The Behavior of Cold Formed Steel Structure Connections / Šaltai Formuotu Plieniniu Konstrukciju Mazgu Elgsena

Nowadays, there is a growing tendency in the use of cold formed constructions, which may be explained by good strength to cost ratio. Thus, the goal of this paper is to review the behaviour of cold formed steel connection. The article reviews most up to date publications on testing and description of beam-tobeam, beam-to-column and truss connections. In brief, the properties of cold formed steel connections have been found to be semi rigid, where the main factor affecting stiffness is bearing forces around the bolthole. The article also focuses on the technique to increase stiffness of cold formed connections.