%0 Journal Article
	%A  Mohamed Massoud El Sadaawy and  Ehab Hasan Ahmed Hasan Ali
	%D 2013
	%J International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 74, 2013
	%T Effect of Cladding and Secondary Members on the Elastic Stability of Main Columns
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10571
	%V 74
	%X The corrugated steel cladding used to cover most of
steel buildings is considered as non-structural element. This research
will reflect the effect of cladding as a shear diaphragm in increasing
the normal elastic capacity of columns. This study is important
because of the lack of information of the behavior of cladding and
secondary members in various codes. Mathematical models for six
different cases are carried by software. The results extracted from the
program have been plotted showing the effects of different variables
on the ultimate load of column. The variables considered in our
research are the spacing between columns and the thickness of the
corrugated sheet representing the sheet stiffness.
	%P 175 - 180