NASCC:

THE STEEL CONFERENCE

incorporating:
World Steel Bridge Symposium
Georgia World Congress Center QualityCon
SSRC Annual Stability Conference
NISD Conference on Steel Detailing
April 22–24, 2020 Architecture in Steel

TECHNICAL SESSIONS + NETWORKING + PRODUCT SHOWCASE

for structural engineers, detailers, erectors, and fabricators
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 Welcome to
What is The Steel Conference? What is the World Steel Bridge Symposium?
NASCC: The Steel Conference is the premier event for The World Steel Bridge Symposium (WSBS) brings together
structural engineers, fabricators, detailers, erectors, and bridge design engineers, construction professionals, aca-
architects to come together to learn about innovations in demics, transportation officials, fabricators, erectors, and
the design and construction of fabricated steel buildings constructors to discuss and learn state-of-the-art practices for
and bridges. The event also includes a series of specialty enhancing steel bridge design, fabrication and construction
conferences: World Steel Bridge Symposium, SSRC Annual techniques. See page 33 for the detailed WSBS agenda.
Stability Conference, QualityCon, NISD Conference on
Steel Detailing, and Architecture in Steel. Admission to all of
the conferences, which offer nearly 250 technical sessions,
is included with a single registration. In addition to practical
What is QualityCon?
We’re debuting the first-ever structural steel quality confer-
seminars on the latest design concepts, construction
ence! In more than 20 sessions, industry experts will share
techniques, and cutting-edge research, the conference also
the latest on both the principles of quality management and
offers an extensive trade show, featuring products ranging
specifics on how improving your quality processes will boost
from structural design software to machinery for cutting
your bottom-line. Whether you are AISC-certified, a fabri-
steel beams. And, of course, the three-day event provides
cator, an erector, or just want to learn more about quality
plenty of opportunities to network with your peers and other
system, these sessions are for you! You will leave QualityCon
leaders in the design and construction industry.
with ideas and tools that will bring immediate value to your
fabrication facility or erection jobsite.

What should everyone know?

• More than 5,000 industry professionals What is the SSRC Annual Stability Conference?
participate each year. The Structural Stability Research Council’s Annual Stability
• This year, we’re offering a special pre-show opportunity Conference has been held in conjunction with the Steel
to tour a union ironworker training facility. Conference since 2001. In addition to 13 sessions with more
• We offer two pre-conference short courses (your choice: than 60 papers, the SSRC Conference includes the 2020
welded connections or non-linear analysis). Beedle Award and 2019 MAJR Medal presentations. SSRC
• This year’s keynoter, Gerry O’Brion, spoke at AISC’s also holds its annual meeting immediately prior to the SSRC
Future Leaders Ideas Lab last year and received a Conference. Admission to all SSRC Conference sessions is
perfect score on the attendee evaluation form. included with your registration. Session descriptions begin
• Admission to all six conferences is included with your on page 41.
Steel Conference registration.
• Attendees can receive up to 17.5 hours of professional
development credits.
What is the NISD Conference on Steel Detailing?
The National Institute of Steel Detailing has developed a
13-session program specifically for detailers. The program
Who are the speakers? parallels the NISD Certification program and provides
Unlike most conferences, which offer a general call for practical information to help make you a better detailer!
papers, The Steel Conference planning committee selects
topics first, then seeks out the top experts in those areas.
While some of the speakers are perennial favorites, others What is the Architecture in Steel conference?
are less familiar but are nevertheless experts in their areas. The Architecture in Steel conference, which offers AIA LUs,
features exciting sessions on topics such as sustainability,
performance-based fire design, facades, and designing with
new materials. It’s also a prime opportunity for architects
What about the exhibit hall?
to meet other designers with similar interests as well as
This year’s exhibit hall features around 275 exhibitors
engineers and fabricators. For more information, see the
demonstrating a wide array of products. You’ll find fabrication
session descriptions beginning on page 48.
equipment, detailing software, connection products, safety
equipment, engineering software, and coatings. Equipment
manufacturers typically provide full demonstrations of their
equipment: Steel beams are cut, punched, and drilled right Georgia World Congress Center
on the exhibit hall floor! The exhibit hall is open April 22–24. 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
See page 11 for exhibit hall hours. [Link]/georgia-world-congress-center/

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Continuing Education Credit
Attendees earn one professional development hour (PDH) for each hour of participation at a technical session at The Steel Conference
(One PDH is equivalent to 0.1 CEU). Additionally, AISC is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing
Education System (AIA/CES), and some sessions have been submitted for AIA continuing education credit (LU or LU/HSW). Some of
the session topics may not align with the PDH criteria for licensure requirements in some states. It is ultimately up to the individual
to determine whether or not the content of a session meets the requirements for his or her particular licensure.

