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2015INTERNATIONALSTUDENTCOMPETITION
ONCOLDFORMEDSTEELDESIGN

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Mission

ABOUTUS
EDUCATION

ThemissionoftheInternationalStudentCompetitiononColdFormedSteelDesign(CFSDesignCompetition)isto
promotehighereducationincoldformedsteelstructuraldesignandtoencouragestudentstousecreativethinking

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MEDIA

skillstosolveengineeringproblems.
Afterthesuccessful2014,2013,2012and2011competitions,the2015Competitionistakingoffagainwithafocus
onsolvingarealworldprobleminconstruction.Weencouragetheparticipationofanystudentsatanylevelinany

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majorwithaninterestindesignandlearningnewtechnologies.

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CompetitionOrganizer

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ColdFormedSteelEngineersInstitute,www.cfsei.org

CASESTUDIES

Sponsors

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NationalScienceFoundation,www.nsf.gov
AmericanIronandSteelInstitute,www.steel.org
AmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers,CommitteeofColdFormedMembers,www.asce.org

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UniversityofNorthTexas,www.unt.edu
Eligibility
The2015CFSDesignCompetitionisopentoallfulltimestudentsatalllevels.Allstudententrantsarerequiredto

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workontheproblemindividually,noteamdesignswillbeaccepted.
JudgingPanel

June25,2015

RogerA.LaBoube,Ph.D.,P.E.,DistinguishedTeachingProfessor,MissouriUniversityofScienceand
Technology,US.
RickHaws,P.E.,NBSGroupServices,ANucorCompany.

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YuanqiLi,Ph.D.,Professor,TongjiUniversity,China.
YaredShifferawBayleyegn,Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,DrexelUniversity,US.
ChengYu,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofNorthTexas,US.
Schedule

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September30,2015Submissiondeadline.Allsubmissionsshallbereceivedelectronicallyby6:00pmat
studententrant'slocaltime.

2015 INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT COMPETITION ON
CFS DESIGN

November2015WinnersselectedbytheJudgingPanel.
December2015Winnersannounced.
January2016Awardsmailedtothewinningstudents.

NOWOPEN
Submissiondeadline
September30,2015.

Awards
1stplacestudentwillreceivea$600USDmonetaryawardandanAwardplaque.

Allsubmissionsshall
bereceivedelectronicallyby6:00
pmatstudententrant'slocaltime.
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2ndplacestudentwillreceivea$400USDmonetaryawardandanAwardplaque.
3rdplacestudentwillreceiveda$250USDmonetaryawardandanAwardplaque.
Thetop25%studentswillreceiveTier1HonorableMentionRecognition.
AllparticipatingstudentswillreceivefreeCFSEIstudentmembership.

Thewinningdesignswillberecognizedandexhibitedatappropriateplatformssuchasprofessionalconferences,

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websitesandnewsletters.

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StudentCompetition
ThermalDesign
GuideandCode
ComplianceforCold
FormedSteelWalls
2015Edition

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Tool
Thestudentsareallowedtouseanyfiniteelementanalysistoolstodeterminethecriticalelasticbucklingload.
TheABAQUSstudenteditioncanbeobtainedfrom3DSAcademywebsite
http://academy.3ds.com/software/simulia/abaqusstudentedition/
Adetaileddesignexampleisprovidedhere.
DesignPackageandSubmissionInfo
Thedesignpackage(zippedinonefile)mustbesubmittedviaemailtoinfo@cfsei.orgby6:00pmonSeptember30,
2015,atstudent'slocaltime.
Thedesignpackageshallincludetwodocuments:
1. CompletedtheInformationForm.Theformcanbedownloadedhere.
2. Adesignessay(inWordorPDF).
Thedesignpackage(2documents)shallbezippedtoonesingle.zipor.rarfile,andthenemailedtotheabove
address.Thenameofthesinglefileshallbeintheformat:firstname_lastname.ziporfirstname_lastname.rar.
RequirementforDesignEssay
Abriefessay(inEnglish),limitedtomaximum6lettersizepages,isrequiredaspartofthedesignpackage.The
essayshalldescribetheconceptofthedesign,themethodologyusedforoptimization,thefiniteelementmodeling
andanalysisresults,andthecalculationofthenominalstrength.

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StudentCompetition
EvaluationCriteria:
Thewinningdesignsshouldhaveacombinationofhighnominalshearstrengthperunitweightandhighfabrication
feasibility.Thefinalrankingofeachdesignwillbebasedonthesumof80%ofitsrankinunitstrengthand20%ofits
rankinfabricationfeasibility.Therankforfabricationfeasibilitywillbedecidedbythejudges.
WhatisColdFormedSteel?
ColdformedsteelWikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_formed_steel
CCFSSColdFormedSteelforStudents.http://www.ccfssonline.org/Student/Student.html
ForMoreInformation:
Additionalquestionsonthecompetitionsubject,CUFSMsoftware,andsubmissionsshouldbeaddressedto:
ChengYu,AssociateProfessor
UniversityofNorthTexas
3940E.ElmSt.,SuiteF115
Denton,TX76207
Tel:940.565.2022
Fax:940.565.2666
email:Cheng.Yu@unt.edu

ColdFormedSteelEngineersInstitute
25MassachusettsAvenue,N.W.,Suite800Washington,DC20001

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