Seismic performance of cold-formed steel bolted moment connections with bolting friction-slip mechanism

Typical cold-formed steel (CFS) moment-resisting connections generally have relatively low ductility and energy dissipation capacity as a result of low local/distortional buckling resistance of thin-walled CFS elements, and therefore, may not be suitable for seismic applications. To address this issue, a comprehensive analytical study is presented on the seismic performance of CFS bolted beam-to-column connections with fiction-slip mechanism...