Anton Kralj

Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb · Department for Structures

Thin-walled cold-formed steel (CFS) members have become increasingly popular over the last decades in the light-steel frame (LSF) construction industry as primary load-bearing members. Valuable properties of CFS arise from the manufacturing process, while the undesirable ones, such as cross-section and member instabilities, are especially pronounce...

Structural project is based on technical regulations, structural codes, construction conditions, and client requirements. Through the structural design process, some important decisions that can significantly affect the final result must be implemented. The most important factor for optimal design is the reduction in material and overall work costs...

Light steel frame (LSF) building systems offer high structural resilience, lower costs due to fast prefabrication, and high ability to recycle and reuse. The main goal of this paper was to provide state-of-the-art main components for such systems with the intention to be implemented for use in nearly-zero energy buildings (NZEBs). A brief historica...

The structural reliability concept estimates the safety level of a structural element or a system. Eurocode proposes different minimum safety levels based on the consequences of failure and the reference period of a building. Through a model of equations and procedures that approximate the real behaviour of a structural element, code also considers...

FEM moment capacity results are compared against the current design code [EN 1993-1-3:2006]. [FEM model details] Validation article: Kankannamge, N. D.; Mahendran M.: Behaviour and design of cold-formed steel beams subjected to lateral-torsional buckling Simply supported beam under uniform bending moment - uniformly distributed lateral load along...