Research Interests
Testing and design of cold-formed and hot-rolled steel structures
High strength steel members, connections and joints
Steel and composite materials and structures under elevated temperatures and post-fire conditions
Fatigue and stress concentration factor
Construction automation (3D printing, Robotic welding, Modular building)
Shells and thin-walled structures
Sustainable construction
Smart materials
Retrofitting of steel, composite and concrete infrastructure
Welding
Publications
JOURNAL PAPERS (* denotes corresponding author) 
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). Cold-formed High Strength Steel CHS-to-RHS T- and X-Joints: Performance and Design after Fire Exposures, Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2023.110793.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). Design of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Rectangular Hollow Section T-Joints under Post-fire Conditions, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.107941.
- Pandey M and Young B*. (2023). Design of Cold-formed High Strength Steel CHS-to-RHS T- and X-Joints at Elevated Temperatures, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2023.110728.
- Pandey M and Young B*. (2023). Behaviour and Design of Cold-formed S960 Steel RHS T-Joints Subjected to Elevated Temperatures, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116136.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). RHS-to-RHS Cold-formed S960 Steel Fire Exposed X-Joints: Structural Behaviour and Design, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2023.110711.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). Numerical Analysis and Design of Cold-formed High Strength Steel RHS X-Joints at Elevated Temperatures, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.107892.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). Modelling and Design of Cold-formed S960 Steel Brace-rotated Tubular T- and X-Joints, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2022.107721.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). S960 Steel Grade Square Bird-Beak T- and X-Joints: Numerical Investigation and Design, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.107884.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). Design of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Diamond Bird-beak Tubular T-Joints and X-Joints, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, doi: 10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-11701.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). New Design Rules of Cold-formed High Strength Steel CHS-to-RHS X-Joints, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, 188, 110642; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2023.110642.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2023). Static Performance and Design of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Rectangular Hollow Section X-Joints, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 288, 114997; doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114997.
- Ma JL, Pandey M*, Chan TM and Young B. (2023). Design of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Square and Rectangular Hollow Section Beam-Columns, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, 185, 110483; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2022.110483.
- Chen MT, Cai A, Pandey M, Shen C, Zhang Y and Hu L*. (2023). Mechanical properties of high strength steels and weld metals at arctic low temperatures. Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, 185, 110543; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2023.110543.
- Ma JL, Pandey M*, Chan TM and Young B. (2022). Structural Performance of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Circular Hollow Sections under Combined Compression and Bending. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 148(10): 04022148; doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003438.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2022). Effect of Member Orientation on the Static Strengths of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular X-Joints, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, 170, 108501; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2021.108501.
- Chen MT, Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Mechanical Properties of Cold-Formed Steel Semi-Oval Hollow Sections after Exposure to ISO-834 Fire, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, 167, 108202; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2021.108202.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Post-Fire Behaviour of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular T- and X-Joints, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 186, 106859; doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106859.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Ultimate Resistances of Member-Rotated Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular T-Joints under Compression Loads, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 244, 112601; doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112601.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Stress Concentration Factors of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular T-Joints, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, 166, 107996; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2021.107996.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Experimental Investigation on Stress Concentration Factors of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Tubular X-Joints, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 243, 112408; doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112408.
- Chen MT, Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Post-fire residual material properties of cold-formed steel elliptical hollow sections. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 183, 106723; doi: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106723.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Post-fire mechanical response of high strength steels. Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, 164, 107606; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2021.107606.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2021). Static resistances of cold-formed high strength steel tubular non-90° X-Joints. Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 239, 112064; doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112064.
- Pandey M*, Chung KF and Young B. (2021). Numerical investigation and design of fully chord supported tubular T-joints. Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 239, 112063; doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112063.
- Pandey M*, Chung KF and Young B. (2021). Design of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T-joints under compression loads. Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, 164, 107573; doi: 10.1016/j.tws.2021.107573.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2020). Structural Performance of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular X-Joints under Brace Axial Compression, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 208, 109768; doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109768.
