Biography

Jat-Yuen Richard Liew graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor degree in 1986 and Master of Engineering degrees in 1988 and from Purdue University USA with a PhD in 1992. He subsequently returned to the National University of Singapore and became a full time academic staff. He is currently the director of Hazard, Risk and Mitigation Programme.

He is a registered professional Engineer in Singapore, a Chartered Engineer in U.K and member of the Institution of Structural Engineers in U.K. In addition, he is a Chartered member of the Structural Engineering Institute of the America Society of Civil Engineering and a Member-at-large of the Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC) in USA. He is the Chairman of the National Group (Singapore) of International Association for Bridges and Structure Engineering, and the immediate past president of the Singapore Structural Steel Society.

Prof Liew's research interests have been in the area of steel and composite structures. The focus of his efforts has been investigations into and development of sustainable metal-composite technologies including deployable tension systems, steel-concrete composite systems and structures subjected to extreme loads such as blast and fire. These investigations have ranged from technologies for prefabrication production of steel structures for high-rise and large span systems at one extreme to design for fire hazards and extreme loadings for structures in offshore and defense related industries at the other end of the spectrum. Arising from this work, he has co-authored 4 books and generated more than 250 technical publications. These include technical articles in journals, conference proceedings, presentations, reports, book chapters, and patents.

Prof Liew interacts closely with the steel industry in the Asian region as a technical advisor in the areas of steel and composite structures. He has also seen his R&D brought from the laboratory to full-scale applications. The latter would include the deployable cable-strut systems (IP Patents), performance-based fire engineering method (design guides for performance-based fire safety design). His designs have been applied in some 15 full-scale installations for airport structures, high-rise buildings, large-span structures and special pretensioned structures. He is active in providing special advisory work in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region.

Professor Liew has been serving as a council member of the Singapore Structural Steel Society since 1992. He is currently the Immediate Past President of the Society. He serves in several international and local committees related to standards and specifications of steel and composite structures. He also serves in the editorial board of the five journals including the journal of constructional steel research, journal of steel and composite structures, journal of steel structures in Korea, journal of advanced steel construction in Hong Kong and the Journal of Progress in Steel Building Structures in Shanghai . He is a member of the Singapore Specification committee on steel building products, advisory committee on the Hong Kong Code of Practice of Steel Structures, IABSE Working Commission 2 on Steel, Timber and Composite Structures. He is also on the International Advisory Board for numerous International Conferences on fire and Steel Composite Structures, and has chaired numerous sessions on advanced analysis, composite construction and fire engineering and international symposiums over the last few years.

Qualifications

• B.Eng (First Class), 1986, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• M.Eng, 1988, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Ph.D, 1992, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
• Professional Engineer (PE), Singapore
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK

Honours & Awards

  Keynote lectures:

• "Butterfly-wing deployable membrane systems", keynote paper, 9th International Conference on Steel space & composite structures, 10-12 October 2007, Yantai and 14-15 October, Beijing, China.
• "Survivability of frame structures subject to explosion and fires", keynote lecture/paper, International colloquium on stability and ductility of steel structures SDSS 06, 6-8 September 2006, Lisbon, Portugal.
• "Design Criteria for Buildability of Multistory Buildings and Large Span Structures", Keynote lecture, IABSE Symposium on Metropolitan Habitats and Infrastructure, 22-24 September 2004, Shanghai, China
• "Performance-based fire safety design of structures- a multi-dimensional integration", Keynote lecture, Fire and Emergency Service Asia: FESA 2005, Singapore Civil Defense Force, Feb 22-26, 2005 Singapore.
• "Deployable Cable-Strut Systems for Spatial Structures" Keynote lecture, 2nd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures (ICSCS'04), Seoul, Korea, 2-4 September 2004
• "Structural Steel- The Preferred Choice for Buildability", Planetary Paper, 7 th Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC), Long Beach, USA 22-24 March 2004
• "Design and Constructability of Multistorey Steel Buildings and Space Frame Structures " , Keynote Paper & Lecture presented at the 7th International Conference on steel and space structures, 2 - 4 October, 2002 – Singapore
• "Buildable Design of Steel & Composite Multi-storey Building ", Keynote Lecture, 6th Asia Pacific Structural Steel Conference, Beijing , China , 15-17 October 2001.
• "Advanced inelastic analysis of frame structures", Keynote paper, 6th International Colloquium on Stability & ductility of steel structures, "Politechnica" University of Timisoara , Romania , 9-11 September 1999.