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short courses

Design of Fatigue-Resistant Do you design or detail steel bridges? Crane supports for industrial buildings?
Welded Connections Cyclically loaded structures like sign supports or luminaries? Or maybe you
fabricate cyclically loaded structures? If so, this short course on the design
SC1 Tuesday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. of cyclically-loaded welded connections is for you. This half-day program
will review the causes of fatigue crack initiation and propagation, discuss
Speaker: Duane K. Miller, PE, ScD,
the role of stress range, and explore the performance of various welded
The Lincoln Electric Company
connection details. Using the methodology detailed in AISC 360 Appendix
$275 members* | $400 non-members 3, the influence (or the lack thereof) of maximum stresses, minimum stresses,
Add $50 if purchased on-site. and the strength of the steel will all be reviewed. The interaction of fatigue
and fracture will be discussed, as will be the constraints associated with
*Members of the following organizations qualify
the Appendix 3 methodology. Attendees will learn how to design welded
for a member rate: AISC, NSBA, SSRC, NISD.
connections that will be fatigue-resistant, regardless of the type of structure
Registration is required for this short course. or source of cyclic loading. This course will be presented by Duane Miller,
See PART 5 of the registration form on page 63. one of the worlds leading authorities on the design of welded structures
and a renowned lecturer. Duane is also a member of the AISC Specifications
Committee and has been a major contributor to the content of Appendix 3
over the past 15 years. He currently serves as First Vice-Chair of the AWS
D1 Structural Welding Code Committee and Chair of the Seismic Welding
Subcommittee. He is a former co-chair of the AASHTO-AWS D1.5 Bridge
Welding Code Committee, a member of the AISC Specification Committee, a
Professional Engineer, a Certified Welding Inspector, and a Qualified Welder.
 4.0 PDHs

SSRC Short Course Per Chapter C of AISC’s Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, second-
Nonlinear Structural Analysis Methods order effects, geometric imperfections, and stiffness reductions due to
Used in Modern Steel Design inelasticity and residual stresses must be considered. Modern-day software
programs are capable of analyzing these conditions, but designers who use
SC2 Tuesday 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. them need to have a fundamental understanding of how these nonlinear
Speakers: Barry T. Rosson, PE, PhD, analyses are completed, which elements of structural behavior are included
and which are neglected, and the degree to which various methods of analysis
Florida Atlantic University
have inherent limitations that can affect solution accuracy and consistency.
$275 members* | $400 non-members This course will provide an overview of:
Add $50 if purchased on-site. • Modeling geometric imperfections directly versus with notional loads
• Equilibrium in the deformed configuration using an incremental second-
*Members of the following organizations qualify
order analysis approach versus the approximate amplification methods in
for a member rate: AISC, NSBA, SSRC, NISD.
Appendix 8
Registration is required for this short course. • Elastic critical load analysis versus alternate methods to determine
See PART 5 of the registration form on page 63. effective length factors
• Inelastic behavior and analysis of steel beams and frames
• Analysis of alternating loads that produce shakedown and incremental
collapse conditions
Engineers 4.0 PDHs

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keynote presentations

Gerry O’Brion is a strategy and branding expert who has worked on several billion-
dollar brands (including Procter & Gamble, Coors Brewing Company, Quiznos, and
Red Robin) and distilled that experience into a framework that will challenge your
thinking about why customers buy and how they make referrals. Participants will
learn a framework in innovation and influence that will show you how to become
the #1 choice in crowded industries. Gerry will show you how to create disruptive
strategies and messaging to attract your ideal customers and how to leverage
change to create unique competitive advantages that make you the clear choice.
ALL  1.0 PDHs

bio:
After earning his MBA at the University of Michigan, Gerry O’Brion worked with Procter &
What Big Brands Know! Gamble on brands such as Crisco, Tide, Mr. Clean, and Spic & Span. Next, at Coors Brewing
Company, he managed Coors Light, a $2 billion business. He was then VP of Marketing for
K1 Wednesday 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. the $1.5 billion Quiznos restaurant chain. Gerry was most recently VP of Marketing for Red
Speaker: Gerry O’Brion, Robin Gourmet Burgers, a $1 billon brand.
What Big Brands Know

