Development of affordable steel-framed modular buildings for emergency situations (Covid-19)

P Gatheeshgar, K Poologanathan, S Gunalan, I Shyha… - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents the development of novel affordable steel-framed modular units for
construction with enhanced overall (healthcare, structural, fire, and lightweight) …

Optimised cold-formed steel beams in modular building applications

P Gatheeshgar, K Poologanathan, S Gunalan… - Journal of Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Modular Building Systems (MBS) has seen an accelerating growth in the
construction sector owing to its potential advantages, such as quick erection, improved …

Sustainable performance of a modular building system made of built-up cold-formed steel beams

K Thirunavukkarasu, E Kanthasamy, P Gatheeshgar… - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Modular Building Systems (MBS) offer numerous benefits in terms of productivity,
sustainability and safety. Therefore, MBSs are considered as a viable option to sort out the …

Analytical and numerical studies on steel columns with novel connections in modular construction

EF Deng, JB Yan, Y Ding, L Zong, ZX Li… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Prefabricated modular construction is a new type of promising structures. This type of
structure is an excellent alternative to conventional on-site buildings with advantages of …

New advancements, challenges and opportunities of multi-storey modular buildings–A state-of-the-art review

W Ferdous, Y Bai, TD Ngo, A Manalo, P Mendis - Engineering structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Modular construction offers faster and safer manufacturing, better predictability to completion
time, superior quality, less workers on site, less resource wastage, and a more …

Steel concrete composite systems for modular construction of high-rise buildings

JYR Liew, YS Chua, Z Dai - Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Modular prefabrication technology promotes off-site manufacturing of modules and on-site
assembly by improving the construction efficiency, safety and productivity. However, the …

Structural instability of multi-storey door-type modular steel scaffolds

WK Yu, KF Chung, SL Chan - Engineering structures, 2004 - Elsevier
Modular steel scaffolds are commonly used as supporting scaffolds in construction, and
structural instability is always an important design consideration for their safe and effective …

Behavior of thin-walled beam-column modular connection subject to bending load

J Dhanapal, H Ghaednia, S Das, J Velocci - Thin-walled structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Steel modular construction has the potential to meet the growing infrastructure needs of the
big cities and hence, the demand for modular construction is on the rise. This paper …

An innovative type of module-to-core wall connections for high-rise steel modular buildings

T Ping, W Pan, B Mou - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
High-rise steel modular buildings are normally designed and constructed using a structural
system that consists of cast-in-situ concrete for the stability core and steel-framed volumetric …

Structural design of high‐rise buildings using steel‐framed modules: A case study in Hong Kong

S Shan, W Pan - The Structural Design of Tall and Special …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Steel‐framed modular buildings afford certain advantages, such as rapid and high‐quality
construction. However, although steel‐framed modules have been adopted in several …