  Invited lectures:

• "Advanced analysis of building frames against blast and fire" Invited Paper by J Y R Liew and Y Hang, 3rd International Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, 30 Jul 1 Aug 2007, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
• "Innovation in Composite Construction Using High Strength Materials "Second International Symposium on Advances in Steel and Composite Structures 20 July 2007, Hong Kong.
• "Sustainable steel construction", Invited lecture, National Seminar "Steel Development and Its Impact on Environmental Issues, 23 June 2007, Semarang, Indonesia.
• "Key issues related to collapse of structures ". Invited paper and lecture, IES Seminar - 27 July '07, Moving Beyond Nicoll Highway Incident, Singapore.
• Building Construction Authority on "Forensic Engineering", Singapore, 8 Feb 2007.
• "Forensic Investigation Process and Techniques", Invited lecture/paper, Symposium on advances in fire tests and codes, Guangzhou, China, 3-4 November 2006.
• "Numerical Modelling of Steel Frame Structures Subject to Blast and Fire", Invited paper/lecture, Fourth International Symposium on Steel Structures ISSS’06, Seoul, Korea. November 16-18, 2006
• "Fire engineering design of steel and composite structures", Invited lecture and paper, International symposium on worldwide trend and development in codified design of steel structures, Singapore, 2-3 October 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-6 October 2006.
• "Novel Sandwich Composite Structures", Invited lecture/paper, International symposium on advances in steel and composite structures, 19 May 2006, Singapore
• "Advanced Fire Engineering Design of Steel and Composite Structures", Invited lecture/paper, 2nd International Symposium on Worldwide Codified Design and Technology in Steel Structures 2005 (WCDTS '05), Hong Kong, China, 17-18 June 2005.
• "Novel Sandwich Structures", Invited lecture, International Symposium on Advances in Steel and Composite Structures 2005, Hong Kong, China, 2 December 2005
• "Direct Analysis of Steel and Composite Structures Considering the Effects of Fire", Invited paper/lecture, 4th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures 2005 (ICASS '05), Shanghai, China, 13-15 June 2005
• "Advanced Analysis for the Design of Steel Structures in Fire", invited lecture, 3rd International Symposium on Steel Structures (ISSS '05), Seoul, Korea, 10-11 March 2005.
• Liew J Y R, "Advanced fire engineering design of steel and composite structures", Invited Lecture, 2nd World Codified Design & Technology in Steel Structures, 17-18 June 2005, Hong Kong.
• Liew, J Y R, "Novel deployable spatial structures", Invited Paper, International Symposium on Cold Formed Structures, Hong Kong, Poly. U., HK SAR, 10 Dec, 2004.
• "Performance-based Fire Engineering Design of Steel Structures", Invited paper, International Seminar on Worldwide Codified Design & Technology in Steel Structures, Organized by Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction (HKISC), and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 9-10 Feburary 2004, Hong Kong.
• "Novel cable-strut systems for spatial structures", invited paper for 7 th Asian Pacific conference on shell and spatial structures, international symposium on new perspectives for shell and spatial structures (IASS-APCS, 2003) Taipei, Taiwan, 22-26, October 2003.
• "Advanced modeling of steel structures in fire", Invited Lecture, Workshop on Fire Engineering in Structures, Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, 2 February 2002.
• "Review on deign and construction of multi-storey composite steel buildings", Invited Lecture, International Seminar on Fire Engineering and Composite Construction, 25 March 2003, Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction.
• "Advance modeling and behaviour of steel structures in fire", Keynote lecture, International seminar on steel structures in fire, Shanghai , 2-4 November 2001
• "Advanced inelastic analysis of steel and composite frames", Invited paper presented at the First international Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, Pusan Convention Centre, Pusan , Korea , 14-16 June 2001.
• "Advanced Stability Analysis for Performance-based Design of Steel and Composite Structures" Invited paper presented at the Japan/USA Joint conference on connection, Kyoto , Japan , July 23-26. 2001, 1-11.

