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Dr. Xianghe Dai,
Associate Professor

Information about Dr. Xianghe Dai at the University of Bradford.

School of BEACI
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies)
Email:
x.dai@bradford.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 1274 234247
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Biography

Dr Xianghe Dai, BEng, MSc, PhD, CEng, MIStructE, FHEA, is an associate professor in Structural Engineering currently. Before he joined the University of Bradford in 2010, He worked in China and the UK as an engineer, senior engineer and research fellow in civil structural, construction and offshore engineering for more than 18 years. Dr Dai obtained his PhD in Civil Structural Engineering from the University of Manchester (UK), MSc. in Civil (Hydraulic) Structural Engineering from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and BEng. in Civil Engineering from Wuhan University (Wuhan, China).

Research

Concrete filled steel tubular column

Concrete filled stainless steel columns

Steel beam to beam and beam to column connections

Shear connectors for composite beam and floor system

Demountable shear connection

Slim-floor composite shear beam system

Development of sustainable concrete

Structural experiments

Numerical modelling and analysis

Teaching

Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Xianghe Dai as follows:

Teaching interests

Structural Mechanics, Construction Materials, Steel/Concrete Structures and Design, Civil Engineering Feasibility Study and Design.

Publications

There are 61 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Xianghe Dai. They are listed as:

  • conference contribution (1)
  • conference publication (19)
  • peer reviewed journal (39)
  • technical paper (2)

Conference Contribution

Dr. Xianghe Dai has 1 publication(s) listed under conference contribution.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
2021 The 9th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures The 9th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures 1 Xianghe Dai, Dennis Lam, Therese Sheehan, Jie Yang, Kan Zhou Sheffield, UK

Conference Publication

Dr. Xianghe Dai has 19 publication(s) listed under conference publication.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
2009 Modelling the Confinement Effect of Composite Concrete-Filled Elliptical Steel Columns Modelling the Confinement Effect of Composite Concrete-Filled Elliptical Steel Columns Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
2010 Numerical Modelling of Concrete-Filled Stainless Steel Elliptical Hollow Sections Numerical Modelling of Concrete-Filled Stainless Steel Elliptical Hollow Sections Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe
2011 Buckling behaviour of concrete-filled elliptical steel columns Buckling behaviour of concrete-filled elliptical steel columns Lam, Dennis; Jamaluddin, N.; Ye, J.; Dai, Xianghe
2011 Finite Element Modelling Of Slender Concrete Filled Elliptical Steel Columns Finite Element Modelling Of Slender Concrete Filled Elliptical Steel Columns Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Jamaluddin, N.; Ye, J.
2012 Shape Effect on Structural Fire Behaviour of Axially Loaded Concrete Filled Tubular (CFT) Stub Columns Shape Effect on Structural Fire Behaviour of Axially Loaded Concrete Filled Tubular (CFT) Stub Columns Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
2012 Finite Element Modelling of Beam to Concrete Filled Elliptical Steel Column Connections Finite Element Modelling of Beam to Concrete Filled Elliptical Steel Column Connections Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe
2012 Structural Behaviour of Concrete filled Elliptical Steel Hollow Sections Structural Behaviour of Concrete filled Elliptical Steel Hollow Sections Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Jamaluddin, N.
Structural behaviour of concrete filled elliptical steel hollow sections 2012 11th International Conference on Steel Space and Composite Structures 11th International Conference on Steel Space and Composite Structures 61 - 76 Lam D.;Dai X.;Jamaluddin N. 9789810727352
Experimental study of beam to concrete filled elliptical steel column connections 2015 Tubular Structures - Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2015 Tubular Structures - Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2015 0 79 - 86 Sheehan T.; Yang J.; Dai X.; Lam D. 9781138028371
Finite Element modelling of beam to concrete filled elliptical steel column connections 2012 Tubular Structures XIV - Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2012 Tubular Structures XIV - Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2012 289 - 296 Lam D.;Dai X. 9780415621373
Behaviour of Demountable Shear Connectors in Steel-Concrete Composite Beams 2013 Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VII - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VII - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete 618 - 631 Lam D.;Dai X.;Saveri E. 9780784479735
Numerical modelling of concrete-filled stainless steel elliptical hollow sections 2010 Tubular Structures XIII - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Tubular Structures Tubular Structures XIII - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Tubular Structures 323 - 331 Lam D.;Dai X. 9780415584739
Shape effect on structural fire behaviour of axially loaded Concrete Filled Tubular (CFT) stub columns 2012 Tubular Structures XIV - Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2012 Tubular Structures XIV - Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, ISTS 2012 575 - 582 Dai X.;Lam D. 9780415621373
Finite element analysis of concrete filled lean duplex stainless steel columns 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 0 Lam, D.; Yang, J.; Dai, X. 9788490486016
Experimental study on demountable shear connectors in profiled composite slabs 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 0 Yang, J.; Lam, D.; Dai, X.; Sheehan, T. 9788490486016
Use of bolted shear connectors in composite construction 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 0 Dai, X.; Lam, D.; Sheehan, T.; Yang, J.; Zhou, K. 9788490486016
Flexural behaviour of composite slim floor beams 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, ASCCS 2018 0 Sheehan, T.; Dai, X.; Yang, J.; Zhou, K.; Lam, D. 9788490486016
Designing composite structures for reuse 2020 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, ICASS 2018 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, ICASS 2018 Lam D.;Yang J.;Dai X.;Sheehan T.;Zhou K. 9789889914097 10.18057/ICASS2018.K.04
Experimental studies of composite slim floor beams 2017 Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VIII - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete, 2017 Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VIII - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete, 2017 181 - 193 Sheehan T.;Lam D.;Dai X. 9781564240620

