Research and Development on Building Construction Using Cold-Formed Steel Sections

摘要

Cold-formed steel sections are light-weight materials and suitable for building construction owing to their high structural performance and durability. In order to improve the buildability of cold-formed steel sections for wide application in building construction, a number of research and development projects were executed by the authors under the support of various government funding bodies, steel suppliers and fabricators in the U. K. and Hong Kong. The objectives and the key findings of selected projects are summarized in the paper.