Ph.D., Professor

   ✉  chensm@tongji.edu.cn

   ☏  021-65986183

   Ⓐ   B511, Building of College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University

        1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, China

Biography 

Professor Shiming Chen conducts research in steel and concrete composite structures, Fibre reinforced concrete and its application in building construction, earthquake engineering & disaster reduction, and strengthening/retrofit of building structures. His research involves experimental investigation and structural theory, developing design methods, computational engineering and science, structural assessment of engineering structures. Professor Chen is a member of Shanghai Technical Committee of Transportation and Construction, and a panel member of Shanghai Technical Committee for Construction Standard. He has served on numerous advisory boards and panels at the state and national level.

Education 

• Ph.D. in Civil &Structural Engineering, Warwick University  (UK), 1992.

• M.S. in Experimental Mechanics, Zhejiang University (PRC), 1986.

• BA. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Railway Engineering(PRC), 1982.

Research Interesting

1）Steel and Concrete Composite Structures /Construction

2）Fibre Reinforced Concrete and High Performance Concrete: the application in building construction

3）Seismic analysis and assessment of building structures; Strengthening and Retrofit techniques of building structures

4）Structural testing and methodology study for civil engineering

Some Selected Publications in the last 5 Years

1) Shiming Chen (2007), Discussion of “Strength Analysis of Steel-Concrete composite beams in combined bending”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.133, NO.2. (SCI, EI)

2) Shiming Chen, and Gang Du (2007), Influence of initial imperfection on behaviour of extended bolted end-plate connections for portal frames, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 63, No. 2, 211-220. (SCI, EI)

3) Shiming Chen (2006), Discussion of “Finite Element Model for Externally Prestressed Composite Beams with Deformable Connection”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.132, NO.12. (SCI, EI)

4) Shiming Chen (2006), Discussion of “Influence of Concrete material Ductility on Shear Response of Stud Connections”, ACI Materials Journal, Vol.104, No.6. (SCI, EI)

5) Shiming Chen (2006), Discussion of “Repair of Bridge Girders with Composites: Experimental and Analytical Validation”, ACI Structural Journal, Vol.103, No.4.625-626. (SCI, EI)

6) Chen, S and Zhang, Z (2006), Effective width of a concrete slab in steel-concrete composite beams prestressed with external tendons, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 62(4), 493-500. (SCI, EI)

7) Jia, Y.L. and Chen, S.(2006), Moment redistribution at the ultimate limit state of steel-concrete continuous composite beams, Steel Construction, (in Chinese), 21(4),31-34.

8) Jia, Y.R. and Chen, S(2006), Construction and quality control of the foundation insulation layer of air-separating tower No.1 of Zhongyuan Chemical Complex, Architectural Technology, (in Chinese), 37(2), 125-126.

9) Chen, S. (2005), Experimental study of prestressed steel-concrete composite beams with external tendons for negative moments, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 61(12), 1613-1630. (SCI, EI).

10) Chen, S., Sun, S.Q. and Zhang, Z.B.(2005), Load carrying capacity of steel-concrete composite beams with external tendons under negative bending, China Civil Engineering Journal, (in Chinese), 38(11),14-20.

11) Chen, S. (2005), discussion: Strength of steel fibre reinforced concrete ground slabs, Structures and Buildings, 158(2),153-154. (SCI, EI)

12) Mo, A.A. and Chen, S. (2005), Crack control in bondless pre-stressed concrete components, Architectural Technology, (in Chinese), 36(4), 273-276.

13) Chen, S. and Gu, P. (2005) ,  Load carrying capacity of composite beams prestressed with external tendons under positive moment，Journal of constructional steel research,61(4), 515-530. (SCI, EI)

14) Zhou, X, Chen, S. et al, Steel-concrete composite beams with externlly prestressed tendons, Steel Construction, (in Chinese), 20(3), 9-11,17.

15) Zhu, G.D. and Chen, S. (2005), Study on the ultimate bonding capacity of expanding anchors, Mechanics in Engineering, (in Chinese) 27(6), 29-31,43.

16) Chen, S. (2004), Strength of steel fibre reinforced concrete ground slabs, Structures and Buildings, 157(2), 157-163. (SCI, EI)

17) Chen, S. and Gu, P. (2004), Some key factors on deflection design of steel-concrete composite beams, Building Structure, (in Chinese), 34(1), 31-33,23.

18) Chen, S. (2003), Load carrying capacity of composite slabs with various end constraints, Journal of constructional steel research, 59(3), 385-403. (SCI, EI)

19) Fang, K. and Chen, S.(2003), Finite element analysis of steel-concrete composite beams with influence of shear connector stiffness, Industrial Construction, (in Chinese), 33(9), 75-77.

20) Chen, K., Li, C. and Chen, S. (2003), The application of CFRP in strengthening structures for Shanghai Exhibition Center, Industrial Construction, (in Chinese), 33(9), 20-22.

21) Chen, S (2003), Lateral dynamic characteristics and safety evaluation of a corridor with steel trusses, Industrial Construction, (in Chinese), 33(4),67-68,62.

22) Chen, K., Li, C. and Chen, S. (2003), Construction techniques of Shanghai Exhibition Center’s reinforcement and maintenance, Architecture Technology, (in Chinese) 34(6),408-411.

23) Chen, S (2003), Comments on Design of composite slabs with profiled steel sheeting.