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21st AustrAlAsiAn ConferenCe on the MeChAniCs of struCtures And MAteriAls – ACMsM 21“Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials”

ConferenCe ProGrAMMelbourne, 7–10 December 2010

ACMSM 21MELBOURNE7–10 DECEMBER 2010

21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials – ACMSM 21

“Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials”


ACMSM21 - Victoria University , Melbourne, 7th – 10th December 20102

STEERING COMMITTEE

Associate Professor Sam Fragomeni Victoria University

Dr Srikanth Venkatesan Victoria University

Associate Professor Vincent Roulliard Victoria University

Dr Danh Tran Victoria University

Mr Gordon McRobert Victoria University

Professor Emad Gad Swinburne University

Dr Rebecca Gravina RMIT

Associate Professor Nicholas Haritos University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Nelson Lam University of Melbourne

Professor Priyan Mendis University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Tom Molyneaux RMIT

Dr Indubhushan Patnaikuni RMIT

Professor Jay Sanjayan Swinburne University

Associate Professor Sujeeva Setunge RMIT

Professor John Wilson Swinburne University

Associate Professor Bill Wong Monash University

Professor Mike Xie RMIT



Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to have the opportunity to invite the international community to Victoria University in Melbourne for the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials. The conference is organised by the emerging Structural Mechanics Group at Victoria University Australia and supported by the School of Engineering and Science and Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science.

Victoria University is privileged to host this well established Australasian conference series for the first time.

The conference theme is “Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials”, a pre-eminent area of discussion today.

152 Papers from 17 Countries covering all aspects of mechanics of structures and materials are to be presented over the next 3 days, incorporating a broad list of topics.

We welcome you to share your research, while experiencing the unique and evolving city that is Melbourne - a city where modern architecture and design is juxtaposed with heritage buildings reflecting Australia’s cultural history. Melbourne is one of Australia’s most popular destinations for business events - and the host to many International conferences, sporting events and art, music and comedy festivals.

On behalf of Victoria University and the Organising Committee, we welcome you to Melbourne for ACMSM 21.

Professor Michelle Towstoless Executive Dean Faculty of Health, Engineering & Science Victoria University

Associate Professor Sam Fragomeni ACMSM 21 Co-chair School of Engineering & Science Victoria University

Dr. Srikanth Venkatesan ACMSM 21 Co-chair School of Engineering & Science Victoria University



Tuesday The 7Th of december, 2010.5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Cocktail Party – Victoria university, City Convention Centre

5:45 pm Welcome Address Professor richard Thorn, head, school of engineering and science on behalf of

Professor michelle Towstoless, executive dean, faculty of health, engineering and science.

Hosted by Victoria University School of Engineering and Science and the

Faculty of Health Engineering and Science Research and Research Training



Wednesday The 8Th of december, 2010.8:00 am Conference registrations

9:10 am Welcome Address Victoria university fohes, associated dean (research and research Training) Professor chris Perera

9:30 am Keynote speaker - Professor richard liew, nus (room 1–2)

design of steel-concrete Composite structures with ultra-high strength and lightweight concretesession chair: dr srikanth Venkatesan

Professor Liew is a registered professional engineer in Singapore, an ASEAN chartered professional engineer and a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom.

His research covers a broad area of design and behaviour of steel and composite steel-concrete structures, fire safety and blast resistant design, as well as methods of advanced nonlinear analysis and its applications to design.

Professor Liew is the convenor for the development of the Singapore National Annexes for Eurocodes 3 and 4. He has been active in providing specialist advisory services to major construction projects in Singapore.

Professor Liew received the Hangai Prize for best paper in 2005, and the IES gold medal for best paper in 2004. He also obtained International patents on rapid deployable system, novel J-hook connectors for sandwich construction and 3-in1 couplers for scaffolding work.