For more than half a century, James M. Fisher has been the design industry’s
leading pragmatist. Whether designing an industrial facility or leading AISC’s
specification efforts, Jim has been the go-to person for practical advice on both
design and constructibility. His keynote presentation highlights what he has
learned about how to create successful designs. These items are not calculations
and analysis methods, but rather how to use good judgment and consider the
needs of the structural team members (engineers, steel detailers, steel fabricators,
erectors, material suppliers) and the owner. Means of creating successful designs
with quality construction documents and cooperation with the team members
are discussed. Quips and myths which affect quality designs and lead to create
successful designs are presented. Challenges are presented to senior and young
engineers and to educators.
Jim Fisher’s Keys for Successful ALL  1.0 PDHs
Designs: Quips & Myths
bio:
K2 Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
James M. Fisher received a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin
Speaker: James M. Fisher, PE, PhD, in 1962. After serving two years as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he
CSD Structural Engineers, Emeritus continued his formal education and in 1965 and 1968 respectively he received his MS
and PhD degrees in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining
Computerized Design in 1973, Fisher was an assistant professor of Structural Engineering at
the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Fisher’s structural expertise has resulted in authoring
and co-authoring sixteen books, numerous technical publications, and several AISC seminars
and short courses. He has lectured for AISC throughout the U.S. and Mexico.
Fisher served as the Chairman of the AISC Specification Committee from 2003 until 2010.
He continues to be active on several AISC Specification Task Committees. He is a member of
the AISI Cold-Formed Specification Committee and ASCE 7. In addition, Fisher serves as the
Consulting Engineer to the Steel Joist Institute (SJI). In 1984, Fisher received the T.R. Higgins
Lectureship Award presented by AISC, and in 2000 he received AISC’s Lifetime Achievement
Award. Both awards recognized his exceptional contribution to the steel construction
industry. He also received AISC’s highest award, the J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, in 2006.
Fisher is the 2020 NASCC: The Steel Conference Speaker Award winner.
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 keynote presentations
In the design of steel structures, each member is isolated and evaluated
using the appropriate requirements from the AISC Specification for
Structural Steel Buildings. Similarly, gusset plate connections can be
complex structural systems that are separated into several elements
for design purposes. The behavior of these gusset plate elements can
be captured with simple design models, where portions of the plate are
treated as structural members with well-documented and predictable
behavior. This presentation will provide a brief history of gusset plate
design methods and discuss their evolution over the last century. We’ll
examine current design provisions, where column and beam models are
used to predict the strength of gusset plates in various configurations,
including wrap-around gusset plates. The presentation will conclude with
T.R. Higgins Lecture a preview of a new method to predict the compression strength of gusset
Gusset Plates: The Evolution of plates using notional loads.
Simplified Design Models ALL  1.5 PDHs
K3 Friday noon – 1:30 p.m.
bio:
Speaker: Bo Dowswell, PE, PhD, Bo Dowswell started in the steel industry in 1985 as a detailer. Since then, he
ARC International, LLC earned BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Auburn University and The University of
Alabama at Birmingham. As a professional engineer, his design practice focuses
on steel structures. Currently, he is principal of both SDS Consulting, a design firm,
and ARC International, which specializes in research and consulting. Bo is also an
adjunct professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, where his research
and teaching is concentrated on steel connection design. Additionally, he provides
consulting services for the AISC Steel Solutions Center.
Dowswell is the author of AISC Design Guide 33: Curved Member Design,
and he regularly publishes technical articles on steel design. He is a member
of several AISC Committees, including the Committee on Specifications, the
Committee on Manuals, the Committee on Research and the Task Group
on Industrial Buildings and Nonbuilding Structures. Bo is also a member of
Structural Stability Research Council, where his activities are primarily related to
connection element and beam stability.

