Benjamin W. Schafer

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
238 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

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Benjamin W. Schafer is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin W. Schafer has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 92 papers in Building and Construction and 44 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Benjamin W. Schafer's work include Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (177 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (84 papers) and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (56 papers). Benjamin W. Schafer is often cited by papers focused on Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (177 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (84 papers) and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis (56 papers). Benjamin W. Schafer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Benjamin W. Schafer's co-authors include Teoman Peköz, Cristopher D. Moen, Cheng Yu, Zhanjie Li, Shahabeddin Torabian, Kara D. Peterman, Sándor Ádány, Luiz Carlos Marcos Vieira, Kim J.R. Rasmussen and Stephen G. Buonopane and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin W. Schafer

227 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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Computational modeling of cold-formed steel: characterizing geometric imperfections and residual stresses

1998 686 citations Benjamin W. Schafer et al. Journal of Constructional Steel Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin W. Schafer United States	44	5.8k	3.7k	1.5k	686	307	238	6.8k
Michael Kaliske Germany	38	1.6k 0.3×	884 0.2×	2.6k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	44 0.1×	373	5.7k
Damiano Pasini Canada	42	2.2k 0.4×	362 0.1×	2.2k 1.4×	4.0k 5.9×	66 0.2×	171	7.3k
Brian Uy Australia	57	11.2k 1.9×	8.8k 2.4×	1.6k 1.0×	747 1.1×	13 0.0×	338	11.9k
Kyoungsoo Park South Korea	27	1.2k 0.2×	638 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	425 0.6×	12 0.0×	94	3.0k
Roberto Brighenti Italy	34	955 0.2×	276 0.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	62 0.2×	148	3.0k
Josef Eberhardsteiner Austria	30	1.1k 0.2×	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	654 1.0×	9 0.0×	130	2.7k
Zi-Long Zhao China	25	728 0.1×	322 0.1×	400 0.3×	350 0.5×	74 0.2×	78	1.6k
Rami Haj‐Ali Israel	34	720 0.1×	274 0.1×	1.6k 1.0×	680 1.0×	45 0.1×	122	3.3k
J. M. Guedes Portugal	25	1.8k 0.3×	225 0.1×	2.2k 1.5×	568 0.8×	36 0.1×	55	3.4k
Anders Klarbring Sweden	35	1.6k 0.3×	155 0.0×	2.7k 1.8×	885 1.3×	97 0.3×	118	4.3k

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Rasmussen, Kim J.R., Mani Khezri, Hao Zhang, & Benjamin W. Schafer. (2025). Recent research on built-up cold-formed steel structures. Thin-Walled Structures. 215. 113546–113546. 1 indexed citations

White, Emma, Benjamin W. Schafer, Chongchong Tang, et al.. (2025). Influence of the Cr to Ti Ratio on the High‐Temperature Oxidation Behavior of TaMoCrTiAl Complex Concentrated Alloys in Nitrogen‐Free Atmospheres. Materials and Corrosion. 77(3). 442–452.

Craveiro, Hélder D., et al.. (2025). Built-up cold-formed steel lightweight concrete (CFS-LWC) composite beams: applicability of EN 1994-1-1 and AISC-360. Thin-Walled Structures. 214. 113301–113301. 5 indexed citations

Craveiro, Hélder D., et al.. (2025). Design of bolted shear connectors used in cold-formed steel-lightweight concrete (CFS-LWC) systems. Engineering Structures. 347. 121733–121733.

Schafer, Benjamin W., et al.. (2025). Generalized Elastic Lateral-Torsional Buckling of Steel Beams. Engineering Journal. 62(1). 27–42. 1 indexed citations

Doranehgard, Mohammad Hossein, et al.. (2025). An airfoil-based synthetic actuator disk model for wind turbine aerodynamic and structural analysis. Renewable Energy. 255. 123780–123780.

Zhang, Zhidong, et al.. (2024). Practice-oriented numerical model for seismic response of cold-formed steel-framed mid-rise buildings. Engineering Structures. 319. 118833–118833. 2 indexed citations

Torabian, Shahabeddin, et al.. (2024). High-strength cold-formed steel stiffened channel section: Axial compressive strength and initial geometric imperfections. Thin-Walled Structures. 206. 112604–112604. 3 indexed citations

Ádány, Sándor & Benjamin W. Schafer. (2024). Finite Tube Method for buckling analysis of tubular members using Fourier-approximation for the displacements. Thin-Walled Structures. 206. 112672–112672.

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Zhang, Zhidong, et al.. (2023). Cold‐formed steel framed shear wall test database. Earthquake Spectra. 40(1). 871–884. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Physical damage‐hysteretic response correlation for steel sheet sheathed cold‐formed steel‐framed wall‐lines. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 53(3). 1195–1215. 4 indexed citations

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Xia, Yu, et al.. (2023). Cold-formed steel strength predictions for torsion and bending–torsion interaction. Thin-Walled Structures. 195. 111367–111367. 1 indexed citations

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Louhghalam, Arghavan, et al.. (2023). Geometric imperfections in CFS structural members, Part II: Data-driven modeling and probabilistic validation. Thin-Walled Structures. 185. 110620–110620. 12 indexed citations

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Xia, Yu, et al.. (2023). Strength of Bolted Lap Shear Connections with Advanced High-Strength Steel Sheets. Journal of Structural Engineering. 150(1). 2 indexed citations

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Schafer, Benjamin W., et al.. (2023). Wall‐diaphragm interactions in seismic response of building systems ii: Inelastic response and design. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 52(5). 1557–1577. 3 indexed citations

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Schafer, Benjamin W., et al.. (2023). Evaluating the use of standing seam roof as beam lateral bracing. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 212. 108244–108244. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoran, Johann Guilleminot, Benjamin W. Schafer, & Mazdak Tootkaboni. (2022). Stochastic analysis of geometrically imperfect thin cylindrical shells using topology-aware uncertainty models. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 393. 114780–114780. 14 indexed citations

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Torabian, Shahabeddin, et al.. (2020). Strength of Bolted Lap Joints in Steel Sheets with Small End Distance. Journal of Structural Engineering. 146(12). 15 indexed citations

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Schafer, Benjamin W., Jiazhen Leng, Kara D. Peterman, et al.. (2016). Seismic Response and Engineering of Cold-formed Steel Framed Buildings. Structures. 8. 197–212. 100 indexed citations

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Vieira, Luiz Carlos Marcos & Benjamin W. Schafer. (2012). Behavior and Design of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Stud Walls under Compression. Journal of Structural Engineering. 139(5). 772–786. 82 indexed citations

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