2014 Research Seminars

Date 2014 Speaker Institution Seminar Title
9 Jan. Prof Gangbing Song University of Houston (USA) Pounding Tuned Mass Damper - A Passive Nonlinear Damper for Structural Vibration Control
21 Feb. Professor Liang Cheng The University of Western Australia Effects of local scour on stability of offshore pipelines
7 Mar. Dr Maria Rashidi University of Wollongong Decision Support System for Remediation of Concrete Bridges
21 Mar. Dr Yu Zhang Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Some examples of CFD application in clinical practise.
4 Apr. Dr Wenda Wang Lanzhou University of Technology Seismic Behaviour of Mixed Structures System with Concrete-filled Steel Tubular (CSFT) Column Frame and infill Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls
2 May Dr Richard Wuhrer Office of PVC, (UWS) AMCF Instrumentation and their use for Characterisation of Engineering Materials
12 May Prof. Zhong Tao Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Stress-strain models for different stainless steel alloys
30 May Dr Qichao Xue Department of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University (China) Updated pounding force model considering viscoelasticity effects of the Pounding Tuned Mass Damper (PTMD) system for structural control
13 June Dr. Zenfeng Du School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University (China) Motion analysis of ships and large-volume floating structures under short term sea load
20 June Prof. Paulo Lorenco Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães (Portugal) A review on seismic vulnerability of existing buildings and learning from experimental vibration tests
27 June A.Prof. Sergiy Kharkivskiy Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Microwave imaging of construction materials and members
27 June Kamrul Hassan  PhD Candidate, Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Finite Element Modelling of Blind-Bolted Endplate Connection with CFST Columns
11 July A.Prof. Quang Huy Nguyen Dept. Civil Engineering and Urban, National Institute of Applied Sciences Renne (France) Design method for composite columns with several encased steel profiles under combined shear and bending
11 July Dr. Olivia Mirza School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics (UWS) Fatigue behaviour of partial and full length transverse stiffeners
25 July A.Prof. Baolin Wang Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Theoretical and numerical developments in fracture mechanics, heat conductions, thermal stresses, and micro/nano-scale mechanics
7 Aug Prof. Kim Rasmussen School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney Research on stainless steel structural elements, members and connections
8 Aug Dr Kejun Dong Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Simulation and Modelling of Particle Packing and Flow
8 Aug Dr. Ken Tokeshi Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) Modal Analysis of Existing Buildings Using Ambient Vibration Measurements
22 Aug  Dr. Zhu Pan
Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)  Experimental Study of Fire Resistance of Geopolymers
29 Aug
A.Prof. Richard (Chunhui) Yang
School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics (UWS) Fabrication, Characterisation and Modelling of Metal Foams
5 Sept. Dr Tian-Yi Song  Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)
Behaviour of steel reinforced concrete (SRC) joints with restrained SRC beams exposed to full-range fire
19 Sept. Dr Pezhman Sharafi
Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)
Combinatorial approach for cost optimization of preliminary layout design of RC framed buildings, and applications in early stage decision making
3 Oct. Dr  Won Hee Kang Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS) System reliability-based damage detection of truss structures using Selective Expansion Scheme
13 Oct. Prof. Pizhong Qiao Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University (USA) Smart Health Monitoring of Composite Structures
17 Oct. Dr. Xinqun Zhu
School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics/Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)
Decentralized Structural Health Monitoring through Wireless Sensor Networks
31 Oct. Dr Ming Zhao School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics/Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)
Three-dimensional numerical simulation of vortex-induced vibration of an elastically mounted rigid circular cylinder in steady current
31 Oct. Amir Azad PhD Candidate/Visiting Researcher, Centre for Built Infrastructure Research, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Application of Smart Façade System in Reduction of Structural Response During Wind Loads
21 Nov. Ali Razzazzadeh PhD Candidate, Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)
Fe Modelling Of Hybrid Stainless-Carbon Steel Beam-Column Joints In Fire
21 Nov. Xin Yu PhD Candidate, Institute for Infrastructure Engineering (UWS)
Material properties of concrete with different types of aggregates
5 Dec. Dr. Tim K.T. Tse The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Aerodynamic mechanisms of galloping of inclined slender square cylinders
16 Dec. Prof. C.M. Wang National University of Singapore Analogy between microstructured beam model and Eringen’s nonlocal beam model for  buckling and vibration
17 Dec. Dr Zhaohui Huang
College of Engineering, Design and Physical Science, Brunel University (UK)
Performance of Composite Buildings under Fire Conditions
17 Dec. Dr Feiyu Liao
College of Engineering, Design and Physical Science, Brunel University (UK)
Modelling localised failure of reinforced concrete members in fire