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Overview

Zhihua Chen is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and specializes in engineering, with a focus on civil and structural engineering, building and construction, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and materials chemistry. Their work encompasses a wide range of studies in structural load-bearing analysis, structural behavior of reinforced concrete, structural engineering and vibration analysis, structural analysis and optimization, fire effects on concrete materials, BIM and construction integration, and wood treatment and properties.

Chen has contributed extensively to academic literature, with notable recent publications including:

  • Seismic behavior and moment transfer capacity of an innovative self-locking inter-module connection for modular steel building (2021, Engineering Structures)
  • Exploration of the multidirectional stability and response of prefabricated volumetric modular steel structures (2021, Journal of Constructional Steel Research)
  • Tensile and shear performance of rotary inter-module connection for modular steel buildings (2020, Journal of Constructional Steel Research)
  • Experimental study and numerical analysis on seismic performance of FRP confined high-strength rectangular concrete-filled steel tube columns (2021, Thin-Walled Structures)
  • State-of-the-art review on research and application of original bamboo-based composite components in structural engineering (2021, Structures)

The scholar frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Structures
  • Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Engineering Structures
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Thin-Walled Structures

Zhihua Chen collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Hongbo Liu, Jiadi Liu, Yansheng Du, Liulu Guo, and Kashan Khan. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of research in modular steel structures, seismic performance, and composite materials.

Their research interests focus particularly on the development and analysis of structural systems with an emphasis on load-bearing capabilities and seismic behavior. This includes investigation into innovative modular connections, multidirectional stability, shear and tensile performance in steel buildings, and the application of composite materials such as bamboo-based components in construction. Additionally, Chen has worked on the integration of building information modeling and construction processes, as well as the impact of fire on concrete materials.

Best Publications

  • Experimental study on interior connections in modular steel buildings

    Zhihua Chen;Jiadi Liu;Yujie Yu

  • Experimental study of an innovative modular steel building connection

    Zhihua Chen;Jiadi Liu;Yujie Yu;Chenhua Zhou

  • Experimental investigation into the post-fire mechanical properties of hot-rolled and cold-formed steels

    Jie Lu;Hongbo Liu;Hongbo Liu;Zhihua Chen;Zhihua Chen;Xiangwei Liao

  • Rotational stiffness of inter-module connection in mid-rise modular steel buildings

    Zhihua Chen;Yang Liu;Xu Zhong;Jiadi Liu

  • Seismic behavior of special shaped column composed of concrete filled steel tubes

    Ting Zhou;Zhihua Chen;Hongbo Liu

  • Experimental behavior and design method of rectangular concrete-filled tubular columns using Q460 high-strength steel

    Yansheng Du;Yansheng Du;Zhihua Chen;Ming-Xiang Xiong

  • Research on pretensioned modular frame test and simulations

    Zhihua Chen;Hongxing Li;Aoyi Chen;Yujie Yu

  • Static stability behavior of aluminum alloy single-layer spherical latticed shell structure with Temcor joints

    Hongbo Liu;Yizhe Ding;Zhihua Chen

  • Seismic behavior and moment transfer capacity of an innovative self-locking inter-module connection for modular steel building

    Zhihua Chen;Jian Wang;Jiadi Liu;Kashan Khan

  • Experimental seismic behavior of innovative composite shear walls

    Xiaomeng Zhang;Ying Qin;Zhihua Chen

  • Exploration of the multidirectional stability and response of prefabricated volumetric modular steel structures

    Zhihua Chen;Kashan Khan;Arsalan Khan;Khadija Javed

  • Analysis and design of the general and outmost-ring stiffened suspen-dome structures

    Wenjiang Kang;Zhihua Chen;Heung-Fai Lam;Chenran Zuo

  • Rectangular concrete-filled steel tubular beam-columns using high-strength steel: Experiments and design

    Yansheng Du;Yansheng Du;Zhihua Chen;J.Y. Richard Liew;Ming-Xiang Xiong

  • Experimental study on the seismic performance of L-shaped column composed of concrete-filled steel tubes frame structures

    Ting Zhou;Yumeng Jia;Minyang Xu;Xiaodun Wang

  • Experimental investigation of new internal-diaphragm connections to CFT columns under cyclic loading

    Ying Qin;Ying Qin;Zhihua Chen;Zhihua Chen;Xiaodun Wang

  • Experimental and analytical studies on the stability of structural steel tube and coupler scaffolds without X-bracing

    Hongbo Liu;Qiuhong Zhao;Xiaodun Wang;Ting Zhou

  • Rigidity of corrugated plate sidewalls and its effect on the modular structural design

    Yujie Yu;Zhihua Chen

  • Finite element study of behavior and interface force conditions of seven-wire strand under axial and lateral loading

    Yujie Yu;Yujie Yu;Zhihua Chen;Hongbo Liu;Xiaodun Wang

  • Behavior of rectangular concrete-filled high-strength steel tubular columns with different aspect ratio

    Yansheng Du;Yansheng Du;Zhihua Chen;Yujie Yu

  • Experimental seismic behavior of through-diaphragm connections to concrete-filled rectangular steel tubular columns

    Ying Qin;Ying Qin;Zhihua Chen;Qiangyue Yang;Kuijie Shang

  • Theoretical and experimental study on the temperature distribution of H-shaped steel members under solar radiation

    Hongbo Liu;Zhihua Chen;Ting Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Bai
Yu Bai Peking University
Luke Bisby
Luke Bisby University of Edinburgh
David A. Nethercot
David A. Nethercot Imperial College London
J.Y. Richard Liew
J.Y. Richard Liew National University of Singapore
Federico M. Mazzolani
Federico M. Mazzolani University of Naples Federico II
Leroy Gardner
Leroy Gardner Imperial College London
Jia-Bao Yan
Jia-Bao Yan Tianjin University
Heung-Fai Lam
Heung-Fai Lam City University of Hong Kong

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