{"title":"Novel CFS truss with stamped diagonal system","authors":"Cleirton A.S. Freitas , Cheng Yu , Sai K. Nalla","doi":"10.1016/j.tws.2025.113295","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a novel technology for designing, manufacturing and assembling cold-formed 2D trusses. The concept is based on creating a connection where the axes of the webs are concentric (at the same point), thus not generating additional moments to the truss chord members and increasing the overall stability of the trusses. An original connection configuration was developed by stamping the flanges of the diagonal webs. This technology also allows the diagonal elements to be manufactured continuously, making assembly quick and precise. To verify the efficiency of this novel truss design, experimental tests and FE models were carried out, comparing five standard cold-formed trusses with the new truss. The experimental results showed that the new truss demonstrated higher strength and stiffness than the standard cold-formed steel trusses and could be a viable solution for floor and roof applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49435,"journal":{"name":"Thin-Walled Structures","volume":"213 ","pages":"Article 113295"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Thin-Walled Structures","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263823125003891","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, CIVIL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper presents a novel technology for designing, manufacturing and assembling cold-formed 2D trusses. The concept is based on creating a connection where the axes of the webs are concentric (at the same point), thus not generating additional moments to the truss chord members and increasing the overall stability of the trusses. An original connection configuration was developed by stamping the flanges of the diagonal webs. This technology also allows the diagonal elements to be manufactured continuously, making assembly quick and precise. To verify the efficiency of this novel truss design, experimental tests and FE models were carried out, comparing five standard cold-formed trusses with the new truss. The experimental results showed that the new truss demonstrated higher strength and stiffness than the standard cold-formed steel trusses and could be a viable solution for floor and roof applications.
期刊介绍:
Thin-walled structures comprises an important and growing proportion of engineering construction with areas of application becoming increasingly diverse, ranging from aircraft, bridges, ships and oil rigs to storage vessels, industrial buildings and warehouses.
Many factors, including cost and weight economy, new materials and processes and the growth of powerful methods of analysis have contributed to this growth, and led to the need for a journal which concentrates specifically on structures in which problems arise due to the thinness of the walls. This field includes cold– formed sections, plate and shell structures, reinforced plastics structures and aluminium structures, and is of importance in many branches of engineering.
The primary criterion for consideration of papers in Thin–Walled Structures is that they must be concerned with thin–walled structures or the basic problems inherent in thin–walled structures. Provided this criterion is satisfied no restriction is placed on the type of construction, material or field of application. Papers on theory, experiment, design, etc., are published and it is expected that many papers will contain aspects of all three.