STATIC LOADING TESTS FOR IN-PLANE COMPRESSION STRENGTH OF STEEL FURRING SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM WITH DIFFERENT OVERHANGING LENGTH

Abstract

Recent researches pointed out that steel furring suspended ceiling systems attached to its surrounding walls/beams without clearance have a certain seismic capacity. Although guidelines limit overhanging length at the end of ceilings, the effect of the length on in-plane compression strength of ceilings has not been clarified yet. In this paper, static loading tests are conducted to grasp the effect and collapse mechanisms using some specimens with different overhanging length. The results show that the effect is relatively small.