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2020 SSRC annual meeting schedule
Welcome Tuesday 1:00 – 1:10 p.m. | Daniel Linzell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Stability of Beams Experimental Study on Steel Tub Girders with Modified Cross-Section Details
and Girders Stalin Armijos-Moya, Todd Helwig, and Michael Engelhardt, The University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas; Yang Wang, Stress Engineering Services, Houston, Texas
SS1 Tuesday 1:10 – 2:30 p.m. Design of Steel Beams Affected by Local/Global Coupled Instabilities
Moderator: Anthony Battistini, Lucile Gérard and Nicolas Boissonnade, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Angelo State University On the Elastic Critical Moment of Trapezoidally Corrugated Web Girders
Bence Jáger and László Dunai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
Budapest, Hungary
Improved Elastic Shear Buckling Coefficients for Web Panels of I-Beams
Lakshmi P Subramanian, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India;
Shiv Shanker Ravichandran, Larsen and Toubro Limited, Chennai, India
Shear Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Flexural Members Connected Using Clip Angles
Cheng Yu and Zhishan Yang, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Yu Tian,
Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
Engineers 1.0 PDHs

Stability at Elevated Stability of Composite Axial Members Under Fire Loading

Temperatures Saahastaranshu R. Bhardwaj, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
Preshit Wazalwar and Amit H. Varma, Purdue University, West Lafatyette, Ind.
SS2 Tuesday 3:00 – 4:20 p.m. Local/Global Coupled Instabilities of Steel Hollow Section Columns under Fire
Moderator: Erica Fischer, Jeanne Paquet, Tristan Coderre, and Nicolas Boissonnade, Laval University,
Oregon State University Quebec City, Canada; Carlos Couto and Paulo Vila Real, RISCO – University of
Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Role of Transient Creep in Fire Induced Progressive Collapse of Steel Framed Buildings
Venkatachari S. and Kodur V. K. R., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
Effect of Boundary Conditions on the Creep Buckling of Steel Plates in Fire
Mohammed A. Morovat, Michael D. Engelhardt, and Todd A. Helwig, University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Stability of SpeedCore Walls Under Fire Loading: Summary of Experimental and
Numerical Analysis
Ataollah Taghipour Anvari, Saahastaranshu R. Bhardwaj, and Amit H. Varma,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Engineers 1.0 PDHs

Overview of Task Group Objectives Tuesday 4:20 – 4:30 p.m. | Daniel Linzell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

International Liaison Committee Meeting Tuesday 4:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Task Group Meetings TG02 Members: Stability of Steel Members

(parallel breakout sessions for task groups) Chair: Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas
TG04 Stability of Metal Bridges and Bridge Components
SS3 Tuesday 4:45 – 5:15 p.m. Chair: T. Andrés Sánchez, ADSTREN, Quito, Ecuador
TG06 Extreme Loads: Stability under Extreme Loads
Chair: Mina Seif, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.

Task Group Meetings TG03 Systems: Stability of Steel Systems, Especially Frames
(parallel breakout sessions for task groups) Chair: Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
TG05 Thin-Walled Structures
SS4 Tuesday 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Chair: Kara Peterman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Mass.

SSRC Annual • SSRC Business Meeting

Business Meeting • Presentation of the 2020 Yoon Duk Kim Young Researcher Award
• Presentation of the 2020 Vinnakota Award
SS5 Tuesday 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. • Presentation of the 2019 MAJR Medal
• Presentation of the 2020 Beedle Award

SSRC Social Hour

SS6 Tuesday 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

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 Stability of Wall and Moment-Rotation Characterization of
Roofing Systems Cold-Formed Steel Joist-to-Ledger Connections
with Variable Sheathing
S1 Wednesday 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Hernan Castaneda and Kara D. Peterman,
Moderator: Dinar Camotim, University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Amherst, Mass.
ANNUAL STABILITY
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Sheathing Bracing Requirements for Cold-formed
Steel Members Subjected to Bending
Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar
Madhavan, Indian Institute of Technology
Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Investigations on Buckling Behavior of
Intermittently Fastened Cold-Formed Steel
CONFERENCE

Built-Up Columns Using Spline Finite Strip Method

Akshay Mangal Mahar and Arul Jayachandran S.,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai, India
Experimental Response of Cold-Formed Steel
Walls with Bridging and Sheathing
Benjamin W. Schafer, Boyu Qian, and Akhil Nayyar,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.;
Shahab Torabian, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.,
Washington, DC
Engineers  1.0 PDHs
SSRC

