Congzhen Xiao

China Academy of Building Research, Vice-Chief Engineer | Beijing, China

About

Dr. Xiao, graduated from Tsinghua University, is now the Research Fellow, Ph.D. Supervisor, and Vice-Chief Engineer of China Academy of Building Research (CABR). He has been engaged in design, research, and consulting on super high-rise buildings for over twenty years. Several engineering consulting and experimental projects led by Dr. Xiao include the 632-m Shanghai Tower, 660-m Shenzhen Ping’an Center, 606-m Wuhan Greenland Center, and 528-m Beijing Z15 Tower. In addition, Dr. Xiao is also in charge of numerous national research programs, focusing on innovative design philosophies and optimization of tall buildings.

Congzhen Xiao

CTBUH Designated Expert

CTBUH Roles

Annual Conference, Presenter (Shanghai 2012; Shanghai 2014; China 2016)

Videos

16 September 2014

Relationship Between Periods and Structural Heights

Natural vibration period is an important parameter for a high-rise building; based on four hundred and fourteen high-rise buildings that are existing or have passed...

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Research

17 October 2016

Engineering Properties of Composite Mega-Columns with Separately Encased Hot Rolled Steel Profiles

Congzhen Xiao & Chen Tao, China Academy of Building Research; Fei Deng, Tsinghua University; et al

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of composite mega-columns with separately encased steel profiles. Ten scaled composite columns were designed, including six...

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Research

26 October 2015

The ASeismic Design and Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of a 350m High Braced Steel Frame

Ziguo Xu, Chongcui Ren & Congzhen Xiao, China Academy of Building Research

Using nonlinear time history analysis to investigate the seismic performance of tall building structures has been more widely implemented in recent years as china new...

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2 July 2020

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

13 July 2019

Sustainable Development of Construction Engineering Conference

Join CTBUH for a conference exploring major academic theories and engineering practice issues on super high-rise construction technology.

12 January 2017

Composite Megacolumns Report Now Available

The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.

5 February 2015

First Composite Megacolumns Test a Big Success

The large research team working on the composite megacolumns research project gathered in Beijing to start the test campaign on the first megacolumn samples.

15 December 2014

Composite Megacolumns Research Meeting Held in Beijing

Megacolumns researcher goes to Beijing to explore the actual behavior (N-M curve) of large composite concrete/steel megacolumns with encased steel profiles.

16 September 2014

Building Movement and Damping Workshop, Shanghai 2014

The Building Movement and Damping Technical Workshop reviewed some of the latest strategies and concepts for helping tall buildings avoid movement in seismic and wind events.

16 September 2014

Relationship Between Periods and Structural Heights

Natural vibration period is an important parameter for a high-rise building; based on four hundred and fourteen high-rise buildings that are existing or have passed...

16 September 2014

2014 Shanghai International Conference - Technical Workshop 02 - Q & A

2014 Shanghai International Conference Technical Workshop 02 Questions & Answers session with speakers Michael Montgomery, Kinetica; Kevin MacLean, Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.; Hezi Mena, WSP;...

21 September 2012

Seismic Behavior of Steel Plate Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

Using steel plate reinforced concrete composite shear walls is an innovative design strategy which can take advantage of the structural strengths of both materials. Typically,...

21 September 2012

Track 27: Seismic Considerations Q & A

Track 27 speakers including: Guo-Qiang Li, Tongji University; Jose Sy, Sy^2 + Associates; and Congzhen Xiao, China Academy of Building Research (CABR), take questions from...

17 October 2016

Engineering Properties of Composite Mega-Columns with Separately Encased Hot Rolled Steel Profiles

Congzhen Xiao & Chen Tao, China Academy of Building Research; Fei Deng, Tsinghua University; et al

This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of composite mega-columns with separately encased steel profiles. Ten scaled composite columns were designed, including six...

26 October 2015

The ASeismic Design and Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of a 350m High Braced Steel Frame

Ziguo Xu, Chongcui Ren & Congzhen Xiao, China Academy of Building Research

Using nonlinear time history analysis to investigate the seismic performance of tall building structures has been more widely implemented in recent years as china new...

16 September 2014

Relationship Between Periods and Structural Heights

Congzhen Xiao, Peifu Xu & Jianhui Li, China Academy of Building Research

Natural vibration period is an important parameter for a high-rise building; based on four hundred and fourteen high-rise buildings that are existing or have passed...

01 March 2014

Relationship between Natural Vibration Periods and Structural Heights for High-rise Buildings in China

Peifu Xu, Congzhen Xiao & Jianhui Li, China Academy of Building Research

Natural vibration period is an important parameter for high-rise building, Based on 414 high-rise buildings completed or passed over-limit approval in China, the distribution law...

19 September 2012

Seismic Behavior of Steel Plate Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

Congzhen Xiao, Dongqi Jiang, Ziguo Xu & Tao Chen, China Academy of Building Research

Steel plate reinforced concrete composite shear wall is an innovative structural member which takes advantage of both materials.. In order to investigate its flexural and...

01 September 2012

Shaking Table Test and Seismic Performance Evaluation of Shanghai Tower

Tian Chunyu, Xiao Congzhen, Zhang Hong, & Cao Jinzhe, China Academy of Building Research

Shanghai Tower is a super high-rise building of 632 m height with ‘mega frame-core- outrigger truss’ structure system. Due to the complexity and irregularity of...