8th International Conference on
STEEL, SPACE & COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

15 – 17 May, 2006
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Messages and Profiles of Support Organisations

Table of Contents


KEYNOTE PAPERS
Fast track and cost-effective steel-concrete composite construction
T K Bandyopadhyay*, D Datta and G Chakraborty

Strength and ductility of shear connection in composite T-Beams
M A Bradford*, A Filonov, T J Hogan, G Ranzi and B Uy

Recent advances in the design and construction of composite beams
K F Chung* and A J Wang

A review of Malaysia’s steel construction industry
Ahmad Fikri Hussein*

Cyclic performance of repaired concrete-filled SHS columns after exposure to fire
L H Han* and X K Lin

Optimum location of facade rigger bracing in tall buildings with non-rigid floor structures
J C D Hoenderkamp*

Upgrading of transmission towers
S Kitipornchai*, F Albermani and M Mahendran

Performance-based approach for fire-resistance design of steel structures for large space buildings
Li Guoqiang*


DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
Stability of single span members with intermediate lateral restraints under bending and axial compression - Numerical simulations and application of EUROCODE 3
Aswandy*

A comparative study of the Eurocode 3 and BS 5950 Steel Design Codes
M Celikag* and C Ocal

Aesthetics, economics and design of stainless steel structures
L Gardner*

Design equations of steel and hybrid mesh reinforced cement composites in flexure
M Z Hossain*, T Sakai and H Narioka

Bracing member requirements for eccentrically loaded angles under elastic and inelastic buckling
T K Sooi*, Hj Shan Suleiman, C B Yong, Wan Mahmood Wan Abdul Majid and Saidi Md Hanafiah


BUILDING AND SPACE STRUCTURES
Steel space roofing and building structures: From monitoring long exercised systems to new projects
J J Melcher* and M Karmazínová

Structural efficiency of deployable strut-tensioned membrane structure
C Tran* and J Y R Liew

Rapidly deployed tension-strut structures
K K Vu*, J Y R Liew and Anandasivam Krishnapillai


FRAME STRUCTURES
Nonlinear dynamic response of steel frames with semirigid connections
P S Joanna*, R A Prabhavathy, G M Samuel Knight and A Rajaraman

Column base connectivity effects on the load carrying capacity of slender multi-bay frame structures
H H Lau*, R G Beale and M H R Godley

Strength and ductility of Rectangular Hollow Section Frames
R A Prabhavathy* and P S Joanna

Analysis and behaviour of semirigid steel frames
Raffaele Pucinotti*

The effect of window openings on the composite behaviour of infilled steel frames with precast concrete panels
P A Teeuwen*, C S Kleinman and H H Snijder


BRIDGE STRUCTURES
Seismic analysis of curved cable stayed bridge with reference to BHUJ Earthquake
A K Desai*, A J Desai and H S Patil

Cable stayed bridge at Patna (Chiraiyatand) - alternate staging design ~ value engineering
Ankush Krishan*, Sunil Jagdev and H.S. Chandramouly

3-dimensional seismic behavior of deck-type steel arch brdges with curved pair ribs
Toshitaka Yamao*, Shusaku Takaji and Sujaritpong Atavit



TUBULAR STRUCTURES
Post buckling behavior of concrete - filled stiffened box-members
Sujaritpong Atavit and Toshitaka Yamao*

Flexural response of fixed-ended tubular steel beams strengthened with CFRP subjected to impact loads
Hussein Jama, Michael Bambach, Xiao-Ling Zhao* and Raphael Grzebieta

Section Moment Capacity Tests of Rectangular Hollow Flange Steel Beams
S Wanniarachchi and M Mahendran*

Compression members of aluminum thin-walled square and rectangular hollow sections
Zhu Ji-Hua* and B Young

Tests and design of aluminum circular hollow section beam-columns
Zhu Ji-Hua* and B Young


FATIGUE AND FRACTURE
Fatigue strength characteristics of welded stud joint with respect to steel plate thickness
John S E Koh*, O Minata, A Muranaka

An experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of partially overlapped CHS K-joints
C K Lee, S T Lie, S P Chiew, T Sopha* and T B N Nguyen

Ultimate static strength tests of damaged square hollow section T-joints
S T Lie*, Z M Yang and W M Gho

Numerical analysis of stress intensity factor of a surface crack in a tubular KK-joint
Y B Shao*, Z F Du and X G Zhou


