英文摘要 |
In the beginning of 1990, Architecture & Building Research Institute started to draft the design specification for the cold-formed steel uses in the structural design of building. A special chapter related to cold-formed steel structures in domestic Building Code and Regulations was accomplished in 2003 and promulgated in 2004. A routine and regulary amendment for the existing specification is mission of matter. The purpose of this research is focused on amending the design specification in order to provide the state of art information. Excluding the allowable stress design, the lateral resistance and factor load design was the only design method adopted in the first version of the design specification for the cold-formed steel used in the structural design of building. Therefore, following the same modification of the recent design specification published from American Iron and Steel Institute which includes lateral resistance and factor load design as well as allowable strength design, the allowable strength design is considered to be added in the amendment of design specification. In addition, a new design method, Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members Using Direct Strength Method, is also included as an alternative. |