  Journal Editorial Board:

• Member, Journal of Construction Steel Research
• Member, International Journal of Advances in Steel Construction
• Member, International Editorial Board of Journal of Steel and Composite Structures.
• Member, International Editorial Board of Journal of Steel Structures.
• Member, Journal of Progress in Steel Building Structures, Shanghai Tongji

  Awards

• 3rd IASS Hangai Prize, 2005 presented to Dr Vu Khar Kien supervised by Prof. Richard Liew for best paper "Commutative algebra in structural analysis of deployable tension-strut structures" presented at IASS symposium.
• IES, Singapore publication awards-student category, Gold Metal, presented to Gan Chin Koon, Supervised by Prof. Richard Liew in recognition of the technical article on Performance-based Approach for Fire Engineering Design of Steel Structures, 05 November 2004.
• Selco Book Prize (1985), best in Structural analysis
• NUS overseas graduate scholarship, 1998
• Visiting scientist, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 1999.
• The Civil Engineering Handbook, in which A/Prof. Liew contributed a major chapter on Structural Analysis, won an Outstanding Academic Book Award by the Choice magazine in 1996. The award was created to recognize scholastic Excellency made by the publisher and the authors of the textbook.
• The Steel Design Handbook by McGraw Hill, in which A/Prof. Liew contributed a major chapter, won the 1997 highest award of excellence given by the Association of American Publishers to McGraw-Hill. The handbook provides practical pointers for planning of buildings, and improved methods of analysis and design with limit states idealization. It includes the latest design specification for the steel structures.

  Patents

• "Triple coupler for flexible scaffold system", P-No. 107188 Singapore, 29 September 2006.
• Coupler for flexible scaffold system, Patent No: US 7,147,398 B2, December 12, 2006 for his invention on novel joining method for connecting tubes from multi-directions.
• US provisional patent application on "Rapid erectable and deployable space frame system", Krishapillaia and R JY Liew, File Ref: No: KRISHNAPILLAI A 01-US/PRV. Application Number: 60/499,848. Date of application: 3 September 2003:
• US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/570,651, Title: Deployable Boom, Filing Date: 13 May 2004

Professional Activities

• Professional Engineer, Singapore
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK
• Member, Institution of Structural Engineers (MIStructE, UK)
• Imm. Past President, Singapore Structural Steel Society
• Senior Member, Institution of Engineers Singapore
• Member, Technical Committee of Performance-based fire design code, Fire Safety and Shelter Bureau, Singapore
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Member, International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
• Member, International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering
• Member-at-large, Structural Stability Research Council, USA.
• Member of IStructE, Fire Engineering Task Group, London
• Member of International Structural Steel Research Advisors (ISSRA), American Institute of Steel Construction.
• Member of the International advisory board for steel design code drafting committee for Hong Kong from 01 March 2003 onwards.
• Honorary Advisor, Singapore Structural Steel Society, since 2005.
• Member of the Singapore Eurocode review advisory committee. Standards and productivity and Innovation Board.
• Expert witness, Commissioner Inquiry into the MRT Circle Line Nicoll Highway Collapse on 20 April 2004, Ministry of Manpower
• Expert witness, Investigation into the Fusionpolis collapse, Greatearth United Engineer Joint Venture, 2005.
• Independent director of Yongnam Holding Ltd.
• Independent director, Technics oil and gas Pte Ltd.

Teaching Areas

  Undergraduate Level:

• Structural Steel Design
• Structural Stability and Dynamics
• Civil Engineering Materials
• Final Year Integrated Design Projects

  Graduate Level:

• Design of buildings against hazards
• Computational Methods for Structural Mechanics
• Advanced Structural Steel Design
• Structural Stability
• Plastic analysis of structures
• Steel-concrete composite Design
• Fire Engineering Design of Structures

  Industrial and practical courses

• Forensic Engineering
• Design of High-rise buildings and large-span structures
• Steel structural strutting systems for basement excavation
• Fire Engineering design of steel and composite structures
• Design of steel-concrete composite structures
• Certified Steel supervisor course for Singapore Structural Steel Society and BCA
• Certified steel Engineer course for for Singapore Structural Steel Society and BCA

  Online tutorials:

• CE3154 Structural Steel Design
• CE5509 Advanced Structural Steel Design

Research Interests

• Fire, impact & explosion analysis; Fire protection; Emergency response and evacuation models; analyses for impact and blast; sandwich structural systems for blast and impact.
• Mechanics of Stability and Plasticity: second-order inelastic analysis; finite element methods; plastic hinge methods; spread-of-plasticity; advanced analysis
• Frame Structures: semi-rigid connections; nonlinear analysis; tall buildings; space frames; scaffold systems
• Steel-Concrete Composite Structures: sandwich systems; long span systems; composite frames; composite connections; composite columns; composite construction; ultra-high strength composite columns; lightweight composite systems
• Deployable Structures: Stressed membrane structures; tension structures; deployable systems; tensegrity systems; rapidly deployed and blast resistant structures.
• Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) for structural applications: FRP-concrete composite; product development; sandwich structural panels.