Presentation: ACMsM 21 – Gold sponsor Australian Calibrating Services (A’sia) Pty Ltd

www.auscal.com.au



10:20 am Morning tea

10:50 am Concurrent sessions

room 1–2 Concrete structures (7)session chair: Professor yew-chaye Loo

H. Yao, H.M. Goldsworthy and L. Y. M. Nguyen

Parametric analysis of one-way slabs with low-ductility mesh steel

M. N. S. Hadi and V. Yazici Increasing the flexural stiffness of FRP wrapped reinforced concrete columns

G Ranzi and R.I. Gilbert A practical approach for the analysis of concrete members subjected to temperature gradients

J.H. Doh, S. Fragomeni and Y.C. Loo Concrete walls with and without openings supported on three sides

V. Vimonsatit, A. S. Wahyuni, M. A. Mazlan and H. Nikraz

Use of lightweight concrete as infill of reinforced concrete sections

M. Sofi, L.Zhang, P.A. Mendi and D.Baweja

Early age concrete creep: using model B3 prediction

Ali Khajeh Samani and M. M. Attard

A new model for confined concrete

room 3 sustainable Materials (8)session chair: dr Indubhushan Patnaikuni

J.R.Bolt, Y. Zhuge and F. Bullen Photocatalytic construction materials: An overview of recent developments and their application to permeable concrete

M. Soleymani Ashtiani, A.N. Scott and R.P. Dhakal

Mechanical properties of high-strength self-compacting concrete

D. Ionescu Sustainable civil engineering materials

H.Y Lee, S. Setunge, M. Xie and S.L. Mak

Compressive strength and drying shrinkage of cellular lightweight concrete as affected by moisture content of the exposed environment

S. N. Raman, T. Ngo, P. Mendis, H. B. Mahmud, C. H. Lee and T. T. Nguyen

High-strength rice husk ash concrete incorporating quarry dust fine aggregates

J.M. Fernandes , D. Law, T.C.K. Molyneaux and I. Patnaikuni

The application of controlled permeability formwork to reduce the curing time of concrete

Z. Zhang, H. Wang, A. Reid and T. Aravinthan

Effects of fly ash source and curing procedure on strength development of geopolymers

G. Nirdosha, S. Setunge and M. Jollands

Design of experiments (DOE) for investigating particleboard production using hardwood sawmill residues



room 4 steel and Aluminium structures (7)session chair: dr srikanth Venkatesan

H.B. Liu, X.L. Zhao and Z.G Xiao

Fatigue testing of subsea pipeline steel connections under combined actions

A.H. Hazlan, M. Md. Tahir, A. Sulaiman and M. Mahendran

Bolted beam-column moment connections between cold-formed steel members

I.G.A.A. Jaya, U.H. Tiong and G Clark

Effect of corrosion inhibiting compounds on fatigue of riveted joints

M.A. Kariem, J.H. Beynon and D.Ruan Split Hopkinson pressure bar testing of aluminium alloy 6060 T5

Y. Zhuge and J. Mills Modelling of multi-panel transmission tower retrofitted with leg reinforcement

H. Agheshlui Investigation of the influence of post installation of vertical braces in the lateral capacity of jacket type offshore platforms

M. F. Ab Rahman, R. D. Mohammed and G. Clark

The influence of plastic zone size in stable tearing

12:40 pm lunch

1:30 pm Keynote speaker - Professor ian Gilbert (room 1–2) stresses and deformations in reinforced concrete beams and slabs at service loadssession chair: associate Professor sam fragomeni

Professor Gilbert is the Professor of Civil Engineering and ARCAustralian Research Council Australian Deputy Director, Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety. He has over 35 years experience in academia and as a consultant to the concrete industry.

His main research interests are in the area of serviceability and the time-dependent behaviour of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. He has won over $5m in competitive research income from the Australian Research Council since 1998 and he has published 5 books and over 250 papers in refereed journals and conferences.

Professor Gilbert has been actively involved in the development of the Australian Standard AS3600 for over 25 years and currently chairs Standards Australia’s Serviceability Sub-Committee. In 2009, he was elected to the National Council of the Concrete Institute of Australia.