Advances in Stability Analysis Modeling P-Delta Effects in Seismic Analysis

of Structures
S2 Wednesday 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Finley A. Charney, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Moderator: Daniel Linzell, A Geometrically Exact Curved Thin-Walled
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beam Finite Element Accounting for
Cross-Section Deformation
Moderator: Bernard Frankl, HDR Inc. Nuno Peres and Rodrigo Gonçalves, Universidade
Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal; Dinar
Camotim, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
An Assessment of the Eurocode 3 Provisions for
Lateral-Torsional Buckling of I-Sections under
Uniaxial and Biaxial Bending
Rodrigo Gonçalves, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Caparica, Portugal
Constrained Shell Finite Element Method for
Stability Analysis of Thin-Walled Steel Members
with Tapered Sections
Sheng Jin, Chongqing University, Chongqing,
China; Zhanjie Li, SUNY Polytechnic Institute,
Utica, N.Y.
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 Stability of Columns The Effect of Transverse Stiffeners on the Torsional Buckling of Thin-Walled Columns
SSRC ANNUAL STABILITY CONFERENCE sessions

Trung Hoang and Sandor Adany, Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
S3 Wednesday 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Budapest, Hungary
Moderator: Todd A. Helwig, Interaction of Section and Member Slenderness on the Behavior of High Strength
University of Texas at Austin CFT Members
Abdullah M. Alghossoon and Amit H. Varma, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Global-Global Interaction in Cold-Formed Steel Channel Columns:
Relevance, Post-Buckling Behavior, Strength and DSM Design
Pedro B. Dinis, Dinar Camotim, and André D. Martins, Universidade de Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal; Alexandre Landesmann, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Axial Strength and Stability Behaviour of Cold-Formed Steel Battened Closed
Section Columns
M. Adil Dar, Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, and Arvind K. Jain, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, New Delhi, India
Experimental Investigation on Cold-Formed Steel Stiffened Lipped Channel
Columns Undergoing Local-Distortional Interaction
Man-Tai Chen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Ben Young,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; André D. Martins,
Dinar Camotim, and Pedro B. Dinis, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Stub Column Response in Light of Local vs Distortional Buckling
Shahabeddin Torabian, Gaurav Chobe, and Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md.; Jim Crews, UNARCO RACK, Springfield, Tenn.
Engineers  1.5 PDHs

Special Topics in Buckling Mode Characterization for High-Strength Cold-Formed Steel with In-Situ
Structural Stability 3D Scanning
Yu Xia, Hannah B. Blum, and Alain H. Peyrot, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
S4 Wednesday 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Madison, Wis.; Oliver Friis, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Moderator: Craig E. Quadrato , Computational Study of Elastic Buckling and Post-Buckling Strength of Steel Decks
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. in Bending
Vitaliy V. Degtyarev, New Millennium Building Systems, Columbia, S.C.
Stability of Steel Columns Subjected to Near-Field Detonations
Yongwook Kim and Jarett Rooney, Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y.
Post-Buckling Strength and Ductility Evaluation of Thin-Walled Steel Tubular
Columns with Graded Thickness under Multiaxial Cyclic Lateral Loading
Iraj H. P. Mamaghani, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
Engineers 1.0 PDHs

Stability of Structural Structural Stability Assessment of the Gerber System

Systems Vahab Esmaeili, Yasaman Balazadeh Minouei, Ali Imanpour, and Robert Driver,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
S5 Wednesday 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. The Effect of Shear Coexistent with Axial Compression on Transverse Stiffeners in
Moderator: Patricia Clayton, Longitudinally Stiffened Plates
University of Texas at Austin Charles M. King, COWI North America, Florham Park, N.J.
Strength and Stiffness Requirements for Beam Torsional Bracing
Moderator: Benjamin W. Schafer, Yangqing Liu, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; Balázs Kövesdi, Budapest University
John Hopkins University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary; Todd A. Helwig, University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Bracing Requirements to Improve System Buckling of Narrow Girder Systems
Balázs Kövesdi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest,
Hungary; Yangqing Liu, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; Todd A. Helwig, University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Stability under Seismic Response of Steel Multi-Story and Multi-Tiered Ordinary Concentrically-

