Overview
The Steel Structures Group comprises about 20 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers working on a range of topics relating to the manufacture, testing, simulation and design of steel structures. Active topics include metal additive manufacturing (3D printing), design by advanced analysis, stainless steel, high strength steel, cold-formed steel and aluminium alloy structures.
Here is the current group:
Prof. Gardner's Steel Structures Research Group
Current and former members of the Steel Structures Group may be found here.
Recent news from the Steel Structures Group may be found here.
Funding for research projects has been provided by EPSRC, the European Union, UK and overseas industry, student scholarships and other contributions.
Applications from oustanding candidates to join the group are welcome at any time of year. Please email your CV to: leroy.gardner@imperial.ac.uk
Collaborators
Corus
The Steel Construction Institute
The British Constructional Steelwork Association
South Ealing Tyres and Exhausts
Guest Lectures
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures, Bradford, 2019
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Prague, 2019
Keynote speaker, Steel and Composite Construction, Coimbra, 2019
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Lisbon, 2018
Keynote speaker, Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, Valencia, 2018
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, Hong Kong, 2018
Keynote speaker, Steel and Composite Construction, Hong Kong, 2017
Keynote speaker, International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures, Hong Kong, 2016
Keynote speaker, Steel and Composite Construction, Hong Kong, 2016
Keynote speaker, Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, Beijing, 2015
Keynote speaker, Steel and Composite Construction, Porto, 2013
Keynote speaker, Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Beijing, 2010
Keynote speaker, SMEA Annual Conference, Sheffield, 2006
Research Student Supervision
Afshan,S, Structural behaviour of cold-formed stainless steel tubular members (Completed 2013)
Ahmed,A, Prestressed Steel structures
Ashraf,M, Structural stainless steel design (Completed 2006)
Behzadi Sofiani,B, Steel angle columns
Behzadi-Sofiani,B, Stability and design of steel angle section members
Bu,Y, Structural behaviour of laser-welded stainless steel I-sections (Completed 2018)
Buchanan,C, Testing and design of conventional and novel stainless steel hollow sections (Completed 2017)
Chan,TM, Structural behaviour of elliptical hollow sections (Completed 2007)
Cruise,R, Behaviour of structural stainless steel cross-sections (Completed 2007)
Dos Santos,G, Behaviour and design of structural stainless steel members under concentrated transverse forces (Completed 2019)
Fieber,A, Structural steel design using advanced analysis with strain limits (Completed 2019)
Foster,A, Stability and design of steel beams in the strain-hardening range
Gosaye,J, Behaviour and design of post-tensioned steel structures
Guo,X, 3D printing in construction
Hadjipantelis,N, Behaviour and design of prestressed steel components
Hadjipantelis,N, Prestressed cold-formed steel members (Completed 2019)
Huang,C, 3D printing in construction
Hui,C, Moment redistribution in cold-formed steel purlin systems (Completed 2014)
Kucukler,M, Stiffness reduction approach for structural steel design (Completed 2015)
Kyprianu,C, Cold-formed steel structures
Kyvelou,P, Structural behaviour of composite cold-formed steel systems (Completed 2017)
Lapira,L, Instabilities in flat and warped panels under shear
Lapira,L, Shear buckling of warped panels
Law,A, Structural design of elliptical hollow sections
Liew,A, Design of structural steel elements with the Continuous Strength Method (Completed 2014)
Liu,E, Interactive buckling in thin-walled I-section struts with rigidly rotating flange to web joints (Completed 2016)
McCann,F, Lateral torsional buckling of steel beams
McCann,F, Stability of beams with discrete lateral restraints
Meng,X, High strength steel structures
Ng,K, Stainless steel structures in fire (Completed 2006)
Nip,A, Seismic response of metallic structures (Completed 2009)
Osofero,AI, Mechanics and design of prestressed stayed columns
Qiu,W, Beam-column behaviour of concrete-filled elliptical hollow sections (Completed 2017)
Quan,C, Advanced analysis
Saari,N, Inelastic response of steel structures
Saliba,N, Lean duplex stainless steel structures
Salih,E, Stainless steel connections
Su,M, Behaviour and design of aluminium alloy structural elements
Theofanous,M, Stability and plasticity in metallic structures
Vella,N, Cold-formed steel-timber composite structures
Walport,F, Stainless steel frames
Wang,F, Deformation based steel design
Wang,J, Behaviour and design of high strength steel structures (Completed 2016)
Wu,K, Prestressed stayed columns
Wu,K, Nonlinear structural mechanics of prestressed stayed beam-columns (Started 2017)
Xing,Z, Stainless steel members in fire
Yun,X, Material modelling and design of hot-rolled and cold-formed steel structures (Completed 2018)
Zhang,R, 3D printing in construction
Zhao,O, Structural behaviour of stainless steel elements subjected to combined loading (Completed 2015)
Zhu,Y, Plastic design of High strength steel (HSS) beams and portal frames