The International Conference series on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures (CIGOS)

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CIGOS 2019 – INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

Since 2010, with the great success of all four consecutive events, CIGOS (Congrès International de Géotechnique - Ouvrages - Structures) has firmly established its international reputation and gradually become an important forum for promoting both academic and professional high-quality exchanges in Geotechnical, Structural and Construction Engineering.

CIGOS 2019, which will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam from October 31 to November 1, 2019, is co-organized by the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) in collaboration with the University of Transport Technology (UTT) and in partnership with the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay. This 5^th International Conference focuses on the theme of "Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure", which aims to not only raise awareness of the vital importance of sustainability in infrastructure development but also highlight the essential roles of innovation and technology in helping to plan and build sustainable infrastructure.

CIGOS 2019 will continue the objectives of the previous CIGOS events. It will provide an international platform where researchers, practitioners, policymakers and entrepreneurs could present their recent advances as well as exchange knowledge and experience on various topics related to the theme of “Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure". Moreover, CIGOS 2019 will also place particular focus on promoting beneficial economic partnership, technological transfers within enterprises as well as on developing the institutional cooperation on research and higher education.

All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two relevant experts in the international scientific committee. Similar to the previous 2017-Edition, the CIGOS 2019 proceedings will be submitted to the book series “Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering” published by Springer and indexed in Scopus.

Keynote Speakers

Hojjat Adeli Professor, Ohio State University & Editor-in-Chief of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, USA × Hojjat Adeli Ohio State University & Editor in Chief of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, USA Hojjat Adeli received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1976 at the age of 26. He is currently an Academy Professor at The Ohio State University where he held the Abba G. Lichtenstein Professorship for ten years. He has authored over 600 research and scientific publications in various fields of computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, and medicine, including 16 ground-breaking high-technology books, and holds a United States patent in the area of design optimization. He is the recipient of 55 awards and honors including an Honorary Doctorate. In 1998 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award, The Ohio State University’s highest research award “in recognition of extraordinary accomplishment in research and scholarship”. In 2005, he was elected Distinguished Member, ASCE: “for wide-ranging, exceptional, and pioneering contributions to computing in civil engineering and extraordinary leadership in advancing the use of computing and information technologies in many engineering disciplines throughout the world.” In 2007 he received the Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Award for Excellence in Engineering Education and Charles E. MacQuigg Outstanding Teaching Award from OSU. In 2010, he was profiled as an Engineering Legend in the ASCE journal of Leadership and Management in Engineering. He has presented 110 Keynote/Pleary Lectures at conferences held in 44 different countries. He has held Honorary/Distinguished Professorship at six Asian and European Universities, and served as Honorary Chair or member of the organizing/scientific board of nearly 400 conferences held in 64 different countries. He is a corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Science, and a Fellow of AAAS, IEEE, AIMBE, and American Neurological Association. He is a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in two categories of Computer Science and Engineering. × Hojjat Adeli Four Decades of Computing in Civil Engineering This paper presents the author’s perspective on four decades of computing in civil engineering. Examples of research by the author and his associates published during the past four decades are briefly described. They include artificial intelligence and expert system technology, computer-aided design and engineering (CAD/CAE), computer animation, object-oriented technology, database management, solid modelling, parallel processing and supercomputing, distributed computing on a cluster of workstations, neural networks, evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms, case-based reasoning, machine learning, fractality and chaos theory, wavelet transform, and web-based computing. It is argued that the introduction of novel computing ideas into the oldest engineering field has made the field more exciting. It has helped create new technologies such as semi-active vibration control and health monitoring of large structures and intelligent freeways, and automate processes that were unthinkable otherwise.	Manfred Boltze Professor, Head of Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany × Manfred Boltze Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Germany Manfred Boltze is professor for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering at Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) since 1997. He studied civil engineering and received a doctor degree for his work on traffic signal control in 1988. His research covers a broad range of traffic and transport related topics, such as planning methodology, traffic management, Intelligent Transport Systems, road traffic signals, traffic safety, and transport and health. 34 doctoral students and more than 200 Diploma and Master students graduated under his supervision. 