  Research Projects

• 1992 - 1995, Computer-aided Second-order Inelastic Analysis of Frame Design, Principal Investigator, University Academic Research Grant.
• 1994 - 1997, Design Automation for Marine Offshore Lift Installation of Structures, Collaborator, National Science & Technology Board/Sembawang Shipyard.
• 1997 - 1998, Design & Testing of Tubular Joints, Co-investigator, Exxon Production Research Company.
• 1995 - 1999, Analysis & Design of Composite Frames, Principal Investigator, University Academic Research Grant.
• 1996 - 1999, Fire Engineering Analysis & Design of Steel Structures, Principal Investigator, University Academic Research Grant.
• 1998 - 2001, Advance Analysis for the Design of Composite Structures , Principal Investigator, University Academic Research Grant.
• 1999 - 2001, Lightweight Scaffolding System for Marine Industry, Principal Investigator, MTPII, National Science & Technology Board and 7 Local Shipyards.
• 1996 - 2001, Applications of Steel-concrete Composite Technology for Building Construction, Collaborator, YongNam Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd.
• 2003 - 2006, Survivability of infrastructures subject to explosion and fire, University Academic Research Grant.
• 2004 - 2007, Principal investigator, Project on Steel-concrete steel sandwich systems for marine and offshore applications, MPA/Keppel/NUS.
• 2007 - 2009, Principal Investigator, Project on "Rapidly Deployable Protective Shelter." Singapore Air force/Centre for protective technology.
• 2007 - 2009, Principal Investigator, project on "Development of Composite Decking Systems Using Ultra High-Strength Cementitious Material Subjected to Impact Loading". Densit Asia.

