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Screw Connection Design for Cold Formed Steel
Review Report Screw Connection Design for Cold Formed Steel


  Combined Shear and Tension 
 ASD
    Q / (2.7 t1.d.Fu1) + 0.71 T / (1.5 t1.dw.Fu1) <= 1.1/O     Eq. E4.5.1-1
 LRFD
    Vu / (2.7 t1.d.Fu1) + 0.71 Tu / (1.5 t1.dw.Fu1) <= 1.1f     Eq. E4.5.2-1

     t1 - thickness of member in contact with screw head or washer
     dw - larger of screw head diameter or washer diameter
     Fu1 - tensile strength of member in contact with screw head or washer

       O = 2.35
     Q - required allowable shear strength
     T - required allowable tension strength

      fv = 0.65
     Vu - required shear strength
     Tu - required tension strength


  Minimum edge Distance
    e >= 1.5 d

  Minimum spacing of screws
    s >= 3 d


Connection Strength Tr = kips Vr = kips
CF Steel Fu1 = ksi t1 = in. e = in. Fu2 = ksi t2 = in. tc = in.
in. d= Scew Information Pts = kips Pss = kips d'w= in.