CFS Curtain Wall Stud Steel Clip and Bridging Brace

While consideration of bracing is important for any structural element, this is especially true for thin, singly symmetric cold-formed steel (CFS) framing members such as wall studs. Without proper consideration of bracing, excessive buckling or even failure could occur. Bracing is required to resist buckling due to axial or out-of-plane lateral loads or a combination of the two.

Steel braced design is a more practical bracing method for several reasons. First, during construction, wall studs go unsheathed for many months, but are subjected to significant construction loads.This is especially true for load-bearing, mid-rise structures. Second, some sheathing products, including gypsum wallboard, can be easily damaged and rendered ineffective if subjected to water or moisture. Third, much higher bracing loads can be achieved using mechanical bracing.

There are two methods for bracing CFS studs as prescribed by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Committee on Framing Standards (COFS) S211 “North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Wall Stud Design” Section B1. One is sheathing braced design and the other is steel braced design.

Sheathing braced design has limitations, but it is a cost effective method of bracing studs since sheathing is typically attached to wall studs. This design method is based on an assumption that the sheathing connections to the stud are the bracing points and so it’s limited by the strength of the sheathing fastener to stud connection. Due to this limitation, the Designer has to use a steel braced design for most practical situations. AISI S211 prescribes a maximum nominal stud axial load for gypsum board sheathing with fasteners spaced no more than 12 inches on center. AISI S211 Section B1 and the Commentary discuss the design method and assumptions and demonstrate how to determine the sheathing bracing strength.

Shoring or Bracing is the construction of a temporary structure to support temporarily an unsafe structure. These support walls laterally. Shoring

can be used when walls bulge out, when walls crack due to unequal settlement of foundation and repairs are to be carried out to the cracked wall,

when an adjacent structure needs pulling down, when openings are to be newly made or enlarged in a wall.

Type:modular buildingCustomized Metal Shoring Steel Structure Project ICF Bracing System

Material:steel

Application:House Building

Function:Energy-saving

surface treatment:Hot dip galvanized

ICF bracing system:

U channel length :2700 mm,width:135 mm,both side height:60 mm,wall thickness: 3 mm,welded a plate with 16mm hole at bottom end

Support foot :Φ 38 mm,length1500 mm+Φ32mm,1500mm length,wall thickness :2 mm(total 3000mm length)

Triangle bracket: 40 mm x 40 mm,wall thickness :2 mm

Guardrail post:40*40* L:1100 mm * wall thickness 2 mm

Self-locking Pins:3pcs

Expansion bolts:3PCS

Reinforce bolts:2pcs

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