2023 was a busy year for the TW Group as usual! Below is a list of 2023 journal articles, links
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Ready to shake a ten-story CFS building?
Our long-running multi-institutional cold-formed steel earthquake engineering project: CFS-NHERI is looking forward to a monumental 2024. In 2024 we will
So long CFSRC, it was a good run
Around 2010 I had the idea to create a research consortium around cold-formed steel. I thought we could combine all
Steel Building Structures Research – 2022 Recap
The TW Group was busy as always working on advancing steel, particularly cold-formed steel, building structures research. Here is a
Wind Tower Structures Research – 2022 Recap
Thanks to the excellent research of TW Group members such as Ph.D. Candidate Victoria Ding, Visiting Faculty Scholars Dr. Sandor Ádány, Dr.
Schafer in the news
A lot happened in 2021 for Professor Schafer, here are some articles that summarize the latest. NSF grant on wind
award winning paper!
Thin-walled Structures Group Ph.D. student Astrid Fischer took home the Best Student Presentation Award at the 2020 Cold-Formed Steel Structures
Bracing CFS STUD Walls – Final Report
Today the TW Group released their Final Report on the AISI and SFIA sponsored effort to investigate the strength of
Cyclic tests on Steel Sheet Shear Wall Connections
Johns Hopkins University Thin-walled group researchers Zhidong Zhang and Ben Schafer released a test report today investigating the fastener-level force-deformation
System Reliability Analysis of Metal building Roofs
Thin-walled group researchers Shahab Torabian and Ben Schafer released a new report today assessing the potential for system reliability benefits