?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.239500&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cold-formed+steel+cladding+systems+exposed+to+combined+wind+and+bushfire+conditions&rft.creator=Pieper%2C+Lisa&rft.subject=Cold-formed+steel&rft.subject=Bushfire&rft.subject=Pull-through+failure&rft.subject=Fire-enhanced+wind&rft.subject=Crest-fixed+cladding&rft.subject=Elevated+temperatures&rft.subject=Mechanical+properties&rft.subject=Finite-element+analysis&rft.subject=Dimpling+failure&rft.subject=Splitting+failure&rft.description=Bushfire+events+have+shown+a+strong+interaction+between+the+bushfire+front+and+ambient+winds+leading+to+fire-enhanced+wind+action%2C+which+may+cause+premature+damage+to+the+steel+cladding+systems+used+as+the+critical+external+building+envelope.+Therefore%2C+this+thesis+investigated+the+behaviour+and+strength+of+crest-fixed+cold-formed+steel+(CFS)+claddings+under+combined+wind+and+bushfire+actions.+Comprehensive+experimental+and+numerical+studies+of+three+CFS+cladding+systems+were+conducted+under+combined+fire-enhanced+wind+action+and+elevated+temperatures%2C+and+new+design+rules+were+developed.+This+research+has+thus+enhanced+the+safety+of+CFS+claddings+in+bushfires+and+overall+bushfire+resilience+of+buildings.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2023-05-09&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F239500%2F1%2FLisa%252BPieper%252BThesis%25281%2529.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.239500&rft.relation=Pieper%2C+Lisa+(2023)+Cold-formed+steel+cladding+systems+exposed+to+combined+wind+and+bushfire+conditions.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F239500%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Engineering%3B+School+of+Civil+%26+Environmental+Engineering