190 publications, memberships in editorial boards and advisory boards, and many other activities indicate his comprehensive commitment to promote research and education in his discipline. Since 2004, Manfred Boltze is committed in Vietnam. From 2009 until 2014, he was Director of the Vietnamese-German Transport Research Centre at the Vietnamese-German University. In 2014, he was decorated with a medal “For Significant Contributions to the Transport Development of Vietnam” by the Vietnamese Minister of Transport, and in 2017 with a medal “For the Cause of Education” by the Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training. × Manfred Boltze eHighway – An Infrastructure for Sustainable Road Freight Transport In all countries, road transport with heavy vehicles will have a high share in future freight transport. When using fossil fuels for those vehicles, the resulting emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide put a risk on the environment and on human health. Since heavy vehicles are already contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, the "eHighway” system was developed, and it was identified as a possible solution to counteract these problems. The eHighway system allows trucks to be fed with electric energy from a catenary which is mounted above the road. An efficient implementation of such system requires studies in different fields to understand the impacts of the eHighway system on today’s road infrastructure. For that purpose, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety is funding three field trials, and the ELISA project is the most advanced of them. In ELISA, a 5 kilometer section of the motorway A5 in the German Federal State of Hessen is equipped with the eHighway system in both directions. The project is led by the respective road authority Hessen Mobil, and Technische Universität Darmstadt is responsible for the accompanying research. This contribution explains the contribution of road freight transport to greenhouse gas emissions and discusses approaches to make this transport sector more sustainable. The basics of the eHighway technology are briefly presented. The layout of the ELISA test track on motorway A5, the arrangements for the test operation, and the research program for the field test are described.
Suzanne Lacasse Expert Adviser at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway × Suzanne Lacasse Expert Adviser at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway Dr Suzanne Lacasse was born in Noranda, Québec. She did a Bachelor of Art at University of Montréal and her civil engineering studies at Ecole Polytechnique of Montréal and MIT. After 12 years on MIT's faculty, she moved to the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI). She became Managing Director of NGI in 1991, a position she held until 2011. She gave the 37^th Terzaghi Lecture in 2001, the 55^th Rankine Lecture in 2015, the 8^th ISSMGE Terzaghi Oration in 2013 and the 9^th Coulomb Lecture in 2011. Dr Lacasse received PhD's Honoris Causa from the University of Dundee, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University du Québec. She is elected member of the National Academy of Engineers in the US, Canada, Norway and France. She is member of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Academy of Norway and the Academy of Sciences and Letters in Norway. She is Honorary Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai and at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. × Suzanne Lacasse Innovation Reduces Risk for Sustainable Infrastructure Society and standards require more and more "risk-informed" decisions. The paper demonstrates the potential of reducing risk by implementing reliability and risk concepts as a complement to conventional analyses. Reliability evaluations can range from qualitative estimates, simple statistical evaluations to full quantitative probabilistic modelling of the hazards and consequences. The paper first introduced recent innovative developments that help reduce risk. Risk assessment and risk management are briefly touched upon. An example of the application of the new stress testing method is given. The usefulness of the seminal (1969) Observational Method is discussed. The need for developing sustainable and holistic civil engineering solutions is also briefly mentioned. The paper concludes that reliability-based approaches provide useful complementary information, and enable the analysis of complex uncertainties in a systematic and more complete manner than deterministic analyses alone. There is today a cultural shift in the approach for design and risk reduction in our profession. Reliability and risk-based approaches will assist preparing sustainable engineering recommendations and making risk-informed decisions.	Adam Matthews Head of International for the UK Government’s Building Information Modelling - Chairman of the EU BIM Task Group, UK × Adam Matthews Head of International for the UK Government’s Building Information Modelling - Chairman of the EU BIM Task Group, UK Adam Matthews MBA is Head of International for the UK Government’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) Task Group (Digital Built Britain) and Chairman of the EU BIM Task Group. Adam leads the UK’s Digital Built Britain International programme, sharing the UK’s strategic approach for the national introduction of BIM, its experience and lessons learned with governments around the world. He leads the collaboration with policy officials, public asset owners and public agencies across Europe, Latin America and Asia. The international team provides strategic insights and technical assistance to governments for the national introduction of BIM. This builds common understanding across countries in support of global infrastructure development and joint prosperity. He is Chairman of the European Union BIM Task Group, a public sector network from over 20 nations which is co-funded by the European Commission to develop a common framework for the introduction of BIM by the European public sector. With over 25 years’ experience in information technology and change management across various sectors, including infrastructure, retail and airports, he led the information exchange recommendation for the UK Government’s BIM Strategy (2011) and co-authored the EU BIM Task Group Handbook (2017). Adam holds an MBA with a focus on sustainability and public policy for the construction sector from Kingston University, London. × Adam Matthews Applying a national BIM model to Vietnam's National Implementation of BIM: Lessons learned from the UK-Vietnam collaboration for the Industry This paper applies the national BIM strategy method as described by the EU BIM Task Group and the UK's Centre for Digital Built Britain to Vietnam's development of a national digitalization vision. It will describe UK experience in promoting digital construction through BIM application in construction and facility management activities toward Smart city based on 4 strategic areas: Foundation of Public leadership; Communicate vision and foster communities; Build a common, collaborative framework; and Grow Industry Capacity. International collaboration on the national introduction of BIM is growing be-tween countries and between governments. In 2018, the UK and Vietnam signed an MOU for collaborating on the introduction of BIM to the national plan of Vietnam started under the Prime Minister's decision no. 2500/QĐ-TTg dated December 22^nd, 2016. This paper applies the national BIM method to identify (1) the experience of the UK's national BIM strategy, (2) Vietnam's lessons learned of its national implementation of BIM and (3) proposals and recommendations for Vietnam's Construction Industry. Keywords: BIM, UK-VN collaboration, Vietnam BIM Program, GIP.