Peer Reviewed Journal

Dr. Xianghe Dai has 39 publication(s) listed under peer reviewed journal.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
Shape effect on the behaviour of axially loaded concrete filled steel tubular stub columns at elevated temperature. 2012 Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
An experimental study on elliptical concrete filled columns under axial compression. 2013 Jamaluddin, N.; Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Ye, J.
Axial compressive behaviour of stub concrete-filled columns with elliptical stainless steel hollow sections. 2010 Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
Effects of partial fire protection on temperature developments in steel joints protected by intumescent coating 2009 Dai, Xianghe; Wang, Y.C.; Bailey, C.G.
Behaviour of inclined, tapered and STS square CFST stub columns subjected to axial load 2012 Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Han, L-H.; Ren, Q-X.; Li, W.
Structural response of concrete-filled elliptical steel hollow sections under eccentric compression 2012 Sheehan, Therese; Dai, Xianghe; Chan, T.M.; Lam, Dennis
A Numerical Study on the Effect of Concrete Infilling and External Intumescent Coating to Fire-resistant Behaviour of Stub Elliptical Steel Hollow Sections 2014 Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
Numerical analysis of slender elliptical concrete filled columns under axial compression 2014 Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis; Jamaluddin, N.; Ye, J.
Numerical modelling of the axial compressive behaviour of short concrete-filled elliptical steel columns. 2010 Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
Experimental Study on Demountable Shear Connectors in Composite Slabs with Profiled Decking 2016 Rehman, Naveed; Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Ashour, Ashraf F.
Effect of Concrete Strength and Stud Collar Size to Shear Capacity of Demountable Shear Connectors 2015 Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis; Saveri, E.
Structural behaviour of beam to concrete-filled elliptical steel tubular column connections 2017 Yang, Jie; Sheehan, Therese; Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
Finite element analysis on the capacity of circular concrete-filled double-skin steel tubular (CFDST) stub columns 2014 Pagoulatou, M.; Sheehan, Therese; Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
Tests of self-compacting concrete filled elliptical steel tube columns 2017 Mahgub, Munir; Ashour, Ashraf F.; Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe
Experimental study on long spanning composite cellular beam under flexure and shear 2015 Sheehan, Therese; Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis; Aggelopoulos, E.S.; Lawson, M.; Obiala, R.
Experimental study of beam to concrete-filled elliptical steel tubular column connections 2015 Yang, Jie; Sheehan, Therese; Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
A Simple Method to Predict Temperatures in Steel Joints with Partial Intumescent Coating Fire Protection 2010 Dai, Xianghe; Wang, Y.C.; Bailey, C.G.
Structural Behaviour of Cold-formed Steel Cassette Wall Panels Subject to In-plane Shear Load 2013 Dai, Xianghe
Numerical Modelling and Analysis of Structural Behaviour of Wall-stud Cold-formed Steel Shear Wall Panels under In-plane Monotonic Loads 2012 Dai, Xianghe
An experimental study of relative structural fire behaviour and robustness of different types of steel joint in restrained steel frames 2011 Wang, Y.C.; Dai, Xianghe; Bailey, C.G.
The safety of common steel beam/column connections in fire 2010 Wang, Y.C.; Davison, J.B.; Burgess, I.W.; Plank, R.J.; Yu, H.X.; Dai, Xianghe
Numerical modelling of structural fire behaviour of restrained steel beam–column assemblies using typical joint types 2010 Dai, Xianghe; Wang, Y.C.; Bailey, C.G.
