The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has published a new Technical Note, “Antiterrorism Design Requirements for Cold-Formed Steel Framing” (Tech Note S100-16).
While cold-formed steel can be used throughout the building as exterior and/or interior walls, floor and roof systems, this Technical Note focuses on blast protection of building envelopes, specifically exterior walls.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Unified Facilities Criteria program has developed documents to assist design engineers through the implementation of antiterrorism requirements into cold-formed steel framing design.
This Technical Note provides detailed discussion to clear up any confusion related to these topics:
- The applicability of UFC 4-010-01 to the design of the building envelope.
- Static and dynamic design approaches for exterior walls.
- Application of these design approaches in a design example.