Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete IX (eBook)

The highly successful International Conference series on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete is a major forum for researchers, practitioners, and engineers to share and discuss their research, practical experience and innovations related to composite constructions in steel and concrete.

Composite Construction is a key consideration in the design of buildings and infrastructure. Significant advances in research and development have increased the knowledge of the structural performance of composite structures. Some areas are becoming well understood and implemented in the design practice, codes and standards worldwide, while others like, e.g., application of high-performance materials or dismountable and reusable composite members need further studies; trends that are reflected by the conference papers.

The 62 contributions contained in this book cover a wide variety of topics, including composite beams, composite columns, composite decks, joints, shear connections, fire behavior, seismic behavior, fatigue and fracture, codification, composite bridges, innovative hybrid structures, numerical investigations and practical applications.

The Papers are peer-reviewed by the Scientific Board and may be adapted based on the outcome of the discussions during the conference. This book therefore summarizes the state-of-the-art in composite construction worldwide, as presented at the 9th International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete hosted by the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, University of Stuttgart, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau and University of Luxembourg, representing the work of authors from 18 countries.

Editors:
Ulrike Kuhlmann, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Markus Knobloch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Wolfgang Kurz, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Markus Schäfer, Universität Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Scientific Committee:
Roland Bärtschi, Bärtschi Ingenieure, Switzerland
Alain Bureau, Centre Technique De La Construction Metallique (CTICM), France
Adrian Ciutina, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania
Graham Couchman, Steel Construction Institute (SCI), UK
W. Samuel Easterling, Iowa State University, USA
Jerome Hajjar, Northeastern University, USA
Stephen Hicks, University of Warwick, UK
Markus Knobloch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Venkatsh Kodur, Michigan State University, USA
Ulrike Kuhlmann, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Wolfgang Kurz, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Dennis Lam, University of Bradford, UK
Jean-Paul Lebet, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Roberto Leon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Matti V. Leskela, University of Oulu, Finland
Richard Liew Jat Yuen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Renata Obiala, ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Luxembourg
José Oliveira Pedro, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon, Portugal
Gian Andrea Rassati, University of Cincinnati, USA
Manuel L. Romero, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Markus Schäfer, Universität Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Brian Uy, University of Sydney, Australia
Milan Veljkovic, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Franti?ek Wald, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republik
Rebekka Winkler, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Ben Young, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China