The general situation of the development of steel structure of light-weight buildings with gabled frames all over the world is introduced firstly in this paper.

• 本文首先介绍了轻型门式刚架结构在国内外的发展概况，并进一步对这种结构体系的适用范围、形式与构成以及计算方法等进行了较为详细的陈述。