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2E12 Design of steel structures for renewable energy systems

COLD-FORMED
STRUCTURES
21/11/2010

Czech Technical University in Prague

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Advantages, disadvantages
Production
Effect of cold working on strength
Case studies
Structural details

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Advantages/disadvantages

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Advantages / disadvantages
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Advantages:
weight
shape variability
surface protection

Disadvantages
unit

price
difficult connecting
low fire resistance
more careful treatment is required (assembly)
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shape variability (Trebilcock)

low

Typical cross-sections

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Profiles - bars
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Open sections

Closed sections

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Profiles bars - build-up sections


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Open build-up sections

Closed build-up sections

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Profiled sheeting
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Profiled (trapezoidal) sheeting


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Without stiffeners

With longitudinal
stiffeners

With transverse and


longitudinal stiffeners
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Production of sections

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Production from cold-formed sheet


Cold rolled coated sheet steel coil (Dubina)
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Production
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From thin-walled sheet


by

bending
by pressing
by rolling

Final surface protection in roll

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Rolling
Roll-forming process (Rhodes)
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Roll-forming of lipped channel


(Dubina)
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Roll-forming of profiled sheeting


(Dubina)
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Roll-forming of profiled sheeting


(Vrany)
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Roll-forming of profiled sheeting


(Vrany)
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Roll-forming of profiled sheeting


(Vrany)
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Forming by folding

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Press-braking

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Press-braking
(Dubina)
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Influence of production route

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Strength increase due to cold working


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In Eurocode
In

tensional load cases fyb = fy < fya


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Utilisation

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Utilisation
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floors (support for concrete slabs / permanent


shuttering)
cladding, roofing
purlins, rails
elements of light-weight structures

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Utilisation
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liner tray

column

thermal insulation

thermal insulation strap


sheeting

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Utilisation
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Cold-formed purlins and rails


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Profiles

Span up to 10 m (12-15 m)

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Cold-formed purlins and rails

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Roofing
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Corrugated sheeting
Sandwich panels
Rigid in its plane
Support

CD
K

of purlin top flange

Uniaxial bending
Lateral and rotational restraint

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Continuous beams
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Overlap

Sleeve

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Overlap at support

M sup/2

M sup

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pekryt

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Sleeve
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Sleeve bigger sheet thickness

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Structural details

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Support on main frame

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Roof apex connection

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