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Professor Mahen Mahendran

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Mahen Mahendran

Name
Mahen Mahendran
Position
Professor
Department
School of Urban Development
Qualifications
BScEng (First Class Hons.) 1980 University of Sri Lanka, PhD (Monash University) 1985
Discipline
Civil Engineering
Contact
Areas of expertise
  • Structural engineering
  • Steel structures (Cold-formed, High strength)
  • Metal roof and wall cladding and Sandwich panel systems
  • Cyclone and storm resistant buildings and housing
  • Fire safety of steel buildings
  • Structural safety and Disaster mitigation
  • Innovative building components and building systems
Selected publications
  • Mahendran, M. (2001) Design of Steel Roof and Wall Cladding Systems for Pull-out Failures, Steel Construction, Journal of the Australian Institute of Steel Construction, Vol.35, No.1, pp.14-27, March.
  • Pokharel, N. and Mahendran, M. (2004) Finite Element Analysis and Design of Sandwich Panels Subject to Local Buckling Effects, Thin-walled Structures, Vol.42, No.4, pp. 589-611.
  • Telue, Y. and Mahendran, M. (2004) Behaviour and Design of Cold-formed Steel Wall Frames Lined with Plasterboard on Both Sides, Engineering Structures, Vol.26, pp.567-579.
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Civil Engineering
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