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Overview

Wensu Chen is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and specializes in engineering, with a focus on civil and structural engineering. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics related to the structural response to dynamic loads, reinforced concrete behavior, and innovative reinforcement materials.

Their scholarly work spans several interconnected fields, including:

  • Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Chen's main research areas include:

  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Innovative Concrete Reinforcement Materials
  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research

Their recent publications reflect a focus on structural resilience, impact behavior, and material innovation. Key papers include:

  • Towards next generation design of sustainable, durable, multi-hazard resistant, resilient, and smart civil engineering structures, 2022, published in Engineering Structures
  • Crashworthiness analysis of bio-inspired fractal tree-like multi-cell circular tubes under axial crushing, 2021, published in Thin-Walled Structures
  • Analytical and numerical studies on impact force profile of RC beam under drop weight impact, 2020, published in International Journal of Impact Engineering
  • Effect of inter-module connection stiffness on structural response of a modular steel building subjected to wind and earthquake load, 2020, published in Engineering Structures
  • Dynamic compressive properties of lightweight rubberized geopolymer concrete, 2020, published in Construction and Building Materials

Chen frequently collaborates with several coauthors, the most notable being:

  • Hong Hao
  • Thong M. Pham
  • Zhijie Huang
  • Zhejian Li
  • Kaiming Bi

Their work is regularly published in established journals within the engineering domain, notably:

  • Engineering Structures
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • International Journal of Impact Engineering
  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Best Publications

  • Structural response of modular buildings – An overview

    Andrew William Lacey;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Kaiming Bi

  • Review of the current practices in blast-resistant analysis and design of concrete structures:

    Hong Hao;Yifei Hao;Jun Li;Wensu Chen

  • Towards next generation design of sustainable, durable, multi-hazard resistant, resilient, and smart civil engineering structures

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  • Static and dynamic mechanical properties of expanded polystyrene

    Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Dylan Hughes;Yanchao Shi

  • Review of bolted inter-module connections in modular steel buildings

    Andrew William Lacey;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Kaiming Bi

  • Experimental study of flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened by longitudinal and U-shaped basalt FRP sheet

    Wensu Chen;Thong M. Pham;Henry Sichembe;Li Chen

  • Numerical Analysis of Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Beam Subjected to Blast Loading

    Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Shuyang Chen

  • Crashworthiness analysis of bio-inspired fractal tree-like multi-cell circular tubes under axial crushing

    Ngoc San Ha;Thong M. Pham;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao

  • Analytical and numerical studies on impact force profile of RC beam under drop weight impact

    Huawei Li;Wensu Chen;Thong M. Pham;Hong Hao

  • Shear behaviour of post-tensioned inter-module connection for modular steel buildings

    Andrew William Lacey;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Kaiming Bi

  • Influence of drop weight geometry and interlayer on impact behavior of RC beams

    Huawei Li;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao

  • New interlocking inter-module connection for modular steel buildings: Experimental and numerical studies

    Andrew William Lacey;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Kaiming Bi

  • Quasi-static and dynamic tensile properties of basalt fibre reinforced polymer

    Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Michael Jong;Jian Cui

  • Dynamic response of precast concrete beam with wet connection subjected to impact loads

    Huawei Li;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao

  • Dynamic compressive properties of lightweight rubberized concrete

    Thong M. Pham;Wensu Chen;Abdul M. Khan;Hong Hao

  • Energy Absorption Characteristics of Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Multi-Cell Bi-tubular Tubes

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  • Effect of inter-module connection stiffness on structural response of a modular steel building subjected to wind and earthquake load

    Andrew William Lacey;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Kaiming Bi

  • Dynamic compressive properties of lightweight rubberized geopolymer concrete

    Thong M. Pham;Junli Liu;Phuong Tran;Voon-Loong Pang

  • Experimental and numerical study on concrete beams reinforced with Basalt FRP bars under static and impact loads

    Zhijie Huang;Zhijie Huang;Wensu Chen;Tung T. Tran;Thong M. Pham

  • Origami metamaterial with two-stage programmable compressive strength under quasi-static loading

    Zhejian Li;Qiusong Yang;Rui Fang;Wensu Chen

  • Numerical study of a new multi-arch double-layered blast-resistance door panel

    Wensu Chen;Hong Hao

  • Numerical study of low-speed impact response of sandwich panel with tube filled honeycomb core

    Jiefu Liu;Jiefu Liu;Jiefu Liu;Wensu Chen;Hong Hao;Hong Hao;Zhonggang Wang

  • Experimental and Numerical Study of Composite Lightweight Structural Insulated Panel with Expanded Polystyrene Core against Windborne Debris Impacts

    Wensu Chen;Hong Hao

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Hao
Hong Hao Curtin University
Thong M. Pham
Thong M. Pham Curtin University
Kaiming Bi
Kaiming Bi Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mohamed Elchalakani
Mohamed Elchalakani University of Western Australia
Jun Li
Jun Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zilong Zhou
Zilong Zhou Central South University
Zhihua Wang
Zhihua Wang Arizona State University
Guoxing Lu
Guoxing Lu Zhejiang University
A.Y. Elghazouli
A.Y. Elghazouli Imperial College London
Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh
Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh Curtin University

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