2:15pm Concurrent sessions

room 1–2 dynamic Analysis of structures (5)session chair: associate Professor nicholas haritos

Oleg V. Repetskiy and Bui M. Cuong Fatigue life prediction of modern gas turbomachine blades

W. Gao, D. Wu and F. Tin-Loi Interval dynamic response of structures with bounded parameters

B. Samali, S.M. Zahrai, Z. Vrcelj and S. Abbasi

Effectiveness of variably tuned liquid damper in suppressing dynamic excitation

G. Yan, Z.S. Liu and A. D. Stefano A novel nonlinear system identification based upon Hilbert Transform

D. Tran and S. Fragomeni Dynamic characteristics of reinforced concrete beams

room 3 fire engineering (5)session chair: associate Professor bill Wong

P.J. Moss, A.H. Buchanan, T. M. Nilsen and M. Fragiacomo

Fire resistance of connections in timber structures

S. Gunalan and M. Mahendran Numerical modelling of load bearing steel stud walls under fire conditions

J-K. Min, P.J. Moss, R.P. Dhakal and A.H. Buchanan

Fire resistance modelling of prestressed concrete hollowcore floors using multi-spring connection elements

T.B. Ta, T. Ngo, P. Mendis and N. Haritos Performance of high strength concrete walls subjected to fire

Y.S. Heo, J.G. Sanjayan, C.G. Han and M.C. Han

Dimensional characteristics of various types of fibres in fire resistant concrete

room 4 shock and impact loading (5)session chair: associate Professor nelson Lam

S. Y. Kong, A.M. Remennikov and B Uy Numerical simulation of high-performance SCS panels under static and impact loading conditions

H. Hao Preliminary study of the structure and support forms to mitigate blast and impact loads

Y. Yang, L. Zhang and N. T. K. Lam Approximate solutions to impact of a spherical object on the surface of a flat steel plate

Z. I. Syed, P. A. Mendis, T. Ngo and N.T.K. Lam

Deflection damage criteria for concrete elements under blast loading

H. Bornstein, K. Ackland and C. Anderson Hypervelocity impact of steel balls into metallic blocks

3:30 pm Afternoon tea



4:00 pm Concurrent sessions

room 1–2 structural optimisation (4) and Masonry structures (2)session chair: Professor John Wilson

V Anand and C. Bil Shape optimisation applied to aircraft wing structures

Z.K. Awad, T. Aravinthan, Y. Zhuge and F. Gonzalez

Multi-objective design optimization of an innovative fibre composite sandwich panel for civil engineering applications

Y. Li, J. Li and B. Samali Design of new generation magnetorheological pins

R. Huang and X. Huang Matlab implementation of 3D topology optimization using BESO

Y. Zhuge and K.X. Yeap Assessment of debonding failure models for FRP retrofitted URM structures

R. Pun, B. Samali and B. Shrestha Major factors in reinforcing stone masonry for sustainable construction practice

room 3 Composite structures (5)session chair: Professor brian uy

A. Nanayakkara, S Feih and A.P. Mouritz Improving the through-thickness compression properties of Aerospace sandwich composites by z-pinning

H. Yao, H.M. Goldsworthy and E.F. Gad Structural behaviour of beam-to-RHS column connection with blind bolts

X Ma, J.W. Butterworth and C.G. Clifton Contact buckling theory of thin plates in composite members: a review

O. Mirza and B. Uy Numerical modelling of short and long term behaviour of headed stud shear connector in composite steel-concrete beams

M.K. Kim, C. Wang, I. Herszberg, D.J. Elder and S. Feih

Impact resistance of composite scarf joints under static tension

room 4 timber engineering (5)session chair: associate Professor sujeeva setunge

A.L. Fortune and P. Quenneville A feasibility study of New Zealand radiata pine crosslam

M Ardalany, B Deam, M Fragiacomo and K Crews

Tension perpendicular to grain strength of wood, Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), and Cross- Banded LVL (LVL-C)

S. Baraneedaran, E.F. Gad, I. Flatley, K. Abdouka and J.L. Wilson

Non destructive assessment of in service timber utility poles

W. Karunasena and C.J. Summerville Structural performance of low grade timber slabs

S. Franke and P. Quenneville Investigation of the embedding strength of New Zealand timber and view for the NZ standard

5:15 pm day Close



thursdAy the 9th of deCeMber, 2010.8:30 am Conference registrations

9:00 am Keynote speaker - Professor Mike Xie, (room 1–2)

innovative structural design using evolutionary topology optimisation techniques

session chair: dr Indubhushan Patnaikuni

Professor Xie is the Head of Civil Engineering at RMIT University. He is one of the pioneers of the Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) method and the co-author of two research monographs on the topic. The ESO algorithms developed by Professor Xie and his team have been used by many practitioners around the world including prominent Japanese architects for the design of several landmark buildings in Japan and Qatar.