Laurence Rilett Professor, Director of the Nebraska Transportation Center and the Mid-America Transportation Center, USA × Laurence Rilett Director of the Nebraska Transportation Center and the Mid-America Transportation Center, USA Dr. Laurence R. Rilett is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and his field of research is in the transportation system analysis area. He has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over 30 research projects with total funding in excess of $45 million. His research sponsors have included the U.S.D.O.T., the National Science Foundation, the Texas Department of Transportation, the Nebraska Department of Roads, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Defense Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), and the Federal Railway Administration. Dr. Rilett's field of research is in the transportation system analysis area and his specific research may be divided into two main areas: Intelligent Transportation Systems applications and large-scale transportation system modeling. He has authored or co-authored over 70 refereed journal papers and over 80 conference papers based on his research. In 2002 he was awarded the Texas Transportation Institute TTI/Trinity Researcher Award, in 2007 he was awarded the UNL College of Engineering Research Award, and in 2015 he was awarded the National Strategic Research Institute Distinguished Scientist Award. Dr. Rilett is the Managing Editor of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering and on the editorial board of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations. × Laurence Rilett Using Simulation to Estimate and Forecast Transportation Metrics: Lessons Learned In recent years transportation planners and engineers have begun to utilize traffic simulation models to estimate and forecast new transportation operations and reliability metrics. For example, the Highway Capacity Manual, Sixth Edition: A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis (HCM-6) has recently adopted 1) passenger car estimation methods that are based on the microsimulation model VISSIM, and 2) urban arterial reliability estimation methods that are based on a Monte Carlos simulation technique. The advantage to simulation methods is that the metrics, which may be based on central tendency (e.g. mean, median), dispersion (variance, percentile), or even a combination of other metrics (e.g. reliability index), may be easily calculated and/or estimated. For this reason, the number of metrics developed and used has continued to increase. As one example, many researchers over the past decade have focused on developing and estimating metrics related to network reliability and resilience. However, it is an open research question on when and where these simulation approaches are appropriate to use. This paper will discuss a number of issues related to using simulation for estimating transportation metrics with a focus on model assumptions and model calibration. Specific examples from real-world test beds will be provided. Lastly, the paper will provide an overview of lessons learned and areas of future research. Keywords: Calibration, Validation, Simulation, Transportation Metrics	Mirosław J. Skibniewski Professor of University of Maryland, USA & Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Automation in Construction × Mirosław J. Skibniewski Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Automation in Construction (SCI IF=4.032), ELSEVIER - Professor of University of Maryland, USA Dr. Mirosław J. Skibniewski is a Professor of Construction Engineering and Project Management in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to his current appointment he served for 20 years as a faculty member and administrator at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his M.Eng. degree from Warsaw University of Technology, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University. Prof. Skibniewski is also an alum of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Management Development Program. Prior to his academic career he worked as an engineering professional with the 135 years-old Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, a nationwide construction engineering consulting firm in Pennsylvania (later renamed to Professional Service Industries, Inc. www.psiusa.com) where he led structural and construction safety investigations, design quality reviews, structural testing, construction claims reviews, value engineering, and forensic engineering projects. As a researcher and educator, Professor Skibniewski currently focuses on construction engineering, construction automation and robotics, and on information technology applications in engineering project management. Initially, while at Purdue University, he developed one of the first construction automation programs in the United States and collaborated with major industrial and government organizations, both nationally and worldwide. His past short- term appointments include service as Visiting Eminent Scholar in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (Australia), Visiting Senior Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Building, Construction and Engineering in Melbourne, Australia, as Research Professor at the Institute for Mechanized Construction and Rock Mining in Warsaw, Poland, as Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Loughborough University (UK), Slovak Technical University, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), National