Biography
Dr. Chisanga Kaluba is a structural engineer, academic and researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Zambia. He has over 10 years of experience in university teaching, research and consulting. He holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Cape Town, an MEng in Structural Engineering from Tongji University, China, and a BEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Zambia. His doctoral research focused on the influence of symmetry on the stability behaviour of plane and space frames.
His principal research interests are in structural mechanics, particularly structural stability, vibrations, thin-walled sections, computational methods and group theory. His broader interests include the analysis and design of reinforced concrete, steel, masonry and timber structures.
Publications
Selected Key Publications
1. Zingoni, A. & Kaluba, C. (2024). Computational simplifications and observations on buckling modes of polygonal ring frames. Structures, 60, 105904.
2. Zingoni, A. & Kaluba, C. (2024). Decomposition of the degenerate subspace of C3v-symmetric configurations. Engineering Structures, 317, 118661.
3. Zingoni, A. & Kaluba, C. (2023). A consistent group-theoretic transformation for block-diagonalization of structural matrices. Engineering Structures, 295, 116708.
4. Kaluba, C. & Zingoni, A. (2021). Group-theoretic buckling analysis of symmetric plane frames. Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(10), 04021153.
5. Muya, M., Kaluba, C., et al. (2017). Zambia's Infrastructure Report Card. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 5(1), 8–17.
6. Kaluba, C. & Tawana, M.M. (2012). Static strength of CHS K-gap joints. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 204, 4702–4715.
Research Interest
Core Research Interests
• Structural stability and buckling
• Structural mechanics
• Vibrations of structures
• Thin-walled and monosymmetric structural sections
• Computational structural mechanics
• Finite Element Methods
• Group theory and symmetry in structural mechanics
• Reinforced concrete structures
• Steel structures
• Masonry structures
• Timber structures
Projects and Grants
Active Research Projects
My current research/supervision activities include research in:
• Structural stability and buckling of space frames and structural members
• Lateral/flexural-torsional buckling of T-beams with flange upstands
• Stability and capacity reduction factors of non-rectangular masonry columns
• Behaviour and design of timber columns under combined axial load and bending
• Structural integrity of SME-fabricated steel water tank stands
• Static strength of CHS K-gap joints and the influence of chord material properties
• Application of explainable machine learning to structural engineering
• Sustainable masonry materials incorporating sawdust as a partial fine aggregate replacement