Thin-walled Structures Group

The TW Group was busy as always working on advancing steel, particularly cold-formed steel, building structures research. Here is a

Thanks to the excellent research of TW Group members such as Ph.D. Candidate Victoria Ding, Visiting Faculty Scholars Dr. Sandor Ádány, Dr.

A lot happened in 2021 for Professor Schafer, here are some articles that summarize the latest. NSF grant on wind

Thin-walled Structures Group Ph.D. student Astrid Fischer took home the Best Student Presentation Award at the 2020 Cold-Formed Steel Structures

Today the TW Group released their Final Report on the AISI and SFIA sponsored effort to investigate the strength of

Johns Hopkins University Thin-walled group researchers Zhidong Zhang and Ben Schafer released a test report today investigating the fastener-level force-deformation

Thin-walled group researchers Shahab Torabian and Ben Schafer released a new report today assessing the potential for system reliability benefits

The TW group led and participated in the 26/27 May 2020 CFSRC Summer Symposium. Full details on the symposium are

The Thin-walled Structures team convened in the lab on 9 March 2020. Pictured from L to R seated are Zhidong

The Thin-walled Structures Group has been a leading contributor to the Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative (SDII) since its creation in