Cross-section properties
Centroid and second moment of area from coordinate points
Cross-section
All boundary lengths and overall dimensions are shown in millimetres. Dashed lines show the axes selected for the inertia calculation.
Centroid and second moment of area from coordinate points
All boundary lengths and overall dimensions are shown in millimetres. Dashed lines show the axes selected for the inertia calculation.



List of Publications
Ravikant Singh
Journal Papers
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2025, September). Reliability assessment of an improved DSM design proposal for cold-formed steel beam, column and beam-column members at elevated temperature. In Structures (Vol. 79, p. 109502). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2025.109502 [IF: 4.9, Cite Score: 7.1]
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2025). Critical temperature prediction in cold-formed steel columns exposed to local fire. In Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 229, 109509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2025.109509 [IF: 4.6, CiteScore: 8.1]
R. Singh, A. Samanta, Fire-Induced Thermal Gradients in Cold-Formed Steel Flexural Members: A Numerical Parametric Study for Structural Application, Fire Technology (2025) 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-025-01710-4 [IF: 2.4, CiteScore: 5.1]
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2023). A Study on Cold-Formed Steel Lipped Channel Flexural Members at Elevated Temperature Under Various Loading Scenarios. International Journal of Steel Structures, 23, 363–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-022-00699-8 [IF: 1.3, CiteScore: 2.7]
Singh, R., Samanta, A. Fire Resistance of Cold-Formed Steel Members: An Investigation of Local-Distortional Coupled Buckling and Imperfection Influences. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-025-10506-1 [IF: 3.1, CiteScore: 7.1]
Singh, R., Choudhury, A., Haridharan, M.K. et al. Numerical study on the structural performance of hollow rectangular high-strength steel columns under axial compression for advanced construction applications. Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 11, 71 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41024-025-00741-2 [CiteScore: 3.8]
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2022). Proposals for critical temperature of cold-formed steel compound sections under various load patterns. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 23(4), 609–633. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-022-00444-w [CiteScore: 5.9]
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2022). Numerical finite element simulation and structural behaviour of cold-formed steel members. Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.05.392 [CiteScore: 8.2]
Singh, R., Suman, S., Shukla, S., & Samanta, A. (2022). Experimental study on the structural performance of cold-rolled steel flexural members exposed to localized fire. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65(2), 792-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.303 [CiteScore: 8.2]
Suman, S., Singh, R., Shukla, S., & Samanta, A. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation of hot-rolled steel beam in localized fire. Materials Today: Proceedings, 65, 741–745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.283 [CiteScore: 8.2]
Publications under review
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2026). Experimental investigation of cold-formed steel columns under transient and steady state localized fire exposure. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (under review). [IF: 3.8, CiteScore: 7.5]
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2026). Transient-state tests, numerical modelling and reliability-based prediction of thin-walled steel members under localized fire. Engineering Structures (under review). [IF: 7.6, CiteScore: 12]
Peer-reviewed conference Papers
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2023). Numerical investigation for local-distortional interaction buckling of cold-formed steel flexural members exposed to fire. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, The Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction.
Singh, R., Singh, P. K. & Samanta, A. (2023) Local buckling of cold-formed steel members under pure compression, Structural Engineering Convention SEC 2023.
Singh, P. K., Singh, R. & Samanta, A. (2023) Effect of loading height on the GFRP beam using finite element analysis, Structural Engineering Convention SEC 2023.
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2022). Performance of light gauge cold-formed steel flexural members subjected to non-uniform fire. (pp. 1013-1017). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003348443
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2022). Parametric Study of Cold-Formed Lipped Channel Flexural Members Under Fire Hazard. In Resilient Infrastructure (pp. 107-117). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6978-1_8
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2021). Effects of Loading Pattern on Critical Temperature of Cold-Formed Compound Flexural Members. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (pp. 273-281). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80312-4_23
Singh, R., Samanta, A., Suman, S. (2024). Critical Buckling Moment of Cold-Formed Lipped Channel Sections. Proceedings of the Indian Structural Steel Conference 2020 (Vol. 1). ISSC 2020. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 318. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9390-9_40
Singh, R., Singh, P.K., Samanta, A. (2024). Local Buckling of Cold-Formed Steel Members Under Pure Compression. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 549. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6603-1_37
Singh, P.K., Singh, R., Samanta, A. (2024). Effect of Loading Height on the GFRP I-Beam Using Finite Element Analysis. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 549. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6603-1_41
Posters presented
Singh, R. and McCrum, D. (2025); Construct Innovate (2025) STANDARDIZE Project Overview. Poster presented at the Construct Innovate IndEx Day, Ireland .
Kumar, A. Samanta, A. & Singh, R. (2022). Effect of TLD and loading parameters on the vibration control of MDOF structures using Tuned Liquid Dampers, Poster presentation, Socio-Technological Aspects of Seismic Disaster and its Mitigation (STASDM), IIT Guwahati.
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2021). Structural Performance of Thin-Walled Lipped Channel Flexural Members at Extreme Temperature, (RSD 2021), IIT Patna, India.
Singh, R., & Samanta, A. (2021). Light gauge cold-formed steel flexural members subjected to non-uniform thermal action. (RSD 2023), IIT Patna