Experimental Response of Connections Between Cold-formed Steel Profile and Cememnt-based Panel

The seismic response of sheathed cold-formed steel (CFS) structures is highly influenced by the shear behaviour of panel-to-steel framing connections. Therefore, an experimental campaign aiming at characterizing the shear behaviour of different sheathing-to-CFS profiles connections has been planed. In particular, the following objectives have been selected: to compare the response of different panel typologies (cement, wood and gypsum–based panels); to examine the effect of the loaded edge distance; to investigate the outcome of different cyclic loading protocols. This paper presents and discusses the main results of this experimental investigation carried out on cement-based sheathingto-stud connections.