Abstract:
The first part of the presentation will discuss our research on characterising masonry materials, in particular lime and plaster mortars and clay bricks. I will focus on how we are using full-field surface imaging data and inverse identification techniques (via the Virtual Fields Method and Williams’ series) to do elasticity and fracture characterisation. This will lead to a brief discussion on phase field model updating and volumetric imaging work that we are currently engaged in. The second part of the presentation will demonstrate how we are addressing the modelling and monitoring of historic construction materials. With regards to modelling, I will present our research on new tools for the assessment of building damage due to ground movements. With regards to monitoring, I will introduce a new site measurement technique that enables full field displacement and crack measurements of structures from point cloud data.
Bio:
Sinan Acikgoz is an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Science of the University of Oxford. He is the Principal Investigator of the ‘MINT: Masonry in-situ testing and identification’ project and a Co-Investigator of the ‘OCHRE: Oxford Collaboration in Heritage Science Research and Engagement’ project. He is currently on sabbatical and visiting the Laboratoire de Mecanique Paris-Saclay.
Open to all. Attendees external to Imperial need to register by email.
Time: 2:00 pm