Distortional buckling critical sectional dimensions and effective length of cold-formed steel lipped channel members

Abstract

Based on the comparison on buckling stability coefficient between local and distortional buckling, the critical cross-sectional dimensions without considering the distortional buckling for cold-formed steel lipped channel members are put forward. Furthermore, the critical effective length of nonoccurrence of distortional buckling is presented. The research results show that the calculation of distortional bucking strength of cold-formed steel lipped channel members can be avoided by controlling the reasonable cross-sectional dimensions or the effective length.