Current Professional Societies

1. Board Member, Committee on Bridge Steel Structures, Chinese Association of Steel Structures;

2. Member, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering;

3. Member, China Highway and Transportation Society.

Research Areas

1. Fatigue and fracture evaluation of bridge structures;

2. Analysis and design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges.

Publications

1. Huating Chen, Xianwei Zhang, Xiufu Zhu, Wenxue Zhang. Fatigue Evaluation of Steel-Concrete Composite Deck in Steel Truss Bridge——A Case Study. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 2022.

2. Huating Chen, Zhenyu Sun, Zefeng Zhong, Yan Huang. Fatigue Factor Assessment and Life Prediction of Concrete Based on Bayesian Regularized BP Neural Network. Materials, 2022, 15(13): 4491. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15134491

3. Huating Chen, Wei Wang, Shouhui Duan, Yan Huang, Lukuan Qi.Evaluation of Fatigue Damage of Composite Bridges Caused by Congested Vehicle Idle Vibration Based on Energy Approach. China Journal of Highway and Transport, 2021, 34(04): 80-92.

4. Chang Li, Rui Zhao, Ming Ouyang, Huating Chen, Ming Zhang. Experimental Investigation on Fatigue Performance of Anchor-Box Type Cable-Girder Anchorage Structure in Heilongjiang Bridge. Highway, 2020, 65(07): 367-373.

5. Huating Chen, Cong Sun, Rui Zhao. Optimization of U-Beam Design for Urban Rail Transit Viaduct. Urban Rapid Rail Transit, 2020, 33(03): 85-91+117.

6. Hui Zhou, Gang Shi, Yuanqing Wang, Huating Chen, Guido De Roeck. Fatigue Evaluation of a Composite Railway Bridge Based on Fracture Mechanics through Global-Local Dynamic Analysis. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, July 2016, 122(7): 1-13.

7. Akhrawat Lenwari, Huating Chen. Finite Element Analysis of Distortion-Induced Web Gap Stresses in Multi-I Girder Steel Bridges. Engineering Journal, 2013, 17(1): 95-109.

8. Huating Chen, Xiaoqi Chi, Yan Huang. Comparative Analysis of Fatigue Stress in Longitudinal Rib and Cover Plate Joints of Orthotropic Steel Deck Plate. Bridge Construction, 2012, 42(06): 20-26.

9. Huating Chen, Gilbert Y. Grondin, Robert G. Driver. Characterization of Fatigue Properties of ASTM A709 High Performance Steel. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, June 2007, 63(6): 838-848.

10. Airong Chen, Huating Chen, Haifan Xiang. Wind-Induced Buffeting Fatigue Reliability Analysis and Life Estimation of Long-Span Bridges. China Civil Engineering Journal, 1999, 32(03): 28-33.

Personal Statement

Dr. Huating Chen received her Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada. After three years of practical experience in consulting firms as a bridge engineer, she joined the Beijing University of Technology in 2008 and became an associate professor. Her research interests lie primarily in the analysis-design-evaluation-rehabilitation of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, concentrating on fatigue and fracture performance. For more information, please refer tohttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huating-Chen