A critical review on optimization of cold-formed steel members for better structural and thermal performances

H Liang, K Roy, Z Fang, JBP Lim - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The construction and building sectors are currently responsible globally for a significant
share of the total energy consumption and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. The …

A novel machine learning model to predict the moment capacity of cold-formed steel channel beams with edge-stiffened and un-stiffened web holes

Y Dai, K Roy, Z Fang, B Chen, GM Raftery… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel machine learning model, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), was used for the
purpose of evaluating the moment capacity of cold-formed steel (CFS) channel beams with …

Web crippling behaviour of cold-formed carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminium lipped channel sections with web openings

H Weerasinghe, C Konthesingha, A Nanayakkara… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the research advancements and design practices related to the structural
web crippling response of lipped Cold-Formed (CF) carbon steel, stainless steel, and …

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) …

Effect of web perforations on end-two-flange web crippling behaviour of roll-formed aluminium alloy unlipped channels through experimental test, numerical …

Z Fang, K Roy, Y Dai, JBP Lim - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Aluminium alloy has recently become popular in New Zealand's construction sector as a
sustainable building material. However, in roll-formed aluminium alloy (RFA) channel …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of local-flexural interactive buckling of cold-formed steel channel columns

J Ye, I Hajirasouliha, J Becque - Thin-walled structures, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive experimental programme aimed at
studying the interaction of local and overall flexural buckling in cold-formed steel (CFS) plain …

[HTML][HTML] Local-flexural interactive buckling of standard and optimised cold-formed steel columns

J Ye, SM Mojtabaei, I Hajirasouliha - Journal of constructional steel …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper aims to study the interaction of local and overall flexural buckling in cold-formed
steel (CFS) channels under axial compression. Detailed nonlinear FE models were …

Tests of cold-formed steel built-up open section members under eccentric compressive load

QY Li, B Young - Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2021 - Elsevier
An experimental study was performed on cold-formed steel built-up open section members
under eccentric compressive load. The specimens with member lengths varied from 300 to …

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 …

Optimal design of cold-formed steel face-to-face built-up columns through deep belief network and genetic algorithm

Y Dai, Z Fang, K Roy, GM Raftery, JBP Lim - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a machine-learning optimisation framework for cold-formed steel (CFS) face-to-
face built-up columns was proposed using Deep Belief Network (DBN) and Genetic …