SSRC ANNUAL STABILITY CONFERENCE sessions

Seismic Loading Braced Frames
Aradhana Agarwal and Larry A. Fahnestock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
S6 Thursday 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Champaign, Ill.
Moderator: Hannah Blum, Seismic Response and Design of Low-Ductile Steel Multi-Tiered Concentrically
University of Wisconsin-Madison Braced Frames
Eshagh Derakhshan and Ali Imanpour, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Study of Story Drift Limits in Steel Buildings Subjected to Seismic Forces
Andres F. Robalino, Santiago R. Zaruma, and Telmo A. Sanchez, ADSTREN, Quito,
Ecuador
Seismic Response Predictions From 3D Steel Braced Frame Building Simulations
Hamid Foroughi, Shahab Torabian, and Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md.; Gengrui Wei and Matt R. Eatherton, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Engineers 1.0 PDHs

Presentation Session Beedle Award Presentation:

for Beedle and The Mechanics of Built-Up Open Sections
McGuire Awards Kim Rasmussen, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
S7 Thursday 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Kim Rasmussen and Mani Khezri, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;
Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.;
Moderator: Larry A. Fahnestock,
Hao Zhang, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign Kim Rasmussen, MScEng, PhD, DEng, is full Professor and Chairman of the Centre for
Advanced Structural Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of
Sydney. He is also Deputy Dean and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Engineer-
ing at the University of Sydney. His main research interests are theoretical and experimen-
tal structural mechanics and structural stability analysis with particular application to steel
structural members and systems, cold-formed steel structures, stainless steel structures,
and aluminium structures. His current research activities involve the testing, analysis, and
design of steel storage rack structures and built-up cold-formed steel structures, as well
as the development of analysis-based design methods and associated system reliability
analysis. He also leads projects related to full-range behaviour of connections including
fracture analysis and buckling-induced morphing of structural elements. Kim Rasmussen
has published 400 journal and conference papers and presented numerous keynote and
invited papers at leading conferences for research on steel structures. His publications
have been cited more than 3,000 times. His current h-index (Scopus) is 32, which places
him among the top 5% of cited researchers in the field of steel structures. He has received
continuous support from the Australian Research Council over the last 20 years. Kim Ras-
mussen is chair or member of numerous national and international standards committees
related to Steel Structures, Stainless Steel Structures, Aluminium Structures, Scaffolding
Structures, and Steel Storage Racks. He has undertaken numerous consultancies for indus-
try and remains an active consultant advising on structural analysis, design, and collapse.
This award has been established in honor of the late Lynn S. Beedle, an international authority
on stability and the development of code criteria for steel and composite structures.

MAJR Medal Presentation: Generalized Beam Theory:

Moving from Isolated Members to Structural Systems
Cilmar Basaglia, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Cilmar Basaglia is an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, Architecture
and Urban Design of the University of Campinas, Brazil, where he teaches graduate and
undergraduate courses on Behavior and Design of Steel Structures and Numerical Meth-
ods of Structural Analysis. He holds a MASc degree in Structural Engineering from the
University of São Paulo (2004) and a PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the University
of Lisbon (2010)—his thesis dealt with the application of Generalized Beam Theory (GBT)
to structural systems. He is an active researcher in the fields of Steel Structures, Structural
Stability, and Non-Linear Behavior of Thin-Walled Structures, focusing on GBT-based solu-
tions. He has co-authored two book chapters, 22 international journal papers, and 74 inter-
national and national conference papers.
This award has been established in honor of the late William “Bill” McGuire to recognize
promising young researchers in structural stability.
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 Stability of Members Biaxial Strength of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Beam-Columns with
SSRC ANNUAL STABILITY CONFERENCE sessions

under Combined Axial Non-Colocated Peak Demands

Amirfarzad Behnam and Mark D. Denavit, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
and Flexural Loads
Knoxville, Tenn.
S8 Thursday 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Interaction Strength of Steel-Concrete Composite Beam-Columns Including the
Balance Point
Moderator: Daniel Linzell,
Mark D. Denavit, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, Tenn.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Strength of Cold-Formed Sections Subjected to Axial Compressive Force and
Bending Moments
M. T. Hanna and Mohamed Massoud, Housing and Building National Research
Center, Cairo, Egypt; E. E. Amoush, Higher Technological Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Study on the Influence of Measured Geometric Shape Deviations on the
Deformation Capacity and Post-Buckling Behavior of Hollow Sections Loaded in
Compression and Bending
Andreas Müller and Andreas Taras, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Investigation on the Stability Behaviour of Cold-Formed Steel Beam-Column
Members under Biaxial Bending
Sevugan Rajkannu J. and Arul Jayachandran S., Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai, India
Development of a Generalized Slenderness-Based Resistance Method for the
Design of High-Strength Steel Hollow Section Beam-Columns
Andreas Taras, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; Andrea Toffolon, Institute of Structural
Engineering, Bundeswehr University Munich, Neubiberg, Germany
Engineers 1.5 PDHs