- Pandey M* and Young B. (2019). Compression Capacities of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Tubular T-Joints, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 162, 105650; doi:10.1016/j.jcsr.2019.05.040.
- Pandey M and Young B*. (2019). Tests of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular T-Joints, Thin-walled Structures, Elsevier, 143, 106200; doi:10.1016/j.tws.2019.106200.
- Chen XC, Pandey M, Bai ZZ* and Au FTK. (2017). Long-Term Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Bridges with Corrugated Steel Webs. Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 22(8), 04017040; doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001074.
CONFERENCE PAPERS (# denotes presenter)
- Pandey M# and Young B. (2022). Behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel tubular X-joints with circular braces and rectangular chords, The 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC), South Africa, 1172-1177.
- Pandey M# and Young B. (2022). Experimental investigation on cold-formed high strength steel tubular T-joints after fire exposures, The 8th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC), South Africa, 1178-1184.
- Pandey M# and Au Francis TK. (2022). Influence of Governing Parameters on Long-Term Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Bridge with Corrugated Steel Webs, First Indian Structural Steel Conference, Serial number-ISSCP10013/2022, IIT Hyderabad, India.
- Pandey M# and Young B. (2019). Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular T-Joints – New Design Rules, Proceedings of the 16th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction (EASEC16), Brisbane, Australia, Paper No. SS04-001, Paper in USB. (Invited paper)
- Pandey M# and Young B. (2018). Post-Fire Behaviour of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular X-Joints Subjected to ISO – 834 Standard Fire, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice for Steel Construction, Hong Kong, China, 492-503. (Invited paper)
- Pandey M# and Young B. (2018). Behaviour of Cold-Formed High Strength Steel Tubular T-Joints, The 8th International Conference on Thin Walled Structures, Lisbon, Portugal, Paper No. 154, Full paper in USB. (Special session paper)
- Pandey M# and Young B. (2017). High Strength Steel Tubular X-Joints – An Experimental Insight under Axial Compression, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, Melbourne, Australia, 223-230.
Grants
2023-2023
Project Title: Stress concentration factors of cold-formed high strength steel traditional and member-rotated tubular T- and X-joints
Sponsor: International Research Collaboration Fund, University of Nottingham, UK
Project Code: A7I532
Grant Received: £2,500
Investigator: Madhup Pandey (PI)
Sponsor: International Research Collaboration Fund, University of Nottingham, UK
Project Code: A7I532
Grant Received: £2,500
Investigator: Madhup Pandey (PI)
2023-2023
Project Title: Circular business model innovation in the UK cement, glass and ceramics industries
Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation, United Kingdom
Project ID: 13451392
Grant Received: £59,586
Investigators: Maria Karafyllia (PI), Madhup Pandey (Co-I), Fangying Wang (Co-I), Ming Li (Co-I)
Sponsor: UK Research and Innovation, United Kingdom
Project ID: 13451392
Grant Received: £59,586
Investigators: Maria Karafyllia (PI), Madhup Pandey (Co-I), Fangying Wang (Co-I), Ming Li (Co-I)
2023-2023
Project Title: Optimising the use of recycled concrete aggregate and waste glass in concrete
Sponsor: Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom
Project ID: 16226601
Grant Received: £800
Investigators: Fangying Wang (PI) and Madhup Pandey (Co-I)
Sponsor: Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom
Project ID: 16226601
Grant Received: £800
Investigators: Fangying Wang (PI) and Madhup Pandey (Co-I)
2022-2023
Project Title: High-performance concrete and Metallic Materials at Elevated Temperatures (HICOMET)
Sponsor: FPVC Acceleration Fund, University of Nottingham, UK
Project Code: A145JZ
Grant Received: £60,000
Investigators: Madhup Pandey (PI), Fangying Wang (PI) and Georgia Thermou (PI)
