Dr Kesawan Sivakumar
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Structural fire engineering, facade engineering, disaster resilient structural design, thin-walled structures, cold-formed steel, light gauge steel frame buildings, innovative built-up cold-formed steel sections, fire safety of light gauged steel buildings, post-fire behaviour of buildings
Research field
Civil Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member, Engineers Australia (EA)
- Member, IESL Sri Lanka Queensland Chapter
- Member, ACS Toastmasters Club, Brisbane
Teaching
Current
EGB 376 - Design of Steel Structures
EGB 476 Advance Steel Design
EGB 477- Façade Engineering
BEB 801, BEB 802 – Undergraduate projects
Previous
DAB530 - Integrated Technologies 2 (School of Design - architecture)
ENB273 (Civil Materials)
Hydraulic design, Steel design
Publications
- Sivakumar, K., Mahendran, M., Dias, H. & Zhao, W. (2017). Compression tests of built-up cold-formed steel hollow flange sections. Thin-Walled Structures, 116, 180–193. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/107600
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2017). Fire performance of LSF walls made of hollow flange channel studs. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 8(2), 149–180. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/105430
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2017). Section compression capacity of high strength cold-formed hollow flange channels. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 133, 202–213. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/107597
- Ariyanayagam, A., Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2016). Detrimental effects of plasterboard joints on the fire resistance of light gauge steel frame walls. Thin-Walled Structures, 107, 597–611. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/98416
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2016). Fire design rules for LSF walls made of hollow flange channel sections. Thin-Walled Structures, 107, 300–314. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96260
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2016). Predicting the performance of LSF walls made of hollow flange channel sections in fire. Thin-Walled Structures, 98, 111–126. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89633
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2016). Thermal performance of load-bearing walls made of cold-formed hollow flange channel sections in fire. Fire and Materials, 40(5), 704–730. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96258
- Sivakumar, K., Jatheeshan, V. & Mahendran, M. (2015). Elevated temperature mechanical properties of hollow flange channel sections. Construction and Building Materials, 87, 86–99. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89632
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2015). Fire tests of load-bearing LSF walls made of hollow flange channel sections. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 115, 191–205. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96257
- Sivakumar, K. & Mahendran, M. (2013). Review of the fire performance of LSF walls. Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC 2013), 554–561. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67029
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Vice Chancellors Performance Award