Stability of Wall and Stiffness Based Design Method for Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Members
Roofing Systems Subjected to Torsional Buckling
Sivaganesh Selvaraj and Mahendrakumar Madhavan, IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
S9 Thursday 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Seismic Performance of Cold-Formed Shear Wall with Window and Door Hole in a
Moderator: Kara D. Peterman, Prefabricated Structural Frame
University of Massachusetts Amherst Xue Chun Liu and Guan Po Chen, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China;
Cheng Yu, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Moderator: Dinar Camotim, Cyclic Tests on Double-Skin Recycled Concrete-Filled Composite Walls
University of Lisbon, Portugal Qiuhong Zhao, Yikang Li, and Meng Yang, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China;
Ying Tian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev.
Lateral Performance of Steel-Plate Concrete Shear Walls with Nonlinear Fuses
under the Wind Load
Seyed Mohammad Reza Emrani and Siamak Epackachi, Amirkabir University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran; Ali Imanpour, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Engineers 1.0 PDHs

Advances in Stability Flexural-Torsional Failure and DSM Design of Cold-Formed Steel Columns at
Analysis Elevated Temperatures
Antonio Renato Albuquerque Bicelli and Alexandre Landesmann, Universidade
S10 Thursday 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Dinar Camotim, Universidade de
Moderator: Daniel Linzell, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Modeling the Nominal Flexural Strength of W-Shape Beams Using a New
Inelastic Model
Moderator: Bernard Frankl, HDR Inc. Barry T. Rosson, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla.; Matthew F. Fadden,
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
Analysis of Non-Symmetric Cross-Sections Relative to the Provisions of AISC 360-10
Edward J. Sippel and Hannah B. Blum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI;
Ronald D. Ziemian, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.
New Formulations for the Cross-Sectional Strength of High-Strength Steel
Rectangular and Square Hollow Sections Using a Generalized Slenderness-Strength
Method
Andrea Toffolon, Bundeswehr University Munich, Munich, Germany; Andreas Taras,
ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Engineers  1.0 PDHs

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Topics in Local Stability Buckling and Distortion Induced Fatigue of Curved Steel Plate Girders with

SSRC ANNUAL STABILITY CONFERENCE sessions

Slender Webs
S11 Friday 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Mehran Jalali, Justin D. Marshall, and James S. Davidson, Auburn University,
Moderator: Telmo Sanchez, Auburn, Ala.
ADSTREN Cia. Ltda. On the Calculation of Web Compression Buckling Strength for W-Sections with
Load Widths Greater than Section Depth
Kadir Sener, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.; Jacob Witte and Amit Varma,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
A Nondestructive Method to Find the Buckling Capacity for Thin Shells
Kshitij Kumar Yadav and Simos Gerasimidis, University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Amherst, Mass.
Local Buckling Analysis of Multi-Sided Steel Tube Sections
Zannatul M. Dalia and Anjan Bhowmick, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Engineers  1.0 PDHs

Stability of Structural Systems Post Buckling Strength of Single Layer Domes under Distributed Loading
Prahlad Dara and Raghavan Ramalingam, National Institute of Technology,
S12 Friday 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Tiruchirappalli, India
Moderator: Patricia Clayton, Second-Order Stability Analysis of Cold-Formed Steel Pallet Racks
University of Texas at Austin Arul Jayachandran Sanjeevi, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Predicting the Local and Distortional Buckling Strength of Discrete Braced Purlins
Moderator: Benjamin W. Schafer, Using the Direct Strength Method
John Hopkins University Michael W. Seek, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va.
Experimental Study on the Ability of Standing Seam Roof to Provide Lateral
Bracing for Rafters
Gengrui Wei and Matthew R. Eatherton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA; Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Md.; Michael Seek, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va.
Engineers  1.0 PDHs

Topics in Lateral-Torsional Lateral-Torsional Deformations of C-Section and Z-Section Beams with

