Proceedings of the Indian Structural Steel Conference 2020 (Vol. 2): Issc 2020

本書包含了印度結構鋼會議（ISSC 2020）經過同行評審的選定論文集。主題涵蓋結構工程的最新技術與實務，以及結構建模與設計的最新研究。書中介紹了新穎的分析、計算和實驗技術、新結構系統的提案、現有結構的維護、修復和監測的創新方法，以及與結構行為相關的工程材料特性調查。本書對於對可持續材料和鋼結構感興趣的結構工程師、研究人員和顧問將非常有用。

Prof. Mahendrakumar Madhavan is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India. He has obtained Ph.D. and MBA (Finance) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his Masters degree from the National University of Singapore. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Alabama USA. Prior to IIT Hyderabad, he worked as a Structural Engineer at Alabama Power Company, Birmingham, USA. Prof. Madhavan is an international expert in Structural Steel, Cold-formed steel, and Steel-concrete Composite construction and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed internationally reputed journals and holds membership in the "American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Technical Administrative Committee on Metals" and in "ASCE SEI Cold-Formed Steel Members Committee". Prof. Madhavan has significantly contributed to the revision of IS 801: Indian Design Code for Cold-formed Steel Members based on the original research work carried out at IIT Hyderabad to fulfil the Government of India's goal of "Housing for All" through sustainable construction. He is an Editorial board member of the Journal of Structures and is an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering and serves as a reviewer for more than ten international journals. Prof. Madhavan is also the first Indian to be elected as a Fellow of ASCE's Structural Engineering Institute (SEI).

Prof. James S. Davidson is currently the Gottlieb Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auburn University, USA. He is an expert in Mechanics of Materials, Advanced Stress Analysis, Finite Element Methods, and Stability of Structures. He has mentored more than 50 research students including MS and Ph.D., has served as associate editor, review director, and editorial board member on five technical journals, and has served as a reviewer for more than 25 different technical journals.

Prof. N. Elumalai Shanmugam has taught for more than 20 years at the National University of Singapore. Prior to this he taught in College of Engineering, Guindy, Delhi University, University of Wales (Cardiff) and Polytechnic of Wales. After 50 years of teaching at graduate and undergraduate levels he retired recently from National University of Malaysia where he taught for nine years. His research interest includes steel plated structures, steel-concrete composite construction, long-span structures and connections, cold-formed steel structures, etc. He has published more than 200 research papers in International refereed journals conference proceedings and contributed chapters in Civil Engineering Handbook, Structural Engineering handbook and Bridge Manual. He is a member of the Editorial Board of a number of International Journals.

Prof. Mahendrakumar Madhavan 是印度海得拉巴印度理工學院（IIT Hyderabad）土木工程系的教授。他在阿拉巴馬大學伯明翰分校獲得博士學位和MBA（金融），並在新加坡國立大學獲得碩士學位。他是美國阿拉巴馬州的註冊專業工程師（PE）。在加入IIT海得拉巴之前，他曾在美國伯明翰的阿拉巴馬電力公司擔任結構工程師。Madhavan教授是結構鋼、冷彎鋼和鋼-混凝土複合建築的國際專家，已在50多本國際知名的同行評審期刊上發表論文，並且是美國土木工程師學會（ASCE）結構工程學院（SEI）金屬技術管理委員會及ASCE SEI冷彎鋼構件委員會的成員。Madhavan教授對IS 801：印度冷彎鋼構件設計規範的修訂做出了重要貢獻，該修訂基於在IIT海得拉巴進行的原始研究工作，以實現印度政府的「全民住房」目標，透過可持續建設。他是《結構期刊》的編輯委員會成員，並擔任ASCE《結構工程期刊》的副編輯，還為十多本國際期刊擔任審稿人。Madhavan教授也是第一位當選為ASCE結構工程學院（SEI）院士的印度人。

Prof. James S. Davidson 目前是美國奧本大學土木與環境工程系的Gottlieb結構工程教授。他是材料力學、高級應力分析、有限元素方法和結構穩定性的專家。他指導了50多名研究生，包括碩士和博士生，曾擔任五本技術期刊的副編輯、審稿主任和編輯委員會成員，並為25本不同的技術期刊擔任審稿人。

Prof. N. Elumalai Shanmugam 在新加坡國立大學教授了超過20年。在此之前，他曾在德里大學的工程學院、威爾士大學（卡迪夫）和威爾士理工學院任教。經過50年的研究生和本科生教學，他最近從馬來西亞國立大學退休，該校他任教九年。他的研究興趣包括鋼板結構、鋼-混凝土複合建築、長跨距結構和連接、冷彎鋼結構等。他在國際同行評審期刊和會議論文集中發表了200多篇研究論文，並在《土木工程手冊》、《結構工程手冊》和《橋樑手冊》中貢獻了章節。他是多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。