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Hot-dip galvanizing of cold-formed steel hollow sections: a state-of-the-art review

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A good understanding of the effects of galvanizing on the short- and long-term behaviours of steel components is essential for structural design. This review paper is motivated by a series of recent reports on cracking in galvanized cold-formed tubular steel structures and the limitations of current steel product standards and steel design specifications in this field. The steel-related and galvanizing-related factors, different pre-galvanizing countermeasures for brittle cracking and the available technical documents are summarized. An extensive bibliography is provided as a basis for future research and development in this field.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

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Sun, M., Packer, J.A. Hot-dip galvanizing of cold-formed steel hollow sections: a state-of-the-art review. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 13, 49–65 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-017-0448-0

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