Course: Cold-Formed thin-walled members and structures (Prof. R. Landolfo)

Credits

CFU: 4

Scope:
Provide capability of design and verification of cold-formed thin walled members and structures.

Contents:
Types and shapes. Cold-formed techniques. Material and cross-sectional properties. Codified design basis. Local, distortional and global buckling phenomena. Resistance of cross-section. Member behaviour. Coupled instability. Housing and constructive systems. Behaviour in seismic area. Use of ColdForm computer program. Examples.