Development, Design and Analysis of Novel Steel Connections
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 November 2021) | Viewed by 652
Special Issue Editors
Interests: novel steel connections; structural analysis, dynamics and testing; timber engineering; structural health monitoring and automated inspection using drones
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2. Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Interests: design; analysis and behavior of concrete; masonry, steel and steel-concrete composite structures; the integration of large-scale experiments and numerical simulation of structural systems under three-dimensional loading
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2. School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Interests: novel steel connections; urban informatics
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Interests: novel steel connections; structural engineering; design and analysis; dynamics and vibration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Development, Design and Analysis of Novel Steel Connections”. Technological developments in the fields of advanced manufacturing, steel construction, and robotics have led to the design of new and proprietary steel connections which can simplify the steel assembly process and increase efficiency. It is essential to accurately model the structural performance of such connections to establish comprehensive understanding of their behavior, enabling current and future performance prediction, and guaranteeing safety. This Special Issue invites papers that address these aspects of novel steel connections, including but not limited to: the outline of the design and development of new steel connections, and the numerical modelling and structural analysis of new connections locally and/or globally within steel structures. Papers presenting new modelling techniques and model validation approaches for steel connections are also welcome.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Patrick J. McGetrick
Prof. Dr. Arturo E. Schultz
Prof. Dr. Debra F. Laefer
Dr. Salam Al-Sabah
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- novel connections
- steel connections
- demountable connections
- disassembly
- structural steel
- numerical modelling
- advanced manufacturing
- robotics
- CNC cutting technology
- cyclic behavior
- non-linear finite element analysis
