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Benjamin W. Schafer is a researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their academic work primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on civil and structural engineering.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
  • Fire effects on concrete materials
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Structural Engineering and Materials Analysis
  • Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Their recent research has been published in multiple venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Engineering Structures
  • ce/papers

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Benjamin W. Schafer include:

  • The mechanics of built-up cold-formed steel members, 2020, Thin-Walled Structures
  • Tests and design of built-up section columns, 2021, Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Numerical investigation of the strength and design of cold-formed steel built-up columns, 2022, Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Initial stiffness and plastic resistance of bolted stainless steel T-stubs in tension, 2020, Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Numerical and analytical study of stainless steel beam-to-column extended end-plate connections, 2021, Engineering Structures

Benjamin W. Schafer frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Shahabeddin Torabian
  • Kim J.R. Rasmussen
  • Zhidong Zhang
  • Sándor Ádány
  • Mani Khezri

Best Publications

  • Computational modeling of cold-formed steel: characterizing geometric imperfections and residual stresses

    B.W Schafer;T Peköz

  • REVIEW: THE DIRECT STRENGTH METHOD OF COLD-FORMED STEEL MEMBER DESIGN

    Benjamin W. Schafer

  • Local, Distortional, and Euler Buckling of Thin-Walled Columns

    B. W. Schafer

  • Steel foam for structures: A review of applications, manufacturing and material properties

    B.H. Smith;S. Szyniszewski;J.F. Hajjar;B.W. Schafer

  • Direct Strength Prediction of Cold-formed Steel Members Using Numerical Elastic Buckling Solutions

    Benjamin W. Schafer;Teoman Pekoz

  • COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF COLD-FORMED STEEL

    B.W. Schafer;Z. Li;C.D. Moen

  • Mechanics of Flexible Needles Robotically Steered through Soft Tissue

    S. Misra;K.B. Reed;B.W. Schafer;K.T. Ramesh

  • Buckling Analysis of Cold-formed Steel Members with General Boundary Conditions Using CUFSM Conventional and Constrained Finite Strip Methods

    Z. Li;B. W. Schafer

  • Simulation of cold-formed steel beams in local and distortional buckling with applications to the direct strength method

    Cheng Yu;Benjamin W. Schafer

  • Experiments on cold-formed steel columns with holes

    Cristopher D. Moen;B.W. Schafer

  • Buckling mode decomposition of single-branched open cross-section members via finite strip method : Derivation

    S. Ádány;B.W. Schafer

  • LATERALLY BRACED COLD-FORMED STEEL FLEXURAL MEMBERS WITH EDGE STIFFENED FLANGES

    Benjamin W. Schafer;Teoman Pekoz

  • Local Buckling Tests on Cold-Formed Steel Beams

    Cheng Yu;Benjamin W. Schafer

  • Non-Gaussian power grid frequency fluctuations characterized by Lévy-stable laws and superstatistics

    Benjamin Schäfer;Christian Beck;Kazuyuki Aihara;Dirk Witthaut;Dirk Witthaut

  • Prediction of residual stresses and strains in cold-formed steel members

    Cristopher D. Moen;Takeru Igusa;B.W. Schafer

  • A full modal decomposition of thin-walled, single-branched open cross-section members via the constrained finite strip method

    Sándor Ádány;B.W. Schafer

  • Distortional Buckling Tests on Cold-Formed Steel Beams

    Cheng Yu;Cheng Yu;Benjamin W. Schafer;Benjamin W. Schafer

  • Elastic buckling of thin plates with holes in compression or bending

    Cristopher D. Moen;B.W. Schafer

  • Elastic buckling of cold-formed steel columns and beams with holes

    Cristopher D. Moen;B.W. Schafer

  • Nuclear lamin A/C harnesses the perinuclear apical actin cables to protect nuclear morphology

    Jeong Ki Kim;Arghavan Louhghalam;Geonhui Lee;Benjamin W. Schafer

  • Dynamically induced cascading failures in power grids

    Benjamin Schäfer;Benjamin Schäfer;Dirk Witthaut;Dirk Witthaut;Marc Timme;Marc Timme;Vito Latora;Vito Latora

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome F. Hajjar
Jerome F. Hajjar Northeastern University
Denis Wirtz
Denis Wirtz Johns Hopkins University
James K. Guest
James K. Guest Johns Hopkins University
Kim J.R. Rasmussen
Kim J.R. Rasmussen University of Sydney
Christian Beck
Christian Beck Queen Mary University of London
Felix Eckstein
Felix Eckstein Paracelsus Medical University
Marc Timme
Marc Timme TU Dresden
Tara C. Hutchinson
Tara C. Hutchinson University of California, San Diego
Nicholas P. Jones
Nicholas P. Jones Pennsylvania State University
Vincent B. C. Tan
Vincent B. C. Tan National University of Singapore

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