Determination of Modelling Error Statistics for Cold-Formed Steel Columns

Table 1

Dimension measurement details of two number of CFS lipped channel specimens.

Specimen	Section No	Distance	Web (mm)	Flange1 (mm)	Flange2 (mm)	Lip1 (mm)	Lip2 (mm)	Thk1 (mm)	Thk2 (mm)
1	1	0.00	90.42	50.00	49.79	19.90	20.50	3.25	3.25
	2	0.50	89.77	50.03	50.03	20.24	20.45	—	—
	3	1.00	90.26	50.36	50.29	19.68	20.43	—	—
	4	1.50	89.75	50.44	50.47	19.58	19.55	—	—
	5	2.00	89.91	49.96	50.40	19.60	19.86	—	—
	6	2.50	89.94	50.29	50.34	19.52	19.55	—	—
	7	3.00	90.47	49.65	50.50	20.09	20.24	3.25	3.40
	Average		90.07	50.10	50.26	19.80	20.08	3.25	3.33
2	1	0.00	89.52	50.44	49.70	20.05	19.54	3.22	3.20
	2	0.50	90.46	50.46	49.80	20.05	19.60	—	—
	3	1.00	90.26	50.30	50.44	20.25	19.80	—	—
	4	1.50	90.39	50.18	49.93	20.22	19.94	—	—
	5	2.00	89.52	49.81	50.03	19.77	19.81	—	—
	6	2.50	89.64	49.89	49.58	19.70	20.44	—	—
	7	3.00	90.04	49.55	49.93	19.86	19.56	3.17	3.60
	Average		89.98	50.09	49.92	19.98	19.81	3.20	3.40
Minimum dimension required			90.00	50.00	50.00	20.00	20.00	3.15	3.15