Overview
Professor Vollum's research interests are wide, encompassing the following topics: long-term deflections of reinforced concrete slabs, beam-column joints, shear in beams, punching shear, strut and tie modelling, non-linear finite element analysis, the design of reinforced concrete slabs, control of cracking induced by early age thermal contraction and subsequent shrinkage, structural design.
He has developed a method for predicting the deflection of slabs that takes construction loading into account. The numerical work was calibrated with data from the in-situ concrete building at BRE Cardington with which he was closely involved. More recently, he led an EPSRC project (EP/D505488/1) which developed a design method for using concrete blinding as struts in cut and cover excavations.
Recent work has focused on punching shear in flat slabs as well as shear enhancement near supports of beams.Currently, he is co-leading an EPSRC project (EP/T004142/1) into the cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete elements subjected to the restraint of imposed strains. This is a joint project with the University of Leeds (EP/T004185/1).
Collaborators
Prof John Forth, University of Leeds, Understanding the cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete elements subjected to the restraint of imposed strains, 2020
Research Staff
Elwakeel,A
Research Student Supervision
Abdelsalam,M, Design of wide beam flooring systems
Abela,J, Design of blinding struts
Afshar,N, Modelling of tension stiffening in RC slabs
Amini,H, Automated reinforcement design for structures loaded in plane stress
Barrero Bilbao,A, Enhanced nonlinear analysis of 3D concrete structures
Eder,MA, Inelastic behaviour of hybrid steel/concrete column to flat slab assemblages
Elwakeel,AB, Shear Enhancement in RC Beams Loaded on the Tension Face
Fang,L, Strut and tie modelling of reinforced concrete
Hossain,T, Numerical Modelling of deflections of reinforced concrete slabs under service loads
Kabosh,MA, Modelling time dependent behaviour of axially restrained reinforced concrete slabs
Micallef,M, Crack control in base-restrained reinforced concrete walls
Murad,Y, Analytical and numerical assessment of seismically vulnerable corner connections under bidirectional loading in RC framed structures
Oikonomou-Mpegetis,S, Design of steel fibre reinforced concrete slabs
Sagaseta,J, The influence of aggregate fracture on the shear strength of reinforced concrete beams
Setiawan,A, Efficient Strategy for Modelling Punching Failure of Flat Slabs
Soares,LFS, Influence of slab continuity on punching resistance
Tay,UL, Improved design methods for reinforced concrete wide beam floors
Vella,JP, Development of Novel Connection Methodsbetween Precast Concrete Panels
Yu,J, Assessing ground interaction effects and potential damage to existing tunnels before and after new excavation works