Professor Xie was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Medal for Excellence in Research by Victoria University in 2000. In 2004 he received the ASCE State-of-the-art Award for his contribution to the book Recent Advances in Optimal Structural Design published by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Professor Xie has been awarded 12 major research grants by the Australian Research Council. He has been retained as a specialist consultant to Boeing (2009), Grocon (2009), Sinclair Knight Merz (2005), Bovis Lend Lease (2003) and various other engineering and architectural firms in recent years for his knowledge and skills in structural engineering.

9:45 am Presentation: ACMsM 21 – silver sponsor instron Pty ltd www.instron.com.au

9:50 am Morning tea


room 1–2 earthquake and Wind engineering (6)session chair: Professor hong hao

E. Lumantarna, N.T.K. Lam and J.L. Wilson Seismic assessment of asymmetrical buildings in low to moderate seismicity regions

M.E. UZ and M. N. S. Hadi Investigating the effect of pounding for inelastic base isolated adjacent buildings under earthquake excitations

N. Haritos, C. Nguyen and T. Ngo Wind induced excitation of box girder gantry frames

D. Wagle, J. L. Wilson and K. Abdouka Seismic performance evaluation of a concrete gravity dam in Nepal

H.H Tsang, W. Xiong, S. Yaghmaei-Sabegh, M. N. Sheikh and N. T. K. Lam

Infrastructure protection by scrap tyre-soil mixtures



S. Sivanerupan, J.L. Wilson, E.F. Gad and N.T.K .Lam

In-plane drift capacity of point fixed glass façade systems

B. Samali, B. Fatahi and H. R. Tabatabaiefar

Seismic behaviour of concrete moment resisting buildings on soft soil considering soil-structure interaction

J. W. Tang, Y. M. Xie and P. Felicetti A study of wind drags on straight and twisted towers

room 3 structural health Monitoring (7)session chair: Professor Ian Gilbert

S.Venkatesan, S Pannirselvam, R Shanks and M Jollands

Thermogravimetry analysis of deteriorated timber bridge elements

B Samali, K.I Crews, K Aboura, W Ariyaratne and P.B. Manamperi

A system for bridge network condition assessment and prediction

P. Omenzetter, S. Bush, T. Henning and P. McCarten

A strategy for data collection and SHM for better asset management of bridges – a New Zealand outlook

U. Dackermann, J. Li and B. Samali Identification of added mass on a two-storey framed structure utilising FRF’s and ANNs

M. Lamb, V. Rouillard and D. Ainalis An adaptive impulse response technique for evaluating the performance of structural elements

J.B. Son, J.H. Lee, H. Guan, Y.C. Loo and M. Blumenstein

ANN-based structural element performance model for reliable bridge asset management

G. Wang, Z.S. Liu and G.Y. Yan A new damage feature based on wavelet packet transform for damage detection under ambient vibration

room 4 Computational Mechanics (7)session chair: Professor stephen foster

J Petrolito Analysis of orthotropic thick plates using hybrid-Trefftz elements

C. Wang, W. Gao and C. M. Song Hybrid stochastic and interval analysis of static responses of frame structures

J. M. McCarthy, C. Bil and G. Clark Modelling and simulation of helicopter accidents for occupant survivability assessment

I. Nurhuda, N.T.K. Lam, E.F. Gad and R. Dahal

Finite element analysis of the propagation of cracks in glass panels

J Petrolito and K.A. Legge Nonlinear analysis of frames using low-order mixed finite elements

M.S. Chowdhury, W. Gao and Ch. Song Nondeterministic fracture analysis by the scaled boundary finite element method

