurements of the molecular light emission. The observation of the transfer process has been limited to times of the order of the fluorescent lifetime, and naturally to systems which emit light $#. With the application of the picosecond method 121, which utilizes absorption, rather t...

Response of Conventional Steel Stud Wall Systems under Static and Dynamic Pressure

This research effort focuses on the evaluation of existing design standards for cold-formed steel stud walls and the development of retrofit wall systems. Full-scale wall systems are tested under uniform static pressure using a vacuum chamber. The resistance functions obtained are used to model the dynamic behavior of the walls and to predict performance under blast conditions. This paper focus...

Failure Analysis of Column-Slab Connections with Stud Shear Reinforcement