Structural Steel Research Group Publications

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Book Chapters


International Journal Publications (Peer Reviewed) - Recent First

64. Surya Chandan Bondapalli, Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2024). " Numerical investigation of CFS sleeve Channel connections for combined bending and shear”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research (Accepted for publication).

63. Bishal Naik and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2024). " Comparative Experimental Studies On Stiffened And Unstiffened Flange Cold Formed Steel Welded Sections Using Cold Metal Transfer Welding”. Structures. (Accepted for publication).

62. Haripriya Karthikeyan, Bishal Naik and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2024). " Design of Cold-Formed Z-Shaped Purlin-to-Rafter Connections Subject to Pull-Through Failure ". Thin-Walled Structures. Article link.

61. Bishal Naik and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2024). "Design of Cold Metal Transfer Flare V-Groove Welds on Cold-Formed Steel Hat Sections”. Engineering Structures. Article link.

60. Nagaraju Mallepogu and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "The ultimate shear capacity of CFS torsionally restrained beam-to-column moment connection with 3-bolted clip-angle and flange-cleat”. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). DOI:org/10.1061/JSENDH/STENG-12724. 

59. Gaurav Chobe, Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Numerical Study on Retrofitting of Hot Rolled Steel Beams with Cold-Formed Steel Encased Channels-Design Concept using Machine Learning Method". Engineering Structures, Article link.

58. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Direct Stiffness-Strength Method: An Alternative Design Approach to AISI for Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Z‑Section Structural Members subjected to bending". Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). DOI:org/10.1061/JSENDH/STENG-12340. Article link.

57. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Structural Behaviour of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Closed Cross-Section Columns - Assessing the Influence of Parameters and Design Methods". Engineering Structures, Article link.

56. Haripriya Karthikeyan, Bishal Naik and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Experimental Studies on Pull-Through Capacity of a C-shaped Purlin Section". Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Article link.

55. Nagaraju Mallepogu and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Improved design shear method of the bolted cold-formed steel clip-angle for serviceability”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article link.

54. Bishal Naik and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Structural Performance of Cold Metal Transfer Welding Technique on Cold-Formed Steel Flare V-Groove Welds”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article link.

53. Nagaraju Mallepogu and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Shear capacity of the cold-formed steel beam to column welded moment connection using clip-angle and flange-cleat”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article link.

52. Nagaraju Mallepogu and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Improved design shear method for the bolted cold-formed steel clip-angle connector”. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). DOI:org/10.1061/JSENDH/STENG-11666. Article Link. 

51. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Proposal to Improve AISI S100 DSM Design Standards for Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Closed Cross-Section Columns Subjected to Local–Global Interaction Buckling”. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). DOI:org/10.1061/JSENDH/STENG-11916. Article Link.   

50. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). "Splice Connections for Built-up Column Assemblies in Cold-Formed Steel Construction”. Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). DOI:org/10.1061/JSENDH/STENG-11540. Article link. 

49. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022). "Application of Direct Stiffness-Strength Method for Design of Gypsum and Plywood sheathed CFS wall panels Subjected to Bending”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article Link. 

48. Nagaraju Mallepogu and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022). "Experimental analysis of the cold-formed steel beam-to-column connection using the welded clip-angle”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article Link. 

47. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022). "Experimental Investigation and Design Considerations on Cold-Formed Steel Built-up I-section Columns Subjected to Interactive Buckling Modes”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article Link. 

46. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022). "Design of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Closed Section Columns using Direct Strength Method”. Thin-Walled Structures. Article Link. 

45. Vijayakumar Natesan, Bharath Shanmugasundaram, Monish Sekar, and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021). "Effectiveness of CFS Web Cleat Bolted Connections between Beam‑to‑Column”. Structures. Article Link. 

44.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan, and Lau. H. H (2021). "Sheathing-Fastener Connection Strength-Based Design Method for Sheathed CFS Point-symmetric Wall Frame Studs", Structures. Article Link. 

43. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021). "Direct Strength Approach for Local Buckling of Cold-formed Steel Built-up Beams with Slender Unstiffened Flange Elements”. Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction (ASCE), Technical Note, Article Link. 

42. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021). "Design of Cold-formed Steel Back-to-Back Connected Built-up Beams”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article Link.

41. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021). "Design of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Columns Subjected to Local-global Interactive Buckling using Direct Strength Method". Thin-Walled Structures. Article Link.

40. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021). "Direct Stiffness-Strength Method Design for Sheathed Cold-formed Steel Structural Members - Recommendations for the AISI S100". Thin-Walled Structures. Article Link.

39. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021). "Criteria for Selection of Sheathing Boards in Cold-formed Steel Wall panels subjected to Bending: Construction Applications and Performance-based evaluation". Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction (ASCE). Article Link.

38. Bharath Shanmugasundaram, Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2020). "Effect of Staggered Bolted Connections on CFS Channel Sections”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article Link.

37. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2020). "Recommendations for Design of Sheathing Bracing Systems for Slender CFS Structural Members”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article Link.

36. Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2020). "Comparative Experimental Studies on the Web Cleat Bolted CFS Beam-to-Column Connection”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article Link.

35. Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2020). "Experimental Study on Ultimate Strength of Bolted L Shaped Sleeve Joints”. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article Link.

34. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2020). "Influence of sheathing‑fastener connection stiffnesses on the Design Strength of Cold‑formed Steel Wall Panels". Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). Article Link.

33. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2020). "Structural behaviour and Design of Plywood Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Wall Systems subjected to out-of-plane loading". Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article Link.

32. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019). "Retrofitting of Steel Beams using Low-modulus Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Laminates". Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article link.

31. Senthilkumar Govindan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Experimental and analytical study of lightweight floor system built-up with cold-formed profile steel sheet and hot-rolled steel plate (CFPSS-HRSP)," Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link.

30. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019). "Flexural Behaviour and Design of CFS Wall Panels Sheathed with Particle Cement Board". Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article link. 

29. Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Performance of CFS Beam-to-Beam Bolted Connection Using Clip Angle and Flange Strip: Experimental Investigation,"Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). Article link.

28. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Behaviour of Gypsum Sheathed Point symmetric Cold formed Steel members: Assessment of AISI design method,"Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link.

27. Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Structural performance on bolted sleeved connections between two CFS channel sections subjected to combined bending and shear,"Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers. Article link.

26. Senthilkumar Govindan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Study on cold-formed and hot rolled steel composite panel system," Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link.

25. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Structural Design of Cold-formed Steel face-to-face Connected Built-up beams using Direct Strength Method,"Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Article link. 

24. Vijayakumar Natesan  and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Experimental study on beam-to-column clip angle bolted connection,"Thin-Walled Structures,  DOI : 10.1016/j.tws.2019.04.048. Article link.

23. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Design of Steel Beams Strengthened with Low-modulus CFRP laminates,"Journal of Composites for Construction (ASCE), DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0000983. Article link.

22. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Sheathing Braced Design of Cold-formed Steel Structural Members Subjected to Torsional Buckling,"Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link.

21. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Investigation on sheathing-fastener connection failures in cold-formed steel wall panels,"Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link. 

20. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Bracing Effect of Sheathing in Point symmetric Cold-formed Steel Flexural Members,"Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Article link. 

19. Vijayakumar Natesan  and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Experimental investigation on clip angle bolted connection between two cold-formed steel channels,"Structures and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Article link. 

18. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019)."Sheathing bracing requirements for Cold-formed steel wall panels: Experimental Investigation,"Structures,Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link. 

17. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018)."Strengthening of Laterally Restrained Steel Beams Subjected to Flexural loading using Low modulus CFRP: Experimental Assessment,"Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (ASCE). Article link.

16. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018)."Investigation on Sheathing Effect and Failure Modes of Gypsum Sheathed Cold-formed Steel Wall Panels Subjected to Bending,"Structures, Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link.

15. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018)."Improvements in AISI Design Methods for Gypsum Sheathed Cold-formed Steel Wall Panels Subjected to Bending,"Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). Article link.