University of Singapore, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology - Taiwan Tech, National Taiwan University, Technical University of Munich, IAE (Argentina), Pontifical Catholic University (Santiago, Chile), and others. He has also served as a grantee of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Taiwan Science & Engineering Foundation, and Fulbright Foundation. Dr. Skibniewski served on the National Academy of Engineering USA-Germany and USA-Japan Frontiers in Engineering committees, American Society of Civil Engineers' Robotics and Field Sensing Committee, Information Technology Committee, Intelligent Computing Committee, Modularization Committee of the Construction Industry Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, and on the National Academy of Sciences Assessment Panel for construction automation and computer integrated construction programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He was a founding member of the Board of Directors and is Past President of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction. Since 1994 Dr. Skibniewski has been Editor-in-Chief of Automation in Construction, an ISI-indexed international research journal published by Elsevier, North American Editor of the Journal of Civil Engineering and Management published by Taylor & Francis, as well as a member of editorial boards of over twenty peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Among Prof. Skibniewski’s past honors are the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, American Society of Civil Engineers' Walter L. Huber Research Prize , Civil Engineering Faculty Medal from Slovak University of Technology, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction Tucker-Hasegawa Research Award, honorary/distinguished professorships from Warsaw University of Technology, Taiwan Tech - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and Moscow State Industrial University, University of Technology Sydney, the Titular Professor designation from the President of Poland, the inaugural Tan Swan Beng Visiting Endowed Chair Professorship from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Visiting Distinguished Specialist appointment at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Distinguished Visiting Fellow designation by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Distinguished Chair Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Visiting Fellow at the Jockey Club Center for Advanced Studies of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Honorary Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University (China), T.-S Yang Honorary Distinguished Professor at Chaoyang University of Technology (Taiwan), and the A. James Clark Endowed Chair Professorship at the University of Maryland. An elected Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering (2006) and the Academy of Engineering in Poland, Prof. Skibniewski is also a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania. Dr. Skibniewski is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who: American Men and Women in Science, Who’s Who in Engineering, Who’s Who in America, Who's Who Online, and in other national and international biographical references. He is an author or co-author of over 400 technical publications and has made more than 140 invited research presentations worldwide. As the Founding Dean of the College of Engineering at Khalifa University with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, UAE, from 2010 to 2011, Dr. Skibniewski oversaw the creation of a government-endowed research- intense academic institution consisting of eight engineering departments, as well as the recruitment of engineering department heads and faculty members. As Assistant Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Provost of Purdue University from 1997 to 2004, he served as a member of the group of the University’s senior academic officers. His work in this capacity included chairing and coordination of the University’s Academic Reinvestment Program and the Faculty Program of Study in a Second Discipline. As Interim Dean of International Programs and Director of International Research between 2002 and 2004, he served as Purdue University’s chief international officer responsible for foreign relations, global cooperation in research and external engagement, study abroad programs, and international students and scholars. In this capacity he represented the University on the Board of Directors of the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA) and served as the institutional representative to the association of senior international officers of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation (CIC) - an administrative and academic organization of the senior officers of the ‘Big Ten +’ universities in the United States. × Mirosław J. Skibniewski Ensuring success with 3D printing applications in construction Additive manufacturing technology, also referred to as 3D printing, has been developing rapidly in all sectors of engineered production activity, and recently also in the construction industry. This presentation will elaborate classification of materials for 3D printing applications in construction, as well as production techniques and related equipment available to date. Future applications will be discussed, as well as engineering and business factors leading to a successful deployment of 3D-printed components of buildings and other engineering structures worldwide.
