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Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Biography:
Dr Poologanathan Keerthan is a lecturer and an active researcher in fire safety and steel structures. He is part of a productive research team (structural, fire and wind and engineering) at QUT, along with Professor Mahen Mahendran, Dr Anthony Ariyanayagam, Dr Kesawan Sivakumar, Dr Mayooran Sivapathasundaram and 10 PhD students, who have been working on a variety of research projects funded by the Australian Research Council, QUT and industry. His research team uses full-scale structural, wind and fire testing facilities at QUT’s Banyo Pilot Plant Precinct and Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF) in their experimental investigations of buildings subjected to wind and fire, and QUT’s high performance computing facilities for advanced numerical simulations of the tested building components.
Research Interests:
Steel structures (cold-formed and hot-rolled): Thin-walled structures; Hollow flange beams; Innovative steel products and systems; Fire safety of buildings; LSF wall and floor system; Fire resistance materials (enhanced plasterboard); Fibre composites for retrofitting and rehabilitation of structures; Modular building system; Energy efficiency (building materials)
Selected Publications (for more see the link Prof. Poologanathan Keerthan):
Poologanathan Keerthan and Mahen Mahendran, “Suitable stiffening systems for LiteSteel beams with web openings subjected to shear”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 80, pp 412-428, January 2013
Mahen Mahendran and Poologanathan Keerthan, “Experimental studies of the shear behavior and strength of LiteSteel beams with stiffened web openings”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 49, pp 840-854, April 2013
Poologanathan Keerthan and Mahen Mahendran, “New design rules for the shear strength of LiteSteel beams with web openings”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 5, May 2013
Poologanathan Keerthan and Mahen Mahendran, “Shear buckling characteristics of cold-form steel channel beams”, International Journal of Steel Structures, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp 385-399, September 2013
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