Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 245-262 (2016)
ADVANCEMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF JAPANESE HIGH
PERFORMANCE STEEL IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Ping Xiang1, Hanbin Ge2,* and Liang-Jiu Jia3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092,China
2*Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502, Japan
3Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China. (Former Post Doctoral Researcher, Advanced Research Center for Natural Disaster Risk
Reduction, Meijo Univ., 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502, Japan)
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Received: 14 January 2014; Revised: 12 October 2015; Accepted: 13 October 2015
DOI:10.18057/IJASC.2016.12.3.3
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ABSTRACT
Applications of steel to building structures in Japan can date back to the first steel factory, ShueishaPrinting Plant, constructed in 1894. History of steel bridges in Japan can trace back to the first steel bridge, KuroganeBridge in Nagasaki, constructed in 1868 using wrought iron. As the developments of large-scale structures, newconstruction technologies and demanding structural performance, a variety of high performance steels (HPSs) havebeen developed. In this study, history of applications of HPSs to building and bridge structures in Japan is brieflyreviewed. The characteristics of typical HPSs in both buildings and bridges are introduced, respectively, and theirimpacts on structural engineering are also discussed.
KEYWORDS
Steel, high performance, toughness, welding, ductility, weathering, buildings, bridges
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