E.J. Abdullah, C. Bil and S. Watkins Adaptive airfoil control system using shape memory alloy actuator for unmanned aerial vehicle



12:15 pm lunch

1:00 pm Keynote speaker – Mr Peter bowtell, (room 1–2) Melbourne Rectangular Stadium chair: dr rebecca Gravina

Mr Bowtell is the Principal of Arup and the Leader of the Arup Melbourne Office and the Buildings team in Melbourne. He has responsibility for the delivery of Arup’s skills across a broad range of commercial, sporting and cultural buildings projects. In more recent times, this work has extended beyond Australian shores to major projects in Asia, Europe and America.

During his career, spanning 27 years, Peter has led large multi-disciplinary engineering design teams for major structural and civil engineering projects and has particular experience in the design of:• museums • galleries and libraries • sports and leisure facilities • retail complexes • casinos and hotels • embassies

His current projects include: • Singapore Sports Hub • Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (MBSIR) • Melbourne Museum • National Gallery of Victoria • Melbourne Exhibition Centre • National Ice Skating Complex (NISC) • Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

1:40 pm Australasian Presentation of interest (room 1–2)

Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand

Associate Professor rajesh dhakal Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury




room 1–2 Geo-mechanics and foundation engineering (2) and sustainable Materials (3)session chair: Professor bijan somali

G Ren, J.M. Fernandes and J.Li. The analysis of engineering properties of compacted fill using finite element modeling techniques

B. Widjaja Case study of mudflow using Flo2d

S. F. Nabavi, B. Bhattacharjee and A. Madan Improving the damping properties of concrete

R.Sriravindrarajah, H.M. Do, L.D. Nguyen and Y. Aoki

Effect of clogging on the water permeability of pervious concrete

P. Hamedanimojarrad, G. Adam, A. Ray, K. Vessalas, P. Thomas and S. Nejadi

A novel multi-functional expansive additive for drying shrinkage reduction in mortars

room 3 dynamic Analysis of structures (4)session chair: Professor emad Gad

X. T. Si and F. T. K. Au Dynamic investigation of concrete bridges taking into account time-dependent effects

N. Liu, W. Gao and N. Zhang Dynamic response of bridges under moving vehicles with uncertainty in system parameters

R. Rijal, B. Samali and K. Crews Dynamic performance of timber-concrete composite flooring systems

T. Nguyen, E.F. Gad, J.L. Wilson and N. Haritos

Design of multiple viscoelastic tuned mass dampers for floor vibration applications

room 4 Composite structures (4)session chair: associate Professor mario attard

C. Gerber and K. Crews Systematisation of timber-concrete composite connections

F Tahmasebinia and G. Ranzi Three-dimensional finite element modeling of composite floor beams

T.S. Ng and S.J. Foster Shear strength of lightweight fibre reinforced geopolymer concrete composite beam

X.S. Shi, Q.Y.Wang, X.L. Zhao and F. Collins Strength and ductility of recycled aggregate concrete filled composite tubular stub columns



room 1–2 shock and impact loading (5)session chair: associate Professor Peter moss

Y.C. Wong, D. Ruan, M.L. Sesso and S.Y. Kim The ballistic impact characteristic of sandwich panel consists of Kevlar woven fabric and titanium chips.



K. Ackland, C. Anderson and S. Warne Blast loading of metallic plates with polyurea coatings

N. J. Orchowski, R. Mohammed and G. Clark Preliminary investigation into the post repair performance of Ti-6Al-4V after the occurrence of foreign object damamge (F.O.D.)

