Research
themes
Professor Colin Bailey
- The behaviour (robustness) of structures under extreme loading
- Membrane action of concrete floor slabs at large displacements
- Long-span composite structures
- Structural Fire Engineering: covering the response of concrete,
steel and masonry elements
Dr Adrian Bell
- Static & Dynamic behaviour of masonry structures
- Telecommunication tower and mast structures
- Structural dynamics
- Historic structures
Dr Tianjian Ji
- Human induced dynamic loads
- Structural vibration induced by human movements
- Numerical modelling of structural dynamic behaviour
- Improving FE models using dynamic measurements
- Human-structure interaction
- Biodynamic properties of human whole-body
- Relationships between structural dynamics and structural statics
- Applying structural concepts into design and analysis
Dr Parthasarathi Mandal
- Buckling of thin cylindrical shells under axial compression
- Dynamic behaviour of flexible structures
- Energy absorption of reinforced concrete structures
- Robustness of beam-column connections
- Finite-element modelling of Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)
- Prediction of buckling load from vibration measurements
- Behaviour of reinforced concrete edge column-slab connections
Mr Tom Swailes
- Survey, inspection and assessment of historic structures of iron,
steel and early concrete
- Laboratory and in-situ large-scale testing of structures
- History of civil engineering and of building construction
- Structural failures and failure investigations
Dr Yong Wang
- Characterisation of properties of construction materials for
fire safety
- Structural behaviour in fire
- Behaviour of steel and composite connections
- Tubular construction
- Structural robustness
- Composite materials
Dr Jack Wu
- Thin-walled structures
- Fibre reinforced polymer composite structures
- 3-D FRP woven composites
- Composite plate and shell structures
- 3-D anisotropic elasticity and micromechanics
- Analysis of adhesive stresses in dissimilar composite adherends
- FRP/concrete hybrid structures including repairing, retrofitting,
strengthening
- Fracture analysis of high performance structural composites and
NDT testing
- Toughening mechanism of fibre (whisker) reinforced cement and
ceramic
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