14.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018)."Retrofitting of Structural Steel Channel Sections using Cold-Formed Steel Encasing Channels,"Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (ASCE). Article link.

13.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018)."Studies on Cold-formed steel stud panels with gypsum sheathing subjected to out-of-plane bending,"Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). Article link.

12.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018)."Geometric Imperfection Measurements and Validations on Cold-Formed Steel Channels using 3D Non-contact Laser Scanner," Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE). Article link.

11.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2017). "Strengthening of unsymmetrical open channel built-up beams using CFRP," Thin-Walled Structures, 119, pp.615-628. Article link.

10. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2017)."CFRP strengthened steel beams: Improvement in failure modes and analysis," Structures, Nov 1 (Vol. 12, pp. 120-131). Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Elsevier Publication. Article link.

9.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2016)."Enhancing the structural performance of steel channel sections by CFRP strengthening," Thin-Walled Structures, Nov 30;108:109-21. Article link. 

8.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Dongre SU. (2016)."Experimental Studies on Strength and Stiffness Enhancement in CFRP-Strengthened Structural Steel Channel Sections under Flexure," Journal of Composites for Construction (ASCE), Dec 1;20(6):04016042. Article link. 

7.  Reddy S, Vutkuru, J, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Kumar V. (2015)."Notch Stress Intensity Factor for Center Cracked Plates with Crack Stop Hole Strengthened using CFRP: A Numerical Study," Thin-Walled Structures. Article link. 

6.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan, Sanap V, Verma R and Sivaganesh Selvaraj. (2015). "Flexural Strengthening of Structural Steel Angle Sections Using CFRP: Experimental Investigation,” Journal of Composites for Construction (ASCE).  Article link.

5.  Khedkar S, Chintapenta V, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Ramji M. (2014).“Progressive failure analysis of CFRP laminate with interacting holes under compressive loading,”Journal of Composite Materials. Article link.

4.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan, and Davidson JS. (2009). "Theoretical Evaluation of Flange Local Buckling for Horizontally Curved Girders”, Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 14, No. 6, pp 424-435. Article link.

3.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan, and Davidson JS. (2007) "Elastic buckling of I-beam flanges subjected to a linearly varying stress distribution", Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 63, No. 10, pp 1373-1383. Article link.

2.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan, and Davidson JS. (2005). "Buckling of centerline-stiffened plates subjected to uniaxial eccentric compression", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp 1264-1276. Article link.

1.   Shanmugam NE., Mahendrakumar Madhavan, and Thevendran V. (2003).“Ultimate Load Behaviour of Horizontally Curved Plate Girders,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 59, No. 4,509-529. Article link.

International Conference proceedings - Recent First

53. Bishal Naik and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). Examining the Viability and Applicability of Cold Metal Transfer Welding Technology for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023. 

52. Karmugilan Panchamoorthy, Pranay Singh and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). Experimental Investigation on Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Beam Splice Connection Using Flange Splice and Web Cleat. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023. 

51. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). Assessment of DSM Design Standards for Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Closed Cross-Section Columns - Future Directions. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023.

50. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). Proposal for Interactive Buckling Design of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Closed Cross-Section Columns. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023.

49. Bishal Naik, and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). Structural behaviour of Cold‐Formed Steel back‐to‐back welded sections subjected to longitudinal shear. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 6: 2014 - 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2023. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cepa.2761 

48. Ranjithkumar Madheswaran, Nagaraju Mallepogu, and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2023). Experimental investigation of the service shear strength of the welded clip‐angle connector in a CFS beam‐to‐column connection. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 6: 2006 - 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.2760 

47. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022), “Sheathing Braced Design of CFS Wall Panels: Review and Proposal”, Proceedings of the  Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) Colloquium, Online mode, Johns Hopkins University, USA, October-17, 2022. https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/67675 

46. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022), “Sheathing Braced Design of CFS Studs using Direct Stiffness-Strength Method Design”, Proceedings of the  Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) Colloquium, Online mode, Johns Hopkins University, USA, October-17, 2022. https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/67676 

45. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022), “Design of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up I Section Columns subjected to Interactive Buckling”, Proceedings of the  Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) Colloquium, Online mode, Johns Hopkins University, USA, October-17, 2022. https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/67674 

44. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2022), “Design of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Closed Section Columns - Modified Local Slenderness Equation”, Proceedings of the  Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium (CFSRC) Colloquium, Online mode, Johns Hopkins University, USA, October-17, 2022. https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/67673 

43. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021), “Design Challenges for Cold-formed Steel Built-up columns with Local-global Interactive buckling”, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Sheffield, England, September 1-3, 2021.

42. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2021), “Strength-Stiffness based design method for Sheathed Cold-formed Steel Members”, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Sheffield, England, September 1-3, 2021.

41. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019), “Cold-Formed Steel Built of Columns: Experimental Investigation”, Proceedings of the 12th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 9 -11, 2019. 

40. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019), “Cold-Formed Steel Wall Panels: Sheathing Braced Design Concepts for Flexural Loading”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures’ – ICSAS19, 2019, Bradford, England. 

39. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019), “New Design Method for the Structural Steel Beams Strengthened With Low Modulus CFRP”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures’ – ICSAS19, 2019, Bradford, England.

38. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019), “Sheathing Restraints on CFS Structural Members – Experimental Investigation”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures’ – ICSAS19, 2019, Bradford, England.

37. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2019). "Design of steel beams strengthened using low-modulus carbon fiber reinforced polymers, Proceedings of the Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR 8), Tokyo, Japan, 16-19 April.

36. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018). "3/Three Dimensional Geometric Imperfection Measurements and Formulations on Cold-Formed Steel Sections”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180251.

35. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Rishika Srinivasa Rao Tumula. (2018). "Design of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Wall Panels”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180281.

34. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Maheshselvan Kanagaraj. (2018). "Use of Low-Modulus CFRP For Structural Steel Members Strengthening”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180283.

33. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Joe Nirosh John Rethinam. (2018). "Structural Behaviour of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Beams”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180284.

32. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Sathyamurali Nagumani. (2018). "Sheathing Stiffness Determination For Cold-Formed Steel Wall Panels”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180285.

31. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Poongothai Subramanian. (2018). "Innovative Retrofitting Method for Structural Steel Members Subjected to Flexure”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180286.

30. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Gothawari Kolanchiyappan. (2018). "Effect of Eccentricity on Cold-Formed Steel Built of Columns”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180287.

29. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Karthick Paramesh Rajamannar. (2018). "Development of New Design Specifications for Steel Beams Strengthened with Low Modulus CFRP”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180288.

28. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Chitla Harshitha. (2018). "Influence of Perforations in Cold Formed Steel Built Up Beams – Experimental Investigation”, Proceedings of the 11th Structural Engineering Convention - 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 19 - 21, 2018, Paper No. 20180399.

27. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018). “Cold-Formed Steel Built of columns: Experimental Investigation”,  Proceedings of the ninth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS), Paper ID - 168, Hong Kong, 5 to 7 December 2018, DOI: 10.18057/ICASS2018.P.168, Vol. l, 553-560. 

26. Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Gaurav Chobe. (2018). “Design approach for steel channels retrofitted with Cold formed steel”,  Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice for Steel Construction, Hong Kong, 5 to 7 September 2018, 691-701. 

25. Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018). “Design methods for metallic beams strengthened with low modulus carbon fiber reinforced polymers”,  Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice for Steel Construction, Hong Kong, 5 to 7 September 2018, 411-423. 

24.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018). “Behavior of Cold-Formed Steel Built-Up Beams: Experimental Investigation”,  Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures (ICTWS), Paper ID - 175, Lisbon, Portugal, 24 to 27 July 2018.

23.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2018). “Effect of Gypsum Sheathings on Cold-Formed Steel Panels: Flexural Test Results”, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures (ICTWS), Paper ID - 60, Lisbon, Portugal, 24 to 27 July 2018.

22.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, Karthick Paramesh Rajamannar K .(2017). “Retrofitting of open channel built-up beams using CFRP”. Proceedings of International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, India, 1086-1095. 

