Tech Talk – Cold-formed Stainless Steel Structures under Concentrated Bearing Loads

All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Mr Andy Prabowo Pho,  PhD Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering , HKU
Date: 7th June 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30pm
Mode: Mixed
About the Tech Talk
All members of the HKU community and the general public are welcome to join!
Speaker: Mr Andy Prabowo Pho, PhD Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, HKU
Moderator: Mr Jun He, PhD candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, HKU
Date: 7th June 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm
Mode: Mixed (both face-to-face and online). Seats for on-site participants are limited. A confirmation email will be sent to participants who have successfully registered.
Language: English
The application of stainless steel (SS) as an alternative construction material has been developing in the last decade. SS construction has an outstanding structural performance, excellent corrosion resistance, and long-term durability. Moreover, the SS construction has a relatively low maintenance cost with possibility of a longer occupancy period, and thus it promotes sustainability in the construction industry. In combination with the cold-forming technique during the fabrication process, SS structures offer additional strength and a faster construction speed. However, the available international design standards for cold-formed stainless steel (CFSS) structures have not been developed thoroughly, specifically on the strength prediction of a member under concentrated bearing loads, which causes a web crippling. Therefore, a series of laboratory testing and computational simulations were conducted in this research to evaluate the existing design standards. The reliability analysis shows that the available strength predictions in the design standards are not safely used even though they are conservative. This research proposes new strength predictions that are safe and conservative, and it can be used for an improvement of the design standards.
Registration
  • The tech talk “Cold-formed Stainless Steel Structures under Transverse Bearing Loads” will be organized in the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two (G/F, Run Run Shaw Building, HKU) on 7th June 2022 (Tuesday), 4:30 pm.
  • Seats for on-site participants are limited. A confirmation email will be sent to participants who have successfully registered.
  • Registrants on the waiting list will be notified of the arrangement after the registration deadline (with seating/free-standing/other arrangement)
  • Please read the Campus Access and HKU Vaccine Pass (https://covid19.hku.hk/announcements/all/2022/04/13776/)
About the speaker

Mr Andy Prabowo Pho

Mr Andy Prabowo Pho is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hong Kong, under the supervision of Dr. Ray Su and Prof Ben Young. He obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University in 2008 and Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering from Universitas Indonesia in 2015. His research interests focus on Testing, Finite Element Simulation, and Design of Steel Structures.
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