Sponsor: FPVC Acceleration Fund, University of Nottingham, UK
Project Code: A145JZ
Grant Received: £60,000
Investigators: Madhup Pandey (PI), Fangying Wang (PI) and Georgia Thermou (PI)
2023-2026
Project Title: Behaviour and Design of Stress Concentration Factors of Cold-formed High Strength Steel Traditional and Member-rotated Tubular Joints
Sponsor: General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Project No.: 15225322
Grant Received: HK$931,600 (approx. £98,625)
Investigators: Ben Young (PI) and Madhup Pandey (Co-I)
Sponsor: General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Project No.: 15225322
Grant Received: HK$931,600 (approx. £98,625)
Investigators: Ben Young (PI) and Madhup Pandey (Co-I)
2021-2022
Project Title: Stress concentration factors of cold-formed high strength steel traditional and member-rotated tubular T- and X-joints
Sponsor: Centrally Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project No.: P0038627
Grant Received: HK$745,800 (approx. £78,955)
Investigators: Ben Young (PI) and Madhup Pandey (Co-I)
Sponsor: Centrally Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project No.: P0038627
Grant Received: HK$745,800 (approx. £78,955)
Investigators: Ben Young (PI) and Madhup Pandey (Co-I)
2020-2023
Project Title: Behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel bird-beak tubular T- and X-joints
Sponsor: General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Project No.: 15218720
Grant Received: HK$873,995 (approx. £92,526)
Investigators: Ben Young(PI), Madhup Pandey (Co-I) and Man-Tai Chen(Co-I)
Sponsor: General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Project No.: 15218720
Grant Received: HK$873,995 (approx. £92,526)
Investigators: Ben Young(PI), Madhup Pandey (Co-I) and Man-Tai Chen(Co-I)
Testing Facilities
Instron Universal Testing machine
Static load capacity: ±2000kN
Cyclic load capacity: ±1800kN
25 kN Actuator
Static load capacity: ±25kN
Cyclic load capacity: ±25kN
500 kN Actuator
Static load capacity: ±500kN
Cyclic load capacity: ±500kN
1000 kN Actuator
Static load capacity: ±1000kN
Cyclic load capacity: ±1000kN
Avery compressive machine
Static load capacity: 5000kN
Contest/ Dension Compressive machine
Static load capacity: 3000, 2500, 150 kN
Zwick
Static load capacity: ±200kN
High Temperature Furnace
(can heat up to 1000°C)
Material properties of High Strength Steel:
1.Elevated Temperatures
2.After-fire (Post-fire)
Three-point bending test set-up of beams
Accessories in the lab
Video Gauge Camera (VG).
High-speed Camera
Digital image correlation (DIC)
High velocity impact loading test machine
Environmental Chamber at Structural Lab (UoN) to simulate curing concrete in various condition
Temp: 10-27°C
Humidity: 10-80%
Team
Dr Madhup Pandey
Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Dr Fangying Wang
Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Journal Roles
As Reviewer
2019-Present Journal of Engineering Structures, Elsevier
2019-Present Journal of Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier
2020-Present Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier
2020-Present Journal of Structural Engineering,ASCE
2020-Present Journal of Bridge Engineering,ASCE
2021-Present Journal of Zhejiang University, Springer
2022-Present Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier
2022-Present Journal of Materials, MDPI
2022-Present Journal of Buildings, MDPI
2022-Present Journal of Minerals, MDPI
2022-Present Advances in Structural Engineering, SAGE
2022-Present Journal of Sustainability, MDPI
2019-Present Journal of Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier
2020-Present Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier
2020-Present Journal of Structural Engineering,ASCE
2020-Present Journal of Bridge Engineering,ASCE
2021-Present Journal of Zhejiang University, Springer
2022-Present Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier
2022-Present Journal of Materials, MDPI
2022-Present Journal of Buildings, MDPI
2022-Present Journal of Minerals, MDPI
2022-Present Advances in Structural Engineering, SAGE
2022-Present Journal of Sustainability, MDPI
Student Achievements
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