Seismic analysis of sheathing-braced cold-formed steel structures

Abstract The seismic behavior of sheathed cold-formed steel (SCFS) structures is characterized by the lateral response of shear walls. Basically, if cold-formed steel (CFS) structures are designed according to the “sheathing-design” methodology, then the seismic behavior of shear walls is strongly influenced by the sheathing-to-frame connections response, characterized by a remarkable nonlinear response and a strong pinching of hysteresis loops. In this paper the results of an extensive parametric non linear dynamic analysis, carried out on one story buildings by means of incremental dynamic analysis (IDA), using an ad hoc model of the hysteresis response of SCFS shear walls, are presented. An extended number of wall configurations has been considered investigating several parameters such as sheathing panel typology, wall geometry, external screw spacing, seismic weight and soil type. Based on IDA results, three behavior factors have been defined, which take into account overstrength, ductility and both overstrength and ductility, respectively. Finally, a design nomograph for the seismic design of single-storey SCFS frame structures developed on the basis of non-linear dynamic analysis results is presented. This last aims to complete a proposal of a design methodology, already presented by the author in the last years.

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