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Pullout Strength of Steel Pins in Cold-Formed Steel Framing
Steel pins are an attractive and efficient alternative technology to screws when connecting cold-formed steel or other materials to cold-formed steel members. However, unlike screws, pins remain an essentially proprietary connection technology based on manufacturer claims of special pin shank design. As such, current cold-formed steel design standards and specifications do not include provisions for their direct use and designers have no simple, rational means for making informed design decisions beyond information provided by manufacturers. This paper reviews the current design model for screws and examines the basic tension pullout/withdrawal limit state of helical knurled steel pin connections for cold-formed steel thicknesses common in residential construction. Included in this paper is a determination of material properties using a nondestructive test method as an alternative to traditional methods for estimation of steel base metal thickness. A simple lower bound friction model is proposed for helical steel pins and the model is calibrated using data from 32 physical pin tests. The calibrated model is shown to provide an acceptable degree of reliability and safety consistent with that of screws in current cold-formed steel design standards and specifications.
Pullout Strength of Steel Pins in Cold-Formed Steel Framing
Steel pins are an attractive and efficient alternative technology to screws when connecting cold-formed steel or other materials to cold-formed steel members. However, unlike screws, pins remain an essentially proprietary connection technology based on manufacturer claims of special pin shank design. As such, current cold-formed steel design standards and specifications do not include provisions for their direct use and designers have no simple, rational means for making informed design decisions beyond information provided by manufacturers. This paper reviews the current design model for screws and examines the basic tension pullout/withdrawal limit state of helical knurled steel pin connections for cold-formed steel thicknesses common in residential construction. Included in this paper is a determination of material properties using a nondestructive test method as an alternative to traditional methods for estimation of steel base metal thickness. A simple lower bound friction model is proposed for helical steel pins and the model is calibrated using data from 32 physical pin tests. The calibrated model is shown to provide an acceptable degree of reliability and safety consistent with that of screws in current cold-formed steel design standards and specifications.
Pullout Strength of Steel Pins in Cold-Formed Steel Framing
Serrette, Reynaud (author) / Nolan, David (author)
2014-07-22
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