Experimental Study and Effective Width Method for Cold-Formed Steel Lipped Channel Stud Columns with Holes

Figure 6

Instrumentation arrangement. (a) Position transducers for the specimen without holes. (b) Strain gauges for the specimen without holes. (c) Position transducers at midheight for the specimen with holes. (d) Strain gauges at midheight for the specimen with holes. (e) Position transducers at about 50 mm higher than the midheight for the specimen with holes. (f) Strain gauges at about 100 mm higher than the midheight for the specimen with holes.

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