2010 Research Seminars

Date 2010 Speaker Institution Seminar Title
16 July  Professor J.N. Reddy  Texas A&M University, USA Nonlinear analysis of laminated composite structures using a refined shell finite element.
19 July  Professor Dinar Camotim  Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal GBT-Based Structural Analysis of Steel and Composite Thin-Walled.
19 July Dr Mahmud Ashraf University of Queensland, Australia

Material modelling for stainless steel – a review on the current practices and some thoughts for the future.

 3 August Professor Ben Young Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Web Crippling of Aluminium Alloy Tubular Sections.
6 August Professor Lin-Hai Han Tsinghua University, China Some Recent Developments of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular Structures in China.
6 August Professor Robert Xiao London South Bank University, UK Simulation, Analysis and Design for Composite Materials and Structures.
20 August  Professor Dennis Lam University of Bradford, UK Modelling Headed Shear Studs in Composite Beams with Profiled Metal Decking.
20 August  Dr Feiyu Liao  Tsinghua University, China Performance of Reinforced Concrete (RC) Shear Walls Framed with Steel Reinforced Concrete (SRC) Columns: Finite Element Model and Verifications.
17 Sept A/Prof Muhammad Hadi University of Wollongong, Australia A New Design to Prevent Progressive Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Buildings.
24 Sept  Dr Houjun Kang  Hunan University, China  Nonlinear Dynamics of Large Span Bridge Structure. 
30 Sept  Dr Thidarat Bunsri King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Groundwater Management in Agricultural and Mining Areas. 
12 Oct  Dr Li Zhou Civionics Research Centre  Moving Least Square Element (MLS-Element) Method for Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Mindlin Plates.
21 Oct Dr Ian Collings  CSIRO ICT Centre, Sydney  Next Generation Wirless Communications - Exploiting the Spatial Dimension.
21 Oct  Dr Chun Tang  University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA  Nanomechanics of Carbon Nanotubes at High Temperature and Large Strain.
29 Oct  Dr Siu Lai  Civionics Research Centre  DSC-Element Method for Vibration Analysis of Mindlin Rectangular and Skew Plates.