Structural engineering

• Development of the Eurocode for steel structures
• The Continuous Strength Method
• Steel elliptical hollow sections
• Cold-formed steelwork
• Behaviour of metallic tubular and shell structures

A sample of some recent projects:

• Strength of massive tubular members in bending
• Buckling of steel silos under eccentric discharge

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• Nonlinear numerical analysis for cracking and deformation
• Time and temperature dependent behaviour of concrete structures
• Design and analysis of prestressed concrete structures
• Design of beam-column joints
• Dynamics and stability of plates, shells and piles
• Reliability analysis of concrete structures
• Soil/structure interaction
• Use of blinding struts for cut and cover excavations
• Strut and tie modelling

A sample of some recent projects:

• Blinding struts
• Design for punching shear
• Design of reinforced concrete regions using strut and tie models and nonlinear finite element modelling

• Under-deck and combined cable-stayed bridges
• Spatial arch bridges
• Innovative bridge types
• Structural response due to the accidental breakage of stay cables
• Footbridges

A sample of some recent projects:

• Under-deck and combined cable-stayed bridges
• Accidental and extreme loading in cable-stayed bridges
• Response of slender road bridges and footbridges under traffic loading

• Seismic performance of steel and composite structures
• Seismic behaviour of concrete structures
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Response of buried pipelines
• Testing techniques for seismic performance evaluation
• Seismic vulnerability assessment and upgrading
• Procedures for assessment of earthquake losses

A sample of some recent projects:

• Seismic Testing of Sustainable Composite Cane and Mortar Walls for Low-Cost Housing in Developing Countries
• Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis, Ground-motion Model