EARTHQUAKE AND DYNAMICS
Evaluation of design for cold formed steel buildings with bearing wall under Iranian seismic provisions
G Ghodrati Amiri*, M Raeisi Dehkordi, S R Massah and F Khamchin Moghaddam

Vibration of laminated composite plates traveling over multiple rollers
S Hatami* and M Azhari

Internal steel bracing for seismic design of rc buildings
Mahmoud R. Maheri* and H Ghaffarzadeh

Damage evaluation of the steel-framed structures under random vibration
S S Tseng*and M C Lin


COLD-FORMED STEEL STRUCTURES
Design Reliability analysis of axially-compressed members of 550MPa high-strength cold-formed thin-walled steel structures
Li Yuanqi*, Wang Lei and Shen Zuyan

Long clear span of cold formed steel roof truss - a structural solution
C C Mei*, H H Lau and H Tawil

Cold-formed light-gauge steel structure analysis of column section - experimental study
A J Shah* and J B Sharma

Design of cold-formed stainless steel slender circular hollow section columns
B Young* and E Ellobody

Experimental investigation of cold-formed stainless steel tubular sections subjected to web crippling
F Zhou* and B Young

Cold-formed high strength stainless steel members subjected to combined bending and web crippling
F Zhou* and B Young


BEAMS AND COLUMNS
Effect of flat width ratio on the ultimate strength of sfrc in-filled light gauge steel box columns - An Experimental Study
S Senthil Selvan*, E Chandrasekaran, M Shabina and K Nagamani

Design of rectangular hollow flange steel beams
S Wanniarachchi and M Mahendran*

Shear lag effect in simply supported box girder
E Yamaguchi*, T Chaisomphob, J Sa-Nguanmanasak and C Lertsima

The coupling effect analysis on warping of the thin-walled beam
Zhao Hong-hua* and Yang Qing-shan

The influence of concrete filling steel columns with two battened chords on their behaviour
W Zoltowski*, E Szmigiera and M Siennicki


CONNECTIONS
Geometrical modeling of overlap K-joints
S P Chiew, C K Lee, S T Lie and N T B Nguyen*

Flexural strength of beam web to concrete filled square steel tubular column joints
Masae Kido* and Keigo Tsuda

Static strength of welded connections made of very high strength steel
M H Kolstein*, O D Dijkstra and F S K Bijlaard

Numerical analysis of ultimate strength of circular hollow section (CHS) TT-joints under axial loads
X G Zhou, Y B Shao* and G D Zhang


FABRICATION AND CONSTRUCTION
Structural changes in a community hall using composite construction technique
Q Z Khan*, Z Shabir, F Shabbir and M Yaqub

Evaluation of fire resistance performance of load-bearing elements made up of light gauge steels
I K Kwon*

Ultimate strength of deep penetration fillet welds
Y Morita*, K Ochi, Y Maruoka, T Iwashita and K Yoshinaga

Usage of reinforcing bars for the construction of light trusses
L M Olanitori* and O.B. Soyemi


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Development of low-cost tensegrity structure based on cable mode of deployment
Ashok Gupta*, Ramakanta Panigrahi and Suresh Bhalla

A simple procedure for performing second order analysis using a linear structural analysis program
Albert Loh*

Weight minimization of ferrocement-laminated plate using genetic algorithm
Md Rokonuzzaman, M Z Hossain*, T Kajisa and Z Gürdai

Optimization of laminate stacking sequence for buckling load of thin-walled laminated composite beam using genetic algorithm and finite element analysis
Md Rokonuzzaman, M Z Hossain*, T Kajisa and Z Gürdai


COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Effect of surface treatments on the bond property of FRP-steel joints
S P Chiew and Yu Yi*

Behaviour and design of Bi-Steel steel-concrete-steel sandwich construction
N Foundoukos*, M Xie and J C Chapman

Structural behavior of lightweight aggregate concrete composite columns
Y M Hunaiti, A M Al-Shahari and Tareq Rasheed A. Mohammad*

The effects of steel fibre reinforcement on the strength of shear stud connectors for composite steel-concrete construction
B Uy*, L Becher and Wu Juntao

Experimental study of flexural capacity of FRP-steel beams
Yu Yi* and S P Chiew

The optimisation of composite fabricated cellular beams in tall steel structures
P Toczek*

Index of Authors

Contents of Previous Conferences (held in 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1999 and 2002)

Photos of the 8th Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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