Seismic performance of bolted middle joint for modular steel structure

XC Liu, BZ Li, X Chen, YX Zhang, AL Zhang - Journal of Constructional …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel bolted connection for prefabricated modular structures is proposed. Five full-scale
joint specimens were tested under cyclic loads, and finite element analysis was conducted …

Experimental and numerical study on planar multi-column walls behaviours with boundary supports

K Khan, Z Chen, J Liu, A Khan - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The continuous-supported multi-column walls have already been used in modular steel
buildings (MSB). Therefore, using two full-scale specimens, the current study evaluated the …

A Slack approach to optimised modularisation of prefabricated structures using a multi-variable modularisation index

N Tidhar, Y Li, KSK Baduge, P Mendis… - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction industry is currently undergoing an increasing demand to boost productivity
and improve system efficiencies. Clients are demanding increasingly more customised …

Seismic Performance of Fully Modular High-Rise Buildings with Superelastic Tendon Restrained Rocking

S Li, HH Tsang, N Lam - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Designing a fully modular building, which is without the support of any separate lateral
resisting elements, has the advantage of rapid site assembly, but runs the risk of a brittle …

Seismic behavior of high-rise modular buildings with simplified models of inter-module connections

FW Shi, Y Ding, L Zong, W Pan, Y Duan… - Journal of Constructional …, 2024 - Elsevier
Inter-module connections serve as crucial components, horizontally and vertically
connecting individual modules to form modular buildings. This paper presents a component …

Progressive collapse analysis on modular steel construction based on a simplified joint model

L Zong, W Fang, Y Zhang, J Cui - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Modular steel construction (MSC), as a kind of highly prefabricated assembly building, has
the advantages of high industrialization, perfect energy saving and great being …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical and Theoretical Studies on Axial Compression Performance of Modular Steel Tubular Columns Grouped with Shear-Key Connectors

K Khan, Z Chen, MA Youssef, D Abbas - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Shear-keyed inter-modular connections (IMCs) are integral components of high-rise
modular steel structures (MSSs), providing robust interconnectivity to support grouped …

Optimising Plate Thickness in Interlocking Inter-Module Connections for Modular Steel Buildings: A Finite Element and Random Forest Approach

K Elsayed, AA Mutalib, M Elsayed, MR Azmi - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Interlocking Inter-Module Connections (IMCs) in Modular Steel Buildings (MSBs) have
garnered significant interest from researchers. Despite this, the optimisation of plate …

Robustness of Corner-Supported Modular Steel Buildings with Core Walls

R Hajirezaei, P Sharafi, K Kildashti, M Alembagheri - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper studies the dynamic response of corner-supported modular steel buildings with a
core wall system, under progressive collapse scenarios, associated with corner module …

Computational Modelling of Intra-Module Connections and Their Influence on the Robustness of a Steel Corner-Supported Volumetric Module

SH Heng, D Hyland, M Hough, D McCrum - Modelling, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the robustness of a single 3D volumetric corner-supported module
made of square hollow-section (SHS) columns. Typically, the moment–rotation (M-θ) …