Recent Advances in Thin-Walled Structures

Rodrigo Gonçalves, Nuno Silvestre

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443364396
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Recent Advances in Thin-walled Structures presents the current state-of-the-art in this important research field. The book is dedicated to the contributions of Professor Dinar Camotim, who is one of the most prominent, global researchers in the field of thin-walled metal structures, and who recently retired. Within the book, nine leading international experts present their most recent and important research findings. The book begins with an introductory chapter that describes the contributions that Professor Dinar Camotin has made to the field during his long and established career. Subsequent chapters focus on different cutting-edge topics that have been written by world-renowned experts. The book will be a valuable reference resource for all those who are involved in the design and optimization of thin-walled structures. It presents the latest achievements in the field, which will help readers address their own challenges and prepare them for future developments and achievements. - Presents recent and important advancements in the field of thin-walled structures - Covers real-world applications, innovative material and construction solutions, technical challenges, future trends, ethical and regulatory aspects, and environmental and sustainability issues - Contains practical case studies, advanced analytical methods, interdisciplinary insights, design standards, risk assessment strategies, sustainability principles, and materials performance data - Includes contributions from prominent international experts in the field

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Recent Advances in Thin-Walled Structures
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Foreword
• 1 On the contributions of Dinar Camotim to the advancement of thin-walled member analysis and design
• 2 Recent developments in the direct strength method localised loading design of cold-formed steel sections
• 3 Stability and design of steel equal-leg angle section beam-columns
• 4 Fire design of steel beam-columns with thin-walled I-shaped cross sections
• 5 Application of the Modal finite strip method for studying the buckling behaviour of cylindrical tubes
• 6 Structural behaviour of LSF wall studs subject to distortional buckling under standard fire exposure
• 7 Nonlinear interactive buckling phenomena in plated structures: Recent advances in energy methods
• 8 Practical design of complex steel members
• Index
• Back Cover