1P.G. Research Scholar, Civil Engineering, Swami Devi Dyal Institute of Engineering Technology, Haryana, India
2Assistant Professor & Head, Civil Engineering, Swami Devi Dyal Institute of Engineering Technology, Haryana, India
3Professor & Head, Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, J&K, India
In today's the construction industry both structural and non-structural elements are fabricated from thin gauges of steel sheets. These building materials make columns, beams, joists, studs, floor decking, built-up sections and other components. Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) construction materials differ from other steel construction materials known as hot-rolled steel (structural steel). The strength of CFS elements used for design is usually governed by buckling and it is the most common mode of failure as well. Hence there is an urgent need in the CFS industry to look beyond the conventional cold formed steel beam sections and generate new innovative CFS beam sections which are structurally efficient. This paper focuses on the theoretical analysis of some innovative CFS beam sections which results in higher load carrying capacity than the conventional ones
Cold formed steel, buckling, efficient, theoretical analysis, innovative sectional profiles
