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2023 Beedle Award Paper
 

• Composite Construction - Past and Future 
   

SS1 - Z Purlins
 

• Cold-formed steel strength predictions for combined bending and torsion

• Strength of cold formed steel zed purlins supporting standing seam metal roofing systems under wind uplift

• An updated analytical method for predicting the bracing behavior of Z-purlin supported standing seam diaphragm systems

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SS2 - Non-Steel Members

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• Local buckling and design of aluminum I-shapes

• Composite timber veneer-wrapped steel columns – proof of concept through tests and numerical simulations

• Experimental investigation on local stability enhancement of steel tubular profile introducing hybrid metal-polymer sections

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SS3 - CFS Columns

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• Testing of CFS double laced built-up columns: Stability and design considerations

• Interactive failure mode and Design of Cold-formed Steel Closed Cross-section Built-up Columns

• Analytical prediction of the axial capacity of concrete-filled cold-formed steel (CF-CFS) built-up columns

 

SS4 - Members (Stainless)

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• Stability and design of stainless WF shapes in combined compression and bending

• Stability of stainless steel unequal-leg angles with imperfect supports

• Stability Considerations of Laser Fused Unequal-Leg Angle Stainless Steel Columns

• Computationally efficient buckling analysis of wind turbine towers

S1 -  Members (Steel) I
 

• Cross-section stability of hot-rolled and welded I-shapes under combined loading

• Data-driven buckling capacity prediction of normal- and high-strength steel hollow structural section columns

• Effect of strain hardening on the limit slenderness for semi-compact sections

• Local and lateral torsional buckling of 36 in. deep beams with IMF end-plate moment connections

S2 - Members (Steel) II
 

• Design of steel beams affected by local/global coupled instabilities

• Modeling partially yielded regions of W-Shapes using a second-order stiffness reduction over the element length
   

S3 - Thin Non-CFS

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• Probing the buckling of axially compressed thin stiffened cylindrical shells: Stability landscape and nondestructive prediction

• Experimental investigation of buckling of thin-walled cylindrical shells subjected to combined bending and torsion

• Measurement of Weld Depressions in Thin-walled Steel Tubes before and after Circumferential Welding

• Buckling strength sensitivity for thin-walled tubes with complex imperfections

 

S4 - CFS I

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• Web crippling instability response in CFS built-up open beams: Numerical study and design

• Buckling Mode Decomposition of Built-up Members via Modal Finite Strip Method (m-FSM)

• A GBT-based finite element for the buckling analysis of thin-walled members with circular axis

• Finite element analysis of web crippling behavior of cold-formed steel members: modeling recommendations based on a review of best practices
   

S5 - CFS II
 

• Behavior, strength and DSM-based design of cold-formed steel pin-ended columns buckling in flexural-torsional modes

• Sectional Buckling Tests of Built-up Cold-Formed Steel Columns​

 

S6 - Systems I

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• Flexural behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured tubular sections

• Prediction of the deformation and local buckling behavior of structural systems using the deep neural network direct stiffness method (DNN-DSM)

• The impact of valency and the orientation of the members on the global stability of lattice steel domes

• Efficient stability and vibration analysis of an all steel modular floor assembly

 

S7 - Systems II

 

• Benchmark problems with flexural-torsional coupling for direct analysis method in ANSI/AISC 360-16

• Frame Design Using Nonprismatic Members – Satisfying the Need for Speed
   

S8 - Extreme Fire

 

• DSM Design of CFS Lipped Channel Columns undergoing Distortional-Global Interaction at Elevated Temperatures

• Modeling Temperature-induced Instabilities for Tracing the Fire-induced Progressive Collapse in Steel-Framed Buildings

• Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Floor-To-SpeedCore Wall Connections Under Fire Loading
   

S9 - Extreme Seismic

 

• Proportioning energy-dissipating members in strongback braced frames
   

S11 - Bridge I

 

• Refined Design Expression for the In-Plane Girder Stiffness of Torsional Beam Bracing Systems

• Rayleigh Ritz formulation for moment modification factors on lateral torsional buckling

• Seasonal analysis of a 846 long steel box girder bridge using Terrestrial Laser Scanners (TLS) and FE-models

• Shear buckling coefficients for longitudinally stiffened-haunched steel plate girders
   

S12 - Bridge II

 

• Stability Bracing Requirements for Lean-on Systems

• Brace Stiffness Quantification for Lean-on Bracing
   

S13 - CFS Walls

 

• Response and Strength of Intermediately Stiffened Cold-Formed Steel Lipped Channel Columns Formed from 100 ksi (690 MPa) Steel

• Seismic Performance of Cold-Formed Steel Framed Shear Walls using In-Frame Corrugated Steel Sheathing

• Progression of failure in cold-formed steel diaphragms sheathed with steel deck

• Experimental and numerical investigation of the impact of non-uniform end bearing conditions on the axial capacity of global height, unsheathed, cold-formed steel wall assemblies