H. Hao Prediction of blast-induced window glass fragments

W.Y. Lua, T. Ngo, L. Zhang and P. Mendis Responses of anchorage zones in cable-stayed bridges under blast loads

room 3 fibre Composites (6)session chair: dr scott smith

W.P. Lokuge, S. Setunge and J.G. Sanjayan

Stress-strain model for high strength concrete confined by FRP

N.W. Manthey, F. Cardona, T. Aravinthan, H. Wang and T. Cooney

Natural fibre composites with QLD based fibres and vegetable oils

E.J. Guades, C.S. Sirimanna, T. Aravinthan and M.M. Islam

Behaviour of fibre composite pile under axial compression load

C.S. Sirimanna, M.M. Islam and T. Aravinthan

Preliminary development of polymer based filler materials for GFRP tubular connector

A.C Manalo, T Aravinthan, W Karunasena and N Stevens

The effect of modulus of elasticity on the behaviour of railway turnout sleepers

M.M. Kabir, H. Wang, F. Cardona and T. Aravinthan

Effects of chemical treatment on the mechanical and thermal properties of hemp fibre reinforced thermoset sandwich composites

room 4 Concrete structures (6)session chair: associate Professor muhammad hadi

M.Sofi, P.A. Mendis, D.Baweja and Elvira

Anchorage zones behaviour of early age concrete: application to post-tensioned members

N.M. Elbasha and M.N.S. Hadi Establishing model for the displacement ductility index of HSC beams

E. Hamed, M.A. Bradford, R.I. Gilbert and Z-T. Chang

Creep testing and analysis of shallow concrete domes

S.H. Chowdhury Creep and shrinkage of high strength concrete

M. N. S. Hadi and T. M. S. Alrudaini

A new system for reinforced concrete buildings to prevent potential progressive collapse

N. Baidya, P. Mendis and S. Fragomeni

Evaluation of creep, shrinkage and modulus of elasticity models for high strength concrete

5:15 pm day session Concludes



ConferenCe dinner, Melbourne CriCKet Ground – JiM stynes rooM7:00 pm Canapes and pre-dinner drinks to be served

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is located on the junction between inner-city Melbourne suburbs Richmond and East Melbourne.The MCG is situated in Yarra Park, bordered by Brunton Avenue, Jolimont Street and Jolimont Terrace.

Jim stynes room Enter through Gate 3, Near light tower 1, take lift/escalator to level 2

If you are coming to the ground by-

Public Parking facilities (subject to availability)

Melbourne & olympic Park - northern car park.Enter car park from Swan St (Entry D), walk across footbridge (blue) to the MCG. At the end of the footbridge you will see light tower 5. Head to your left, you will see GATE 3, enter here.

federation square – cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets, Melbourne

City square Carpark – 202/208 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Metered parking in the area – Jolimont Street, Jolimont Terrace, Clarendon Street

Chartered bus from the nominated hotelsA bus has been Chartered from the Conference Hotels and the Conference Centre to the MCG and return.• Grand Hotel Melbourne • Grand Mercure • Hotel Lindrum • Riverside and Highlander Apartments • VU Convention Centre

Bookings for the bus can be made on Wednesday at the ACMSM21 Conference Registration Desk.

All patrons using this service must be in the Hotel Foyer at the nominated time ready for departure. The bus will pick up patrons from the MCG at between 11:15pm – 12:15pm and provide a return shuttle service to the hotels.

latecomers are not able to be accommodated - they will need to arrange their own transport to and from the MCG.

richmond station Exit station and cross Punt Rd. Walk towards the MCG, along Brunton Ave, you will see some stairs, go up the stairs towards light tower 2, walk around the concourse with the ground on your left hand side, just a little further around you will see GATE 3.



Jolimont station/tram from Wellington Prde Exit station and head through the park towards the MCG (light tower 1) veer to the left and you will see GATE 3.

tram from Melbourne Park Arena Get off the tram at Rod Laver arena stop. Walk up ramp to the footbridge (blue) to the MCG. At the end of the end of the footbridge you will see light tower 1. A little further around to your left you will see GATE 3

taxi Ask the cab driver to drop you off at the corner of Jolimont Terrace and Jolimont Street (Hilton side of the MCG), walk towards Light tower a little further around you will see GATE 3.



frIday The 10Th of december, 2010.8:30 am Conference registrations

9:00 am Keynote speaker – dr Gerard Van erp (room 1–2)

Commercialisation of fibre composites in Australia’s civil engineering market session chair: Professor John Wilson

During the last 10 years, Dr Van Erp worked as a research Professor at the Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites at the University of Southern Queensland. During this time he developed a range of innovative fibre composite structures for use in civil engineering, including Australia’s first fibre composite road bridge and a range of structural components for Brisbane’s floating river walk.