Finite element analysis and simple design calculation method for rectangular CFSTs under local bearing forces 2016 Yang, Y.; Wen, Z.; Dai, Xianghe
Flexural behaviour of asymmetric composite beam with low degree of shear connection 2018 Sheehan, Therese; Dai, Xianghe; Lam, Dennis
Testing of composite beam with demountable shear connectors 2018 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings 171 3 - 16 Rehman N.;Lam D.;Dai X.;Ashour A. 0965-0911 10.1680/jstbu.16.00172
Performance of recycled aggregate concrete–filled square steel tubular columns exposed to fire 2017 Advances in Structural Engineering 20 1340 - 1356 Yang Y.;Zhang L.;Dai X. 1369-4332 10.1177/1369433216677603
A numerical study on the effect of concrete infill and intumescent coating to fire-resistant behaviour of stub elliptical steel hollow sections under axial compression 2014 Advanced Steel Construction 10 310 - 324 Dai X.;Lam D. 1816-112X
Experimental study on long spanning composite cellular beam under flexure and shear 2016 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 116 40 - 54 Sheehan T.;Dai X.;Lam D.;Aggelopoulos E.;Lawson M.;Obiala R. 0143-974X 10.1016/j.jcsr.2015.08.047
Testing of a Full-Scale Composite Floor Plate 2019 Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Sheehan, Therese
Finite element analysis of concrete filled lean duplex stainless steel columns 2019 Lam, Dennis; Yang, Jie; Dai, Xianghe
Experimental investigation on mechanical behaviours of TMCP high strength steel 2019 Construction and Building Materials 200 664 - 680 Jiang J.;Bao W.;Peng Z.;Wang Y.;Liu J.;Dai X. 0950-0618 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.12.130
Flexural behaviour of composite slim floor beams 2019 Structures Sheehan T.;Dai X.;Yang J.;Zhou K.;Lam D. 2352-0124 10.1016/j.istruc.2019.06.021
Flexural buckling behaviour of 690 MPa high strength steel H-section columns 2019 Engineering Structures 200 Jiang J.;Ye Z.;Bao W.;Wang X.;Wang Y.;Dai X. 0141-0296 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109718
Creep Property of TMCP High-Strength Steel Q690CFD at Elevated Temperatures 2020 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 32 Jiang J.;Bao W.;Peng Z.;Dai X. 0899-1561 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003040
Effect of dowel shear connector on performance of slim-floor composite shear beams 2020 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 173 Dai X.;Lam D.;Sheehan T.;Yang J.;Zhou K. 0143-974X 10.1016/j.jcsr.2020.106243
New composite flooring system for the circular economy 2021 Steel and Composite Structures Vol 40 Dennis Lam, Jie Yang, Yong Wang, Xianghe Dai, Therese Sheehan and Kan Zhou 1598-6233 Techno-Press DOI: 10.12989/scs.2021.40.5.649
Axial compressive behaviour of CFDST stub columns with large void ratio 2021 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 186 You-Fu Yang, Feng Fu, Xue-Meng Bie, Xiang-He Dai
Numerical study of steel–concrete composite cellular beam using demountable shear connectors 2023 Structures 51 1328 - 1340 Dai X.;Yang J.;Zhou K.;Sheehan T.;Lam D. 2352-0124 10.1016/j.istruc.2023.03.134
Experiment and numerical modelling of a demountable steel connection system for reuse 2022 Journal of Constructional Steel Research Xianghe Dai, Jie Yang, Dennis Lam, Therese Sheehan, Kan Zhou

Technical Paper

Dr. Xianghe Dai has 2 publication(s) listed under technical paper.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
Recent research on composite beams with demountable shear connectors 2017 Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Ashour, Ashraf F.; Rehman, Naveed
Testing of composite beam with demountable shear connectors 2018 Rehman, Naveed; Lam, Dennis; Dai, Xianghe; Ashour, Ashraf F.