Mechanical properties of high strength steels and weld metals at arctic low temperatures

MT Chen, A Cai, M Pandey, C Shen, Y Zhang… - Thin-walled structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper attempts to acquire fundamental knowledge on the mechanical properties of high
strength steels and the corresponding high strength weld metals at arctic low temperatures …

Uni-axial behaviour of steel slag concrete-filled-steel-tube columns with external confinement

MH Lai, YH Lin, YY Jin, Q Fei, ZC Wang, JCM Ho - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Using steel slag, a waste by-product in the steel industry to replace natural aggregates to
produce concrete can offer a sustainable solution in mitigating the environmental problems …

Improving the post-fire behaviour of steel slag coarse aggregate concrete by adding GGBFS

ZC Huang, JCM Ho, J Cui, FM Ren, X Cheng… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Steel slag is a waste by-product from steelmaking industry but has potential for concrete
industry due to its specific physical and chemical properties. Even though the effect of steel …

Large-size shape memory alloy plates subjected to cyclic tension: Towards novel self-centring connections in steel frames

X Zhou, Y Huang, K Ke, MCH Yam, H Zhang… - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the hysteretic behaviour of shape memory alloy (SMA) plates under cyclic
tension-release loadings was examined to promote their seismic applications, with an …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the post-fire behavior of steel slag normal-strength concrete by adding SCM

MH Lai, ZH Chen, J Cui, JP Zhong, ZR Wu… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Tests were conducted on 360 specimens to investigate the post-fire behavior of slag
concrete containing supplementary cementitious material (SCM) consisting of fly ash (FA) or …

Experimental investigation on cold-formed steel elliptical hollow section T-joints

MT Chen, Y Chen, B Young - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A test campaign on cold-formed steel elliptical hollow section T-joints with the chord simply
supported and the brace axially compressed is described in this paper. Four different sizes …

[HTML][HTML] A novel packing-coupled stress-strain model for confined concrete

MH Lai, JL Lin, J Cui, FM Ren, S Kitipornchai… - Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
To develop low carbon footprint concrete (LCFC) with less CO 2 emissions, various minerals
(limestone, metakaolin) and industrial waste by-product (fly ash (FA), silica fume (SF), slag) …

Additive manufacturing oriented parametric topology optimization design and numerical analysis of steel joints in gridshell structures

W Zuo, MT Chen, Y Chen, O Zhao, B Cheng… - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) oriented joint topology optimization (TO) is a novel integrated
computer-aided structural design and construction paradigm for spatial structures. This …

Behavior of concrete-filled cold-formed steel built-up section stub columns

MT Chen, T Zhang, B Young - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a test campaign concerning the behavior of concrete-filled cold-formed
steel built-up section stub columns. The test program consisted of five types of cold-formed …

Experimental investigation of a high strength steel frame with curved knee braces subjected to extreme earthquakes

Z Zhou, Y Chen, MCH Yam, K Ke, X He - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, the seismic performance of a half-scaled three-storey high strength steel
frame with curved knee braces (HSSF-CKB) under extreme earthquakes was investigated …