Metals
Chair: Andrea Surovek
Purpose:
Initiate research and to evaluate correlate theories and data bearing on the properties and structural use of metal and to report conclusions and recommendations to the Society.
Cold Formed Members (website)
Chair: Cris Moen
Purpose:
To disseminate and interpret information on the behavior and design
of structural steel members, cold formed to shape from flat materials;
and to stimulate research and the publication of technical papers in
this field of activity.
Composite Construction (website)
Chair: Amit Varma
Purpose:
To study and make design recommendations on composite systems that
involve steel structural elements in combination with other materials.
Structural Members
Chair: Jennifer McConnell
Purpose:
To provide liaison between the Society and the Structural Stability Research Council, to stimulate research and formulation of recommendations for design of compression and flexural members, and to disseminate such information through organization of technical sessions and publication of technical papers in these fields.
Design of Steel Building Structures
(website)
Chair: Pete Cheever
Purpose:
To gather, interpret, and disseminate information relevant to the overall
design of steel building structures, with emphasis on the preparation
of papers, survey reports, and conference sessions dealing with the
design and construction of structures.
Fatigue and Fracture
Chair: Sougata Roy
Purpose:
To review, analyze and synthesize information on fracture and fatigue
behavior of structural materials and their inspection, rehabilitation
and evaluation of fatigue damage, to extend useful life of metal structures,
to develop safe design procedures, to work with various specification
organizations to implement these design procedures into codes, to disseminate
information to the Society through technical sessions and preparation
of state-of-the-art reviews, and to stimulate research in this field.
Methods of Design
Chair: Larry Fahnestock
Purpose:
To interpret and disseminate information on new and existing methods of steel structures and to stimulate research and publication of technical papers in this area.
Special Structures
Chair: David Campbell
Purpose:
Disseminate and interpret information on the behavior and design of
metal structures of special types and of metal structural elements outside
the scope of activity of other committees; to stimulate research and
the publication of technical papers relating to special structures and
structural elements.
Task Committee on Tensioned Fabric Structures
Chair: Craig HuntingtonPurpose:
To produce a special publication entitled Tensioned Fabric Structures 2nd Edition (updates the 1994-1996 version).
Structural Connections
Chair: Gian Andrea RassatiPurpose:
To provide liaison between the Society and various research councils on research and development in structural connections, to organize technical sessions in the field of structural connections, to disseminate and interpret information on the behavior of such connections, and to stimulate Society discussion of such work. From time to time, these activities are expected to lead to suggestions for new or additional research.
