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Kwok-Fai Chung is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, specializing in engineering with a focus on civil and structural engineering. Their research spans several interrelated fields, including mechanical engineering, building and construction, mechanics of materials, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's work emphasizes structural load-bearing analysis and the structural behavior of reinforced concrete. Key topics also include microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, metal forming simulation techniques, fatigue and fracture mechanics, fire effects on concrete materials, and welding techniques and residual stresses.

Recent papers authored by Kwok-Fai Chung cover a range of subjects within structural and material engineering. These include:

  • Post-fire material properties of stainless-clad bimetallic steel, 2020, published in Fire Safety Journal
  • Effect of inter-module connections on progressive collapse behaviour of MiC structures, 2021, published in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Design of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T-joints under compression loads, 2021, published in Thin-Walled Structures
  • Investigation of block shear strength of high strength steel bolted connections, 2022, published in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Design of square and rectangular CFST cross-sectional capacities in compression, 2020, published in Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Kwok-Fai Chung frequently publishes in several academic journals, reflecting their active engagement with the research community. The main publication venues include:

  • Engineering Structures
  • Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Structures

The researcher has collaborated extensively with other academics, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Yifei Hu
  • D.A. Nethercot
  • H.C. Ho
  • Michael C.H. Yam
  • Meng Xiao

Kwok-Fai Chung's body of work includes over 226 publications in engineering, highlighting a sustained contribution to the understanding and advancement of civil and structural engineering topics, especially in steel structures and material behavior under various forms of loading and environmental impacts.

Best Publications

  • Mechanical properties of structural bamboo for bamboo scaffoldings

    Kwok Fai Chung;W. K. Yu

  • INVESTIGATION ON VIERENDEEL MECHANISM IN STEEL BEAMS WITH CIRCULAR WEB OPENINGS

    Kwok Fai Chung;T. C H Liu;A. C H Ko

  • Three-Stage Full-Range Stress-Strain Model for Stainless Steels

    W. M. Quach;W. M. Quach;Jinguang Teng;Jinguang Teng;Kwok Fai Chung;Kwok Fai Chung

  • Steel beams with large web openings of various shapes and sizes: finite element investigation

    T.C.H. Liu;K.F. Chung

  • Steel beams with large web openings of various shapes and sizes: an empirical design method using a generalised moment-shear interaction curve

    Kwok Fai Chung;C. H. Liu;A. C.H. Ko

  • Finite element modeling of bolted connections between cold-formed steel strips and hot rolled steel plates under static shear loading

    Kwok Fai Chung;K. H. Ip

  • Simplified design of composite beams with large web openings to Eurocode 4

    K.F Chung;R.M Lawson

  • Experimental investigation on bolted moment connections among cold formed steel members

    Kwok Fai Chung;L. Lau

  • Structural behaviour of bolted moment connections in cold-formed steel beam-column sub-frames

    M.F Wong;K.F Chung

  • Column buckling of structural bamboo

    W. K. Yu;Kwok Fai Chung;Siu Lai Chan

  • Tests on superelastic Ni–Ti SMA bars under cyclic tension and direct-shear: towards practical recentring connections

    Cheng Fang;Cheng Fang;Michael C. H. Yam;Hongwei Ma;K. F. Chung

  • Finite element investigation on the structural behaviour of cold-formed steel bolted connections

    Kwok Fai Chung;K. H. Ip

  • Analysis of bolted moment connections in cold-formed steel beam–column sub-frames

    W. K. Yu;Kwok Fai Chung;M. F. Wong

  • Residual stresses in steel sheets due to coiling and uncoiling : a closed-form analytical solution

    W.M Quach;J.G Teng;K.F Chung

  • Axial buckling of bamboo columns in bamboo scaffolds

    W. K. Yu;Kwok Fai Chung;Siu Lai Chan

  • Structural instability of multi-storey door-type modular steel scaffolds

    W. K. Yu;Kwok Fai Chung;Siu Lai Chan

  • Finite element predictions of residual stresses in press-braked thin-walled steel sections

    W.M. Quach;J.G. Teng;K.F. Chung

  • Advanced finite element modelling of perforated composite beams with flexible shear connectors

    A. J. Wang;Kwok Fai Chung

  • Experimental investigation into the structural behaviour of lapped connections between cold-formed steel Z sections

    H.C. Ho;K.F. Chung

  • Residual stresses in press-braked stainless steel sections, I: Coiling and uncoiling of sheets

    W.M. Quach;J.G. Teng;K.F. Chung

  • Advances in Steel Structures

    S. L. Chan;J. G. Teng;K. F. Chung

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Guang Teng
Jin-Guang Teng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Siu-Lai Chan
Siu-Lai Chan Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Guo-Qiang Li
Guo-Qiang Li Tongji University
A.Y. Elghazouli
A.Y. Elghazouli Imperial College London
Tak-Ming Chan
Tak-Ming Chan Hong Kong Polytechnic University
David A. Nethercot
David A. Nethercot Imperial College London
Ben Young
Ben Young Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mingxin Huang
Mingxin Huang University of Hong Kong
Michael C.H. Yam
Michael C.H. Yam Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jiepeng Liu
Jiepeng Liu Chongqing University

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