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 …

Prediction of shear capacity of steel channel sections using machine learning algorithms

M Dissanayake, H Nguyen, K Poologanathan… - Thin-Walled …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents the application of popular machine learning algorithms in prediction of
the shear resistance of steel channel sections using experimental and numerical data …

Experimental study of web crippling behaviour of hollow flange channel beams under two flange load cases

P Keerthan, M Mahendran, E Steau - Thin-Walled Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents the details of an experimental study of a cold-formed steel hollow flange
channel beam known as LiteSteel beam (LSB) subject to web crippling under End Two …

Elastic shear buckling of cold-formed steel channels with edge stiffened web holes

P Gatheeshgar, K Poologanathan, S Gunalan… - Thin-Walled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cold-formed steel (CFS) beams are commonly deployed in construction with web holes to
accommodate service conduits. The web holes are subjected to stiffening methods aiming to …

Structural behaviour of optimized cold‐formed steel beams

P Gatheeshgar, K Poologanathan, S Gunalan… - Steel …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cold‐formed steel (CFS) members have been used significantly in light‐gauge steel
buildings due to their inherent advantages. Optimizing these CFS members in order to gain …

Prestressed cold-formed steel beams: Concept and mechanical behaviour

N Hadjipantelis, L Gardner, MA Wadee - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
An innovative concept, whereby the load-carrying capacity and serviceability performance of
cold-formed steel beams are enhanced by utilising prestressing techniques, is presented …

Experimental investigation and design of lipped channel beams in shear

P Keerthan, M Mahendran - Thin-Walled Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
Cold-formed high strength steel members are increasingly used as primary load bearing
components in low rise buildings. Lipped channel beam (LCB) is one of the most commonly …

Experimental investigation of cross-sectional bending capacity of cold-formed steel channels subject to local-distortional buckling interaction

J Ye, FJ Meza, I Hajirasouliha, J Becque… - Journal of Structural …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
This paper describes an experimental program carried out at the University of Sheffield to
investigate the interaction of local and distortional buckling in cold-formed steel lipped …

Experimental studies of the shear behaviour and strength of lipped channel beams with web openings

P Keerthan, M Mahendran - Thin-Walled Structures, 2013 - Elsevier
Cold-formed steel members are increasingly used as primary structural elements in the
building industries around the world due to the availability of thin and high strength steels …

Fire tests of load-bearing LSF walls made of hollow flange channel sections

S Kesawan, M Mahendran - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Fire resistant and load bearing Light gauge Steel Frame (LSF) wall systems are generally
made of cold-formed steel stud sections lined with gypsum plasterboards. Structural stability …