He recently joined private industry firm LOC Composites Pty Ltd and is in charge of the development and commercialisation of a new highly sustainable fibre composite building panel. The panel uses large amounts of renewable resources and has already found application in bridge beams, railway sleepers, decks and floor panels.

In 2002 Dr Van Erp was awarded the IEAust Queensland Professional Engineer of the Year award. In 2004 he received the pre-eminent National Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Clunies Ross Award for an “outstanding contribution to science and its application for the economic, social and environmental benefit of Australia”.

9:45 am Morning tea


room 1–2 structural health Monitoring (3) timber engineering (4)session chair: Professor rob melchers

B. Samali, J. Li, K. Crews and F. C. Choi

Damage evaluation of a repaired timber beam using modal-based method

M. Lamb, V. Rouillard and D. Ainalis A practical approach to Fourier analysis for monitoring structural integrity

M. Olivia and H.R. Nikraz Corrosion performance of embedded steel in fly ash geopolymer concrete by impressed voltage method

Z. Zabihi, K. Crews and B. Samali Modern trends in long span timber flooring systems

F. Scheibmair and P. Quenneville Development of an expedient moment connection for large span portal frames in LVL or Glulam

T. Tat, B. Samali and R. Shrestha Repair and strengthening of LVL Beams with carbon FRP



A. Zad, J. Li, B. Samali and Keith Crews

Finite element evaluation of non-destructive testing methods for embedded timber poles in service

room 3 Concrete structures (8)session chair: dr Gianluca ranzi

R.I Gilbert and G Ranzi Time-dependent analysis of reinforced concrete sections subjected to axial compression and biaxial bending

T.G. Suntharavadivel Retrofitting of shear damaged reinforced concrete beams

P. Omenzetter and N. Ibrahim Evaluation of creep and shrinkage in a prestressed bridge using data from laboratory experiments and in-situ monitoring

M. M. Attard and A. Khajeh Samani Size effect in confined concrete

C.C.Y. Leung and F.T.K. Au Shear behaviour of in-situ concrete stitches of precast concrete segmental bridges

L. Huynh and S.J. Foster Performance of high strength concrete and reactive powder concrete columns subjected to impact

H. L. Yip, F. T. K. Au and S.T. Smith Accounting for steel relaxation in prestressed concrete by finite element packages

V. Vimonsatit, A. S. Wahyuni, P. Macri and H. Nikraz

Experimental investigation of behaviour and shear strength capacity of lightweight sandwich reinforced concrete slab

room 4 earthquake and Wind engineering (8)session chair: associate Professor rajesh dhakal

A.Wibowo, J. L. Wilson, M. Fardipour, N. T. K. Lam, K. Rodsin, P.Lukkunaprasit and E. F. Gad

Seismic performance assessment of lightly reinforced concrete columns

F. Butt and P. Omenzetter Evaluation of variation in dynamic response of a building from seismic records using system identification

B. Kafle, N.T.K. Lam, E.F. Gad and J.L. Wilson

Seismic analysis of strength degraded structures

M Fardipour, K Thinley, E Lumantarna, N.T.K. Lam, E.F. Gad and J.L. Wilson

Seismic assessment of existing structures by displacement principles

M. N. Sheikh and H.H. Tsang Ductility capacity of existing RC bridge piers in Australia

H. Agheshlui, N.T.K. Lam and E.F. Gad Displacement based seismic assessment of cable stayed bridges

12:15 pm lunch



1:15pm Concurrent sessions

room 1–2 fibre Composites (7)session chair: dr rebecca Gravina

T . M. Koh, S. Feih and A. P. Mouritz Structural properties of composite T-joints reinforced with z-pins

A.C Manalo, T Aravinthan and W Karunasena

A comparison of the shear behaviour of fibre composite sandwich structure in the transverse and in-plane directions

M.M. Islam and T Aravinthan Behaviour of fibre composite sandwich panels under uniformly distributed loading