Buckling Continuous Bracing
Raymond H. Plaut, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Cristopher D. Moen,
S13 Friday 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. RUNTOSOLVE, LLC, Baltimore, Md.
Moderator: Daniel Linzell, Simplified Solutions for Estimating the Lateral-Torsional Buckling Resistance of
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nonprismatic Girders
Matthew C. Reichenbach, Todd A. Helwig, and Michael D. Engelhardt,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Strength and Stability of Point-Symmetric Cold-Formed Steel Members
Undergoing Lateral-Torsional Buckling
Shuo Wang and Benjamin W. Schafer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.;
Robert Glauz, RSG Software, Lee's Summit, Mo.
Large Scale Experimental Lateral Torsional Buckling Tests of Welded
I-Section Members
Ryan Slein, Joshua S. Buth, Wajahat Latif, Ammar A. Alshannaq, Ajit M. Kamath,
Fredrick B. Chung, and Donald W. White, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Ga.; David W. Scott, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga.
Engineers  1.0 PDHs

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 NASCC:
THE STEEL CONFERENCE
incorporating: Architecture
in Steel World Steel Bridge Symposium QualityCon
SSRC Annual Stability Conference NISD Conference on Steel Detailing

2020 NASCC Planning Committee 2020 SSRC Planning Committee

Glenn R. Tabolt, PE (Chair, Board Oversight), Daniel Linzell, PE, PhD (Chair),
STS Steel, Inc. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
David E. Eckmann, SE, PE, FAIA (Vice Chair), Larry A. Fahnestock, PE, PhD,
Magnusson Klemencic Associates University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Todd Alwood, AISC Erica Fischer, PE, PhD, Oregon State University
Jon T. Beier, PE, LEED AP BD+C, SMBH, Inc. Ronald D. Ziemian, PE, PhD, Bucknell University
Bray Bourne, Universal Steel, Inc. Rachel H. Jordan, SSRC Coordinator
Sam M. Boykin, III, Steelfab, Inc. of Alabama
Jeff Carlson, PE, AISC
Kenneth Charles, Steel Joist Institute
Christian B. Crosby, Cianbro Corporation 2020 Architect Planning Committee
Troy Dye, ARW Engineers David E. Eckmann, SE, PE, FAIA (Chair), Magnusson
Luke Faulkner, AISC Klemencic Associates
Alan W. Henry, S&R Enterprises Paul Miller, Schorr Architects, Inc.
Drew Heron, Empire Acero Alex Morales, AISC
Joel T. Hicks, Ferrell Engineering, Inc. Brian Tabolt, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Jerod Hoffman, Meyer Borgman Johnson, Inc. Jacqueline M. Velez, JMV Architect, PLLC
Ross Jones, Delta Structural Steel Services Group Scott Melnick (Secretary), AISC
Matthew B. Kawczenski, SE, PE,
McLaren Engineering Group
John A. Kennedy, Structural Affiliates
International, Inc. 2020 WSBS Planning Committee
Lynda Leigh, Turner Construction Glenn R. Tabolt, PE (Chair, Board Oversight),
Brent L. Leu, PE, AISC STS Steel, Inc.
Alex Morales, AISC Michel Bruneau, PEng, PhD, University At Buffalo – SUNY
Kim Olson, FORSE Consulting Christian B. Crosby, Cianbro Corporation
John C. Schuepbach, John C. Schuepbach John Hastings, AISC
Alan T. Sheppard, The DuRoss Group, Inc. Matt Hebdon, Virginia Tech
James P. Stever, Stever’s Virtual Steel Christopher Higgins, Oregon State University
Technologies, Inc. Finn K. Hubbard, PE, Fickett Structural Solutions Inc.
Harvey Clayton Swift, IMPACT Tony Hunley, Stantec Consulting Services
Jules Van de Pas, SE, PE, CSD Structural Engineers Steven Jacobi, Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Ronald D. Ziemian, PE, PhD, Bucknell University Eric K. Myers, Nucor Steel Plate Group
Scott Melnick (Secretary), AISC Justin Ocel, Federal Highway Administration
Ryan Sherman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Geoff Swett, Washington State Department of
Transportation – Bridge and Structures Office
2020 NISD Planning Committee Dayi Wang, Federal Highway Administration –
Joel Hicks, Ferrell Engineering, Inc. Office of Bridges and Structures
David Merrifield, Alpha Fabrication Services Jeff Carlson, PE (Secretary), AISC
Kerri Olsen, SteelAdvice Scott Melnick (Advisory), AISC

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