Current Professional Societies

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Member, America-China Steel Framing Association (ACSFA)

Research Areas

1. Cold-formed Steel Structures;

2. Fabricated Steel Structures;

3. Construction Process Simulation.

Honors

1. Second Prize of Science and Technology Award, China Steel Construction Society, 2022

2. Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award for Engineering Construction, China Association of Construction Enterprise Management,2021

3. Third Prize of Huaxia Construction Science and Technology, 2021

4. Outstanding graduates of Tongji University

5. Third Place of International Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design

Publications

[1] Zhang W, Liu Y, Xu X, et al. Improved shear design method of cold-formed steel clip angles[J]. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 2022, 188: 107045.

[2] Zhao Y, Yu C, Zhang W*, et al. Shake table tests of a corrugated steel sheathed cold-formed steel structure[J]. Journal of Building Engineering. 2022, 60: 105161.

[3] Zhang W, Mahdavian M, Lan X, et al. Cold-formed steel framed shear walls with in-frame corrugated steel sheathing[J]. Journal of Structural Engineering. 2021, 147(12).

[4] Zhang W, Xu X, Zheng Y, et al. Influencing factors analysis on shear capacity of cold-formed steel light frame shear walls[J]. Structures. 2021, 33: 3588-3604.

[5] Zhao Y, Yu C, Chen S, Jiang Z, Zhang W*. Shear performance of cold-formed steel shear walls with high-aspect-ratios[J]. Structures. 2021, 33: 1193-1206.

[6] Zhang W., Xu X., Liu Y., et al. High-strength cold-formed steel shear walls with steel sheet sheathing[J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2021, 162: 107584.

[7] Zhang W., Yu C., Mahdavian M. Seismic performance of cold-formed steel shear walls using corrugated sheathing with slits[J], ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2019, 145(4): 04019014.

[8] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Yousof M, et al. Testing and design of cold-formed steel clip angles in tension: Pull-over and serviceability[J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2018, 124: 13-19.

[9] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Yu C. Different slit configuration in corrugated sheathing of cold-formed steel shear wall[J]. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2018, 150: 430-441.

[10] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Yu C. Lateral strength and deflection of cold-formed steel shear walls using corrugated sheathing[J]. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2018, 148: 399-408.

[11] Zhang W., Yang L., Yu S., et al. The Shear Behavior of Double-superposed Panels Reinforced with Different Shear Connectors[J]. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2018: 1-10.

[12] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Li Y., et al. Seismic Performance Evaluation of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls Using Corrugated Steel Sheathing[J]. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2017, 143(11): 04017151.

[13] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Li Y., et al. Experiments and simulations of cold-formed steel wall assemblies using corrugated steel sheathing subjected to shear and gravity loads[J]. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 2016, 143(3): 04016193.

[14] Zhang W., Wang J., Mahdavian M., Yu C. “Seismic Performance of Cold-Formed Steel Framed Buildings using Corrugated Sheet Shear Walls.” Proceedings of the 2016 ASCE Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress, Phoenix, AZ, February 14-17, 2016.

[15] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Li Y., Yu C. “Simulating the Seismic Performance of Cold-Formed Steel Framed Buildings using Corrugated Sheet Shear Walls.” Wei-Wen Yu International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures, Baltimore, MD, November 8-10, 2016.

[16] Zhang W., Mahdavian M., Li Y., Yu C. “Finite Element Analysis on Shear Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls Using Corrugated Sheet Sheathing.” Proceedings of the Annual Stability Conference Structural Stability Research Council, San Antonio, Texas, March 21-24, 2017.

[17] Zhang W., Li Y., Yu C. “Testing and Numerical Analysis on Cold-formed Steel Shear Walls using Corrugated Steel Sheathing”. 2017 Modular and Offsite Construction Summit & the 2nd International Symposium on Industrialized Construction Technology Shanghai, China, November 10-12, 2017.

[18] Zhang W., Li Y., Zheng Y., Wang S. “Design Reliability Analysis of Cold-Formed Steel Light Frame Shear Walls.” Eighth International Conference on THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES ICTWS 2018 Lisbon, Portugal, July 24-27, 2018.

Personal Statement

Zhang Wenying, associate professor and postgraduate supervisor. The main research field is cold-formed steel structures and fabricated structures. From 2014 to 2016, she was jointly funded by the US Natural Science Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation to carry out a two-year joint training in the University of North Texas, during which she participated in the writing of the book 《Recent Trends in Cold-formed Steel Construction》. Currently, she has presided over the youth project of National Natural Science Foundation, the youth project of Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation, the science and technology project of scientific research plan of Beijing Municipal Education Commission, the project of China Postdoctoral fund, etc., and published 30 papers as the first author (20 of the papers were searched by SCI, and the cumulative impact factor was more than 30).