Selected Publications

1. Liew, JY.R., N M Punniyakotty and N E Shanmugam (1997), Advanced analysis and design of spatial structures, J. Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 42, No. 1, Elsevier Science, pp 21-48.
2. Liew, J.Y.R., Tang, L.K., Tore Holmaas, and Choo, Y.S (1998), Advanced analysis for the assessment of steel frames in fire, J. Constructional Steel research, Vol. 47, No. 1-2, 19-45.
3. Saw, H.S. and R J Y Liew (2000), Assessment of current methods for the design of composite columns in buildings, Journal of Constructional Steel Research (UK), 53: (2) 121-147.
4. Liew, R J Y and L K Tang (2000), Advanced plastic-hinge analysis for the design of tubular frames , Engineering Structures ( UK ), Volume 22, Issue 7, pp 769-783.
5. Chen H, Liew, R J Y and Shanmugam N E (2000), Nonlinear inelastic analysis of building frames with thin-walled cores , Thin-Walled Structures , Elsevier.
6. Punniyakotty, N M , Liew R. J.Y., and Shanmugam , N.M. (March 2000), Nonlinear Analysis of Self-Erection of Steelworks by Cable-Tensioning Technique , J Structural Engineering , ASCE, Volume 126, Issue 3, pp. 361-370, , (United States).
7. Liew, R J Y, H Chen, N E Shanmugam and W F Chen (2000), Improved Nonlinear Plastic Hinge Analysis of Space Frames , Engineering Structures , 22, 1324-1338, ( United Kingdom ).
8. Liew, R J Y, T H Teo, and N E Shanmugam, and Yu, C H (2000), Testing of Steel-Concrete Composite Connections and Appraisal of Results , Journal of Constructional Steel Research , 56(2), 117-150, Nov, (United Kingdom).
9. Liew,R J Y, N. M. Punniyakotty and N. E. Shanmugam (2001), Limit-State Analysis and Design of Cable-Tensioned Structures , International Journal of Space Structures , Multi-Science Publishing , UK , 16(2), 95-110, (2001).
10. Liew, R J Y, Chen H, and N E Shanmugam (2001), Inelastic Analysis of Steel Frames with Composite Beams , J. Structural Engineering , ASCE, 127(2), 194-202.
11. Liew, R J Y and Looi K L (2001), Practical Design Guides for Semi-continuous Composite Braced Frames , J. Steel and Composite Structures , 1(2), Techno-Press, 213-230.
12. Liew JYR and Uy, B (2001), Advanced analysis of composite frames , Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials . John Wiley, UK , 2001, 3(2), 159-169
13. Liew J Y R (2001), State-of-the-art of advanced inelastic analysis of steel and composite frames, J Steel and Composite Structures , Techno-Press, 1(3), 341-354.
14. Jiang XM, Chen H and Liew JYR (2002), Spread-of-plasticity analysis of three dimensional steel frames, Journal of Constructional Steel Research , Elsevier , UK , (2002), 58(2), 193-212.
15. Liew JYR, Tang LK and Choo YS (2002), Advanced analysis for performance-based design of steel structures exposed to fires , J of Structural Engineering , ASCE, USA (2002), 128(12), 1584-1593.
16. Liew J Y R, Lee B H and Wang B B (2003), Innovative Use of Star Prism and Di-pyramid for Spatial Structures , J Constructional Steel Research , Elsevier (United Kingdom), UK, 59 (3), 335-457.
17. Liew J Y R and Lee B H, (2003), Experimental investigation of Cable strut Structures, J Constructional Steel Research , Elsevier, UK, 59 (10), 1363-1384.
18. Liew JYR, Tang LK and Choo YS, Advanced analysis for performance-based design of steel structures exposed to fires, J of Structural Engineering , ASCE, USA, 128(12), 1584-1593.
19. Liew J Y R, Teo T H and Shanmugam N E (2003), Composite joints subject to reversal of loading – Part I: Experimental Study and Part II Analytical Assessment, Journal of Constructional Steel Research , Vol. 60, Issue 2, 221-268.
20. Sohel, K.M.A., Liew J. Y. R., Alwis, W.A.M. and Paramasivam, P. (2003), Experimental investigation of low-velocity impact characteristics of steel-concrete-steel sandwich beams, Journal of steel and composite structures , Techno-Press, 3(4), 289-306.
21. Liew, J.Y.R. and Ma K. Y. (2004), Advanced analysis of steel framework exposed to compartmental fire, J of Fire and Materials, Wiley, USA, 28(2-4), 253-267.
22. Liew, J Y R, Buildable design of multi-storey and large span steel structures, J Steel Structures, Korean Society of Steel Structures, 2004, 4(2), 53-70.
23. Liew, J.Y.R. and Chen, H. (2004), Explosion and fire analysis of steel frames using fiber element approach, J. of Structural Engineering, ASCE, July, 130(7), 991-1000.
24. Ma K. Y. and Liew, J.Y.R. (2004), Nonlinear Plastic Hinge Analysis of Three-dimensional Steel Frames in Fire, J. of Structural Engineering, ASCE, July, 130(7), 981-990.
25. Liew, J Y R. and Chen H, (2004), Direct Analysis for Performance-based Design of Steel and Composite Structures, Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials. John Wiley, UK, Vol. 6, No. 4, 213-228.
26. Liew, J Y R, (2004) Performance based fire safety design of structures – A multi-dimensional integration, Advances in Structural Engineering, Multi-Science Publisher, U.K, Vol. 7, No. 4, 111-133.
27. Chen, H. and Liew, J.Y.R. and (2005), Explosion and fire analysis of steel frames using mixed element method, J. of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 131(6), 606-616.
28. Vu, K K, A Krishnapillai and Liew J Y R, "Deployable tension strut structures: Conceptulization to implementation". Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 62 (2005): 195 206.
29. Qian, X D, Y S Choo, Liew J Y R and J Wardenier, "Simulation of Ductile Fracture of Circular Hollow Section Joints Using the Gurson Model". Journal of Structural Engineering ASCE, 131, no. 5 (2005): 768 780. (United States).
30. Yu, H X and Liew J Y R, "Considering Catenary Action in Designing End restrained Steel Beams in Fire". Advances in Structural Engineering, 8, no. 3 (2005): 309 324.
31. Van der vegte, G.J., Y S Choo, J.X. Liang, N. Zettlemoyer and Liew J Y R, "Static Strength of T joints Reinforced with Doubler or Collar Plates Part II. Numerical Simulations". Journal of Structural Engineering ASCE, 131, no. 1 (2005): 129 138. (United States).
32. Choo, Y S, G.J. Van der vegte, N. Zettlemoyer, B.H. Li and Liew J Y R, "Static Strength of T joints Reinforced with Doubler or Collar Plates Part I. Experimental Investigations". Journal of Structural Engineering ASCE, (2005): 119 128. (United States).
33. Liang*, Q Q, R J Y Liew and B Uy, "Strength of concrete filled steel box columns with buckling effects.". Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 7, no. 2 (2007): 145 155.
34. Liang*, Q Q, B Uy and R J Y Liew, "Local buckling of steel plates in concrete filled thin walled steel tubular beam columns". Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 63, no. 3 (2007): 396 405
35. Vu*, K K, R J Y Liew and K Anandasivam, "Deployable Tension Strut Structures: Structural Morphology Study and Alternative Form Creations". Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures: IASS, 21, no. 3 (2006): 149 164.
36. Tran, T C and R J Y Liew*, "Butterfly structure for spatial enclosures". Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures: IASS, 47, no. 3 (2006).
37. Liang, Q Q, B Uy and R J Y Liew, "Nonlinear analysis of conrete filled thin walled steel box columns with local buckling effects". Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 26, no. 6 (2006): 581 591.
38. Liew*, R J Y and J J Li, "Advanced analysis of pre tensioned bowstring structures" International Journal of Steel Structures, 6, no. 2 (2006): 153 162
39. Liew, R J Y and T C Tran, "Novel deployable strut tensioned membrane structures". Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures: IASS, 47, no. 1 (2006): 17 30.
40. Vu*, K K, R J Y Liew and A Krishnapillai, "Commulative algebra in structural analysis of deployable tension strut structures". Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures: IASS, 46, no. 3 (2005): 173 178.
41. Yu, H X and R J Y Liew, "Steel framed structures subjected to combined effects of blast and fire Part 2: case study". Advanced Steel Construction, 1, no. 1 (2005): 85 104.
42. Yu, H X and R J Y Liew, "Steel frame structures subjected to the combined effects of blast and fire Part 1: State of the art review". Advanced Steel Construction, 1, no. 1 (2005): 67 84.
43. Chen*, HONG and R J Y Liew, "Explosion and fire analysis of steel frames using mixed element method". Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, 131, no. 6 (2005): 606 616.