A. Ticoalu, T. Aravinthan and F. Cardona Experimental Investigation into gomuti fibres/polyester composites

S.T. Smith and S.J. Kim Towards calculating the load-deflection response of anchored FRP-strengthened RC slabs

J. Haedir, X.L.Zhao, R.H. Grzebieta and M.R. Bambach

Strength design of CFRP-reinforced steel tubular beams

A. Mutalib and H. Hao Development of pressure-impulse curves for fiber reinforced polymer strengthened reinforced concrete walls

room 3 Mechanics of Materials (6)session chair: associate Professor Karu Karunasena

S.L.H Chan, U.H Tiong and G Clark High-cycle fatigue life prediction issues in helicopter components

H. Mohammed and N. Haritos Low-strain integrity testing of rock anchors

C. Song, I. Chiong and F. Tin-Loi Dynamic analysis of generalized stress intensity factors at multi-material wedges

K.K. Wong, M. Jollands and S. Setunge Particleboard production using mixes of softwood and hardwood residues

R.E. Melchers and R. Jeffrey Deterioration mechanics - the competition between abiotic and biotic processes

M.B.Wong, H. Sadiq, X.L. Zhao and R. Al-Mahaidi

Effect of heat treatment on the maximum recovery stress of shape memory alloy under cyclic heating

room 4 steel and Aluminium structures (7)session chair: dr danh Tran

S. Y. Kong, A.M. Remennikov and B Uy Effect of medium strain rates on mechanical properties of the high performance steels

S.D Sun, R. Mohammed, Q. Lui, M. Janardhana, M. Brandt and G. Clark

Analysis of defects in laser cladding of high strength steel for aerospace application

J. Lee, H. M. Goldsworthy and E. F. Gad Blind bolted side connection to unfilled hollow section columns

L. Jamtsho, M. Dhanasekar, N. Palliyaguru and W. Bayissa

Effects of opening in the cross girders of the flat bottom rail wagons to the load transferring mechanisms when used as road bridge deck



P. Keerthan and M. Mahendran Shear strength and design of LiteSteel beams

S. Xu, J. Shen, J. Beynon, D. Ruan and G. Lu

High rate compressive behavior of aluminum foams by modified SHPB technique

M. F. Ab Rahman, R. D. Mohammed and G. Clark

The influence of plastic zone size in stable tearing

P. Keerthan and M. Mahendran Shear strength of LiteSteel beams with web openings

P. Keerthan and M. Mahendran Shear strength and design of LiteSteel beams


3:30 pm Conference Close

session Chairs: Associate Professor sam fragomeni and dr srikanth Venkatesan

On behalf of Victoria University and the steering Committee of ACMSM21 – we would like to thank you for your support of ACMSM21 – we have enjoyed your contribution.

We look forward to your attendance at ACMSM 22 in 2012.

Muslim Prayer room300 Flinders Street, Level 12, Room 12.07a Water cleansing facilities available

Multi-faith/reflection space300 Flinders Street, Level 12, Room 12.07b

internet Access – Computer labAvailable 9am – 3pm 300 Flinders Street, Level 10. Wednesday & Thursday, Room C 10.34Friday, Room C 10.42Logon and password will be provided at the registration desk



sPonsors

Gold sponsor ACMsM 21 Australian Calibrating Services (A’sia) Pty Ltd

www.auscal.com.au

silver sponsor ACMsM 21 Instron Pty Ltd

www.instron.com.au

bronze sponsor ACMsM 21 Bestech Australia Pty Ltd

www.bestech.com.au



ThanK you

We would like to acknowledge the following people who have contributed to the ACMsM21 Conference. andrew buchanan – conference Timekeeper

damien Kent – chairperson support

daniel o’connor - registrations

Gordon mc robert - finance

Indunil Galhena - speakers area

JanakaPrasanna WepitiyaGamage – speakers area

Kerry barnes -finance

Kristina Karaula - registrations

Lauren davies - registrations

maurice Guerrieri - Photography

michael o’connor - registrations

norman muyco – acmsm21 , conference Power Point

sarah davies - registrations

steve amiet – IT support

sue davies – conference secretariat





Documents

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