Comparison study on cold formed steel of coupled channel section based on abaqus and cufsm by simple-simple end condition

Abstract

Cold formed steel (CFS) channel sections are the sections which are widely using from last few decades and are designated as light gauge sections. Such sections are being widely utilized in industrial, commercial and residential purposes as a secondary bearing member. Further developments of thin walled members made it possible to use the CFS Sections as preliminary load carrying structural members. The reason is hot-rolled steel sections posses’ very low strength to weight ratio on CFS sections, and the production process of these sections is cost-effective and simple. This paper is about comparing the analysis results from CUFSM and ABAQUS of different channel sections. The loads will be applied at the edges of the members axially i.e., as a compression member with different boundary conditions.