  Book

1. Chen, W.F. and Liew, J.Y.R. (1996) Stability design of semi-rigid steel frames, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 468pp.
2. Liew, J. Y. R. (2001), A resource book for structural steel design & construction, SSSS/BCA Joint Publication, 83pp.
3. Krishnamurthy, N., Liew J Y R, Rao K S J, and Sze T.S. Structural Welding - A resource for design and construction, SSSS/BCA Joint Publication, Jan 2003, 148pp.
4. Chen W F and Liew J Y R (2002), The Civil Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition United States: CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2002.
5. Liew J. Y. R (2002), Structures in Fire, Proceedings of International Symposium on Structures in Fire, 25 October 2002, Singapore Structural Steel Society.

  Book Chapters

1. Liew, R J Y, D W White and W F Chen (1992), Chapter 2.5 : Beam-columns. In Constructional Steel Design: An International Guide, edited by P J Dowling et al, pp.105-132. London: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England.
2. Liew, R J Y and W F Chen (1994), Chapter 1: A Trend Toward Advanced Analysis. In Advanced analysis in steel frames: Theory, Software and Applications, edited by WF Chen and S Toma, pp.1-45. United States: CRC Press.
3. Liew, J Y R and Chen W F, chapter 8: Second Order Plastic Hinge Analysis. In Plastic Design and Second-Order Analysis of Steel Frames, by WF Chen and I Sohal, pp.425-502. United States: Spring-Verlag, 1995.
4. Liew, J.Y.R and Chen, W.F. (1997) Chapter 6: LRFD- Limit Design of Frames, In Steel Design Handbook: LRFD Method, Edited by Akbar, R. Tamboli, McGraw-Hill, 6-11 to 6-83.
5. Liew, J.Y.R., Balendra, T. and Chen, W.F. (1997), Chapter 12: Multi-storey frame structures. In The Structural Engineering Handbook, Edited by Chen, W.F., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
6. Uy, B, and Liew, J.Y.R. (2002), Chapter 51: Composite Steel-concrete Structures. In Civil Engineering Handbook: second Edition, Edited by Chen W.F. and Liew, J.Y.R, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.