EXPERIMENTAL, ANALYTICAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY ON TWO - BOLTED, THREE- BOLTED AND WELDED COLD-FORMED ANGLES UNDER ECCENTRIC COMPRESSION

Cold-formed steel structural elements and its applications have extensively increased. Angle sections always design to carry axial loads. The main objective of this study is to understand the existing literature review of behaviour and load carrying capacity of equal and unequal angles under compression and the effect of eccentricity on load carrying capacity were described. Experimental, Analytical and theoretical investigations on cold-formed steel angle sections and the comparison of strengths from the experimental results with finite element analysis and design strengths compared with different National and International codes. Design rules and recommendations were briefly discussed.