Journal Papers

  1. Zhang, S.*, Chui, Y. H., & Joo, D. (2024). Withdrawal capacity of a novel rigging device for prefabricated wood I-joist floor panels. Buildings, 14, 2484. [link]
  2. Zhang, S.*, & Chui, Y. H. (2024). Quantifying the effect of end support restraints on vibration serviceability of mass timber floor systems: Testing. Engineering Structures, 301, 117189. [link]
  3. Lin, B., Zhang, S., Živanović, S., Zhang, Q., & Fan, F. (2023). Verification of damped bipedal inverted pendulum model against kinematic and kinetic data of human walking on rigid-level ground. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 200, 110561. [link]
  4. Lin, B., Živanović, S., Zhang, S., Zhang, Q., & Fan, F. (2023). Evaluation of compliant walking locomotion models for civil engineering applications. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 561, 117815. [link]
  5. Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., & Zhang, S.* (2022) Exact series solutions of composite beams with rotationally restrained boundary conditions: static analysis. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 92, 3999–4015. [link] [pdf]
  6. Živanović, S., Lin, B., Dang, H. V., Zhang, S., Ćosić, M., Caprani, C., & Zhang, Q. (2022). Evaluation of inverted-pendulum-with-rigid-legs walking locomotion models for civil engineering applications. Buildings, 12(8), 1216. [link]
  7. Zhang, L., Zhou, J., Zhang, S., & Chui, Y. H. (2022). Bending stiffness prediction to mass timber panel-concrete composite floors with notched connections. Engineering Structures, 262, 114354. [link]
  8. Zhang, S.*, & Xu, L. (2022). Vibration serviceability evaluation of lightweight cold-formed steel floor systems. Structures, 38, 1368-1379. [link] [pdf]
  9. Daneshvar, H., Goni, T., Zhang, S., Kelterborn, R., & Chui, Y. H. (2021). Structural timber design in curricula of canadian universities: Current status and future needs. Education Sciences, 11(12), 765. [link]
  10. Zhang, S., Zhou, J., & Chui, Y. H. (2021). Simultaneous evaluation of bending and shear stiffness of wood I-joists by transverse vibration tests. Engineering Structures, 243, 112643. [link]
  11. Zhang, L., Zhang, S., & Chui, Y. H. (2021). Analytical evaluation to the timber-concrete composite beam connected with notched connections. Engineering Structures, 227, 111466. [link]
  12. Zhang, S.*, Daneshvar, H., & Chui, Y. H. (2021). Comparison of Lateral Load Performance of Light Wood Diaphragms Built with Sawn Lumber and Wood I-Joists. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33(1), 04020422. [link]
  13. Zhang, S.*, & Chui, Y. H. (2020). Characterizing flexural behaviour of panel-to-panel connections in cross-laminated timber floor systems. Structures, 28, 2047-2055. [link]
  14. Zhang, S.*, Chui, Y. H., & Joo, D. (2020). Lateral Load Performance of Panelized Wood I-Joist Floor Systems. Forest Products Journal, 70(4), 428-438. [link] [pdf]
  15. Zhang, S.*, & Xu, L. (2020). Human-induced vibration of cold-formed steel floor systems: Parametric studies. Advances in Structural Engineering, 23(10), 2030-2043. [link]
  16. Zhang, S., Zhou, J., Niederwestberg, J., & Chui, Y. H. (2019). Effect of end support restraints on vibration performance of cross laminated timber floors: An analytical approach. Engineering Structures, 189, 186-194. [link]
  17. Zhang, Y., & Zhang, S.* (2019). On the Application of Modified Finite Sine Transform to Structural Mechanics. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2019, 6363409. [link]
  18. Zhang, S., Xu, L., & Li, R. (2019). New exact series solutions for transverse vibration of rotationally-restrained orthotropic plates. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 65, 348-360. [link]
  19. Zhang, Y., & Zhang, S.* (2018). Free transverse vibration of rectangular orthotropic plates with two opposite edges rotationally restrained and remaining others free. Applied Sciences, 9(1), 22. [link]
  20. Zhang, S., & Xu, L. (2018). Determination of equivalent rigidities of cold-formed steel floor systems for vibration analysis, Part I: Theory. Thin-Walled Structures, 132, 25-35. [link]
  21. Xu, L., Zhang, S., & Yu, C. (2018). Determination of equivalent rigidities of cold-formed steel floor systems for vibration analysis, Part II: evaluation of the fundamental frequency. Thin-Walled Structures, 132, 1-15. [link]
  22. Zhang, S., & Xu, L. (2018). Analytical solutions for flexure of rectangular orthotropic plates with opposite rotationally restrained and free edges. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 18, 965-972. [link]
  23. Zhang, S., & Xu, L. (2018). Exact static analysis of eccentrically stiffened plates with partial composite action. Composite Structures, 198, 117-125. [link]
  24. Zhang, S., Xu, L., & Qin, J. (2017). Vibration of lightweight steel floor systems with occupants: modelling, formulation and dynamic properties. Engineering Structures, 147, 652-665. [link]
  25. Zhang, S., & Xu, L. (2017). Bending of rectangular orthotropic thin plates with rotationally restrained edges: a finite integral transform solution. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 46, 48-62. [link]

Selected Conference Proceedings/Abstracts

  1. Zhang, S., Lin, B., Williams, G., & Živanović, S. (2024). Experimental insight into human footfall loading for walking on vibrating surfaces. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 2647, Human-Induced Vibrations in Floors, Staircases and Stadia, 132007 [link]
  2. Zhang, S., Živanović, S., & Williams, G. (2023). vPERFORM: The Development of Footfall Loading Models for Human Walking on Vibrating Surfaces. In: Noh, H.Y., Whelan, M., Harvey, P.S. (eds) Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. SEM 2023. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. [link]
  3. Zhang, S., Chui, Y. H., Joo, D., Letarte, J. P., & Dalcastagne, L. (2019). Development of rigging system for prefabricated wood I-joist floor panels. Proceedings of 2019 Modular and Offsite Construction Summit, Banff, AB, Canada. [link]
  4. Zhang, S., & Xu, L. (2018). Human-structure interaction in cold-formed steel floor systems: An analytical perspective. Proceedings of Wei-Wen Yu International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures 2018, November 7-8, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [pdf]
  5. Zhang, S., & Xu, L. (2016). Fundamental frequency of lightweight cold-formed steel floor systems. In Allen, M., Mayes, R., Rixen, D. (eds), Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Vol. 4. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer. [link]
  6. Zhang, S., Yang, N., Wang, Y. & Dong, C. (2011). Numerical analysis of long-span floor vibration due to crowd synchronized walking. In Zhai, W. Advances in Environmental Vibration - Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration, ISEV 2011. [link]

Dissertation

Zhang, S. (2017). Vibration serviceability of cold-formed steel floor systems. University of Waterloo, ON, Canada.[link][pdf]