21.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, Gaurav Chobe. (2017). “Design of retrofitting steel channels using cold formed steel channels - Numerical study”. Proceedings of International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, India, 1096-1103.

20.  Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2017). “Experimental Investigation on Bolted Sleeve Connection between Two CFS Channels”. Proceedings of International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, India, 1104-1113.

19.  Senthilkumar Govindan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2017). “The flexural strength behavior of profiled steel sheet with hot rolled plate panel system with bolted connection”. Proceedings of International Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, India. 

18.  Vijayakumar Natesan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2017). Rotational behavior of cold formed steel beams connected through clip angles. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 1: 1580–1589 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017. 

17.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. 2017. Geometric imperfection measurements on cold‐formed steel channels: An approach using 3D non‐contact laser scanner. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 1(2-3), pp.1657-1666 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

16.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. 2017. Behaviour of gypsum sheathed cold‐formed steel stud walls under lateral loadings. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 1(2-3), pp.1707-1715 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

15.  Senthilkumar Govindan and Mahendrakumar Madhavan. (2017), The flexural strength behavior of profiled steel sheet – with hot rolled plate panel system with bolted connection. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 1: 1786–1795 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

14.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan., Gopalan, AGV., Aswinkumar Jayabalan and Arumugam, PK., 2017. Behaviour of CFS strengthened hot‐rolled structural steel beams under flexure. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (EUROSTEEL), ce/papers, 1(2-3), pp.4595-4604 Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017.

13.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj, Mahendrakumar Madhavan., Dongre, SU., Venkatesan. J. Improving the flexural stiffness and lateral torsional buckling behavior of the structural steel channel sections by CFRP strengthening. Proceedings of 7th International conference on steel and aluminum structures, paper no 144, Hong Kong, China, 2016

12.  Shasidhar Reddy and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, “Numerical Studies on Halting Crack Growth Using Crack Stop Hole and Asymmetrically Bonded CFRP Patch”, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-24 July 2015.

11.  Vutkuru Jaswanth Sai, Shasidhar Reddy and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, “A Numerical Study on Strengthening of Crack Stop Hole”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, paper no 1104, Busan, Korea, 28 September – 2 October 2014.

10.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Vishwanath Sanap “An Experimental Study on Flexural Strengthening of Structural Steel Angle Sections using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, paper no 0510, Busan, Korea, 28 September – 2 October 2014.

9.  Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, “Study of Cold Formed Steel Partially Closed Built-Up Sections with Geometric Imperfection Combinations”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, paper no 0707, Busan, Korea, 28 September – 2 October 2014.

8.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Davidson JS, “Flange Compactness Definition for Horizontally Curved I-Girders”, Proceedings of the Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC 2013), Singapore, 8-11 October 2013. 

7.  Davidson JS and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, “Definition of Flange Compactness for I-Beams that are subjected to Combined Primary Bending and Torsion or Lateral Flexure”, 2006 ASCE Structures Congress, May 2006, St. Louis Missouri. 

6.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Davidson JS. “Elastic Buckling of Centerline-Stiffened Plates Subjected to a Linearly Varying Stress Distribution”, North American Steel Construction / Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2005.

5.  Davidson JS and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, “Lateral Stability of Braced Curved I-Girder Systems”, North American Steel Construction / Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2005.

4.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Davidson JS, “Elastic Buckling of Plates Subjected to Uniaxial Eccentric Compression” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, 22-24, Loughborough UK, June 2004.

3.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Davidson JS. “Elastic Buckling of Centerline-Stiffened Plates Subjected to a Linearly Varying Stress Distribution.” Proceedings of the Twenty-second Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (SECTAM), Tuskegee, Alabama, September 2004.

2.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan and Davidson JS., “Elastic Local Buckling of Curved I-girder Flanges”, North American Steel Construction / Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), Proceedings of Annual Stability Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Pages 599-617, April 2003.

1.  Mahendrakumar Madhavan, Shanmugam NE, and Thevendran V., “Behaviour of Web panels Curved in Plan,” American Society of Civil Engineers, Proceedings of Structures Congress 2000, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2000.

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