Jose Turmo Professor of Technical University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain × Jose Turmo Professor of Technical University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain Jose TURMO (Spain, 1974) got his 6-year program degree in Civil Engineer (1998) from University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain) and his PhD (2003) in Construction Engineering from Technical University of Catalonia BarcelonaTech- UPC (Barcelona, Spain). At the moment, he is Professor in the School of Civil Engineering in Barcelona, BarcelonaTech (Spain), where he teaches Construction Engineering. His area of expertise is Construction and Maintenance of Concrete Bridges and Structures and Structural System Identificaction. Topics as different as structural behaviour of externally prestressed concrete bridges, applications of high performance concrete, shear strength of concrete structures, dynamics of cable suspended bridges, structural analysis of bridge construction, structural maintenance or model updating has been addressed by him, as well as improvement of health and safety and environmental issues of bridge construction. He has done several research stays as a postdoc, being appointed as Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2005), Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, San Diego, USA (2006) and Kwang-Hua Visiting Professor (2010) and High End Foreign Expert (2014-2016) at the Department of Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He has authored around forty SCI papers and seventy conference papers. He is an international expert of CTI (Quality Assurance Agency for the Schools of Engineering in France). He is member of ACHE, IABSE and IABMAS. He organized the IV 2018 Barcelona EUCEET Civil Engineering Education International Conference and he is organizing the 2018 IABMAS 2022 Conference. × Jose Turmo Industrialized construction of medium span concrete bridges using movable falseworks Modern geometrical requirements for high capacity ground infrastructure, as highways or high speed train lines, imply increasing numbers of long tunnels and viaducts in mountainous countries. Moreover, for the sake of the environment, only some selected construction methods are eligible for sensitive areas. Long viaducts are usually solved by means of medium span concrete viaducts. For the sake of quality and health and safety, industrialized construction methods, as launching girders or precast construction, is usually preferred. The paper will describe the pros and cons of some construction methods using movable trusses to hold in place either the formwork or precast segments, emphasizing the possibilities of reducing the critical path. New construction sequences, non-standardized structural details, static and dynamic tests, reinforcing criteria, structural response, finite element model analysis and recent already built examples will be described to illustrate the possibilities of the methods.	Ben Young Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research (SCI IF=2.509), ELSEVIER – Professor & Vice President (Student Affairs) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China × Ben Young Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research (SCI IF=2.509), ELSEVIER – Professor & Vice President (Student Affairs) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Professor Ben Young is currently the Vice President (Student Affairs) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He received BSc, BEng and PhD degrees from The University of Sydney, Australia in 1991, 1993 and 1998, respectively. Professor Young is the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction. He is a committee member of the SEI/ASCE-8 Specification for the “Design of Cold-formed Stainless Steel Structural Members”, American Society of Civil Engineers. His research interests include cold-formed steel structures, testing and design of steel structures, high strength steel structures, stainless steel structures, aluminium structures, structural stability, fire resistance of metal structures and engineering education. Professor Young is currently a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research, ELSEVIER. He has published over 500 international journal and conference papers, of which over 240 are SCI indexed journal papers. He has an h-index of 40 in Scopus. According to the ISI’s essential science indicators, Professor Young has been listed for many years in the “Top 1% scholars” for highly cited papers. Professor Young received the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004 from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He also received the Best Teacher Award in 2006, the Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2006, the Outstanding Teaching Award in 2008, the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award in 2015 and the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2017 from The University of Hong Kong. Professor Young also received the Best Research Paper Award given by the Journal of Structures, ELSEVIER in 2016. × Ben Young Austenitic and Lean Duplex Stainless Steel Bolted Connections at Elevated Temperatures There is currently no design rule on bolted connections of cold- formed stainless steel structures at elevated temperatures. In this study, 51 cold- formed stainless steel double shear bolted connection specimens at elevated temperatures were conducted using steady state test method. The bolted connection specimens were fabricated by three different types of stainless steel, including the austenitic stainless steel of types EN 1.4301 and EN 1.4571 as well as lean duplex stainless steel Type EN 1.4162. The bearing failure mode was mainly observed in the connection tests. The test strengths were compared with the nominal strengths calculated from the American Specification, Australian/New Zealand Standard and European Codes for stainless steel structures at ambient temperature. It should be noted that in calculating the nominal strengths of the connections, the material properties of stainless steel obtained at elevated temperatures were used. It is shown that the strengths of the bolted connections predicted by the specifications are generally conservative at elevated temperatures. The austenitic stainless steel type EN 1.4571 generally had better resistance than the other two stainless steel types EN 1.4301 and EN 1.4162 at elevated temperatures in this study. Keywords: Cold-formed stainless steel; Double shear bolted connection; Elevated temperatures; Experimental investigation; Steady state test.

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