Growing into an annual tradition! Here is a quick summary of the 2024 journal papers from the group.
Reliability and ASD vs. LRFD
Akchurin, D., Sabelli, R., Ziemian, R. D., Schafer, B. W. (2024). ASD and LRFD: Reliability comparison for designs subjected to wind loads.Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 213 doi:10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.108327
Sabelli, R., Ziemian, R. D., Schafer, B. W. (2024a). ASD and LRFD lateral load combinations: Comparison of required strength and reliability for design of structural steel. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 212 doi:10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.108210
Cold-formed steel shear walls and seismic response
Singh, A., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Peterman, K. D., Schafer, B. W., Hutchinson, T. C. (2024). Physical damage-hysteretic response correlation for steel sheet sheathed cold-formed steel-framed wall-lines. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 53(3), 1195–1215. doi:10.1002/eqe.4061
Singh, A., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Schafer, B. W., Hutchinson, T. C. (2024). Practice-oriented numerical model for seismic response of cold-formed steel-framed mid-rise buildings. Engineering Structures, 319 doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118833
Zhang, Z., Eladly, M. M., Rogers, C. A., & Schafer, B. W. (2024). Cold-formed steel framed shear wall test database. Earthquake Spectra, 40(1), 871–884. doi:10.1177/87552930231202974
Cold-formed steel members and connections
Xia, Y., Glauz, R. S., Schafer, B. W., Seek, M., & Blum, H. B. (2024). Cold-formed steel strength predictions for torsion and bending–torsion interaction. Thin-Walled Structures, 195 doi:10.1016/j.tws.2023.111367
Rasmussen, K. J. R., Khezri, M., Schafer, B. W., Zhang, H. (2024). Corrigendum to ‘the mechanics of built-up cold-formed steel members’: Thin-walled structures 154 (2020) 1-42/106756 (thin-walled structures (2020) 154, (S0263823119320269), (10.1016/j.tws.2020.106756)).Thin-Walled Structures, 194 doi:10.1016/j.tws.2023.111291
Ding, C., Xia, Y., Li, Z., Blum, H. B., Schafer, B. W. (2024). Strength of bolted lap shear connections with advanced high-strength steel sheets.Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), 150(1) doi:10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-12470
Diaphragms
Avellaneda-Ramirez, R., Eatherton, M. R., Easterling, W. S., Schafer, B. W., Hajjar, J. F. (2024). Experimental program on behavior of concrete-filled steel deck composite diaphragms. Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), 150(2) doi:10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-12556
Wei, G., Schafer, B. W., Seek, M., & Eatherton, M. R. (2024). Evaluating the use of standing seam roof as beam lateral bracing. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 212 doi:10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.108244
2025 papers that are already here – energy structures…!
Solar support structure work
Akchurin, D., Torabian, S., & Schafer, B. W. (2025). High-strength cold-formed steel stiffened channel section: Axial compressive strength and initial geometric imperfections. Thin-Walled Structures, 206 doi:10.1016/j.tws.2024.112604
Wind turbine tower work
Ding, V., Torabian, S., Adany, S., Yun, X., Pervizaj, A., Myers, A. T., Schafer, B.W. (2025). Experimental results of stability of cylindrical shells under combined bending and torsion. Journal of Structural Engineering (United States), 151(1) doi:10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-13381
Ádány, S., Schafer, B. W. (2025). Finite tube method for buckling analysis of tubular members using fourier-approximation for the displacements. Thin-Walled Structures, 206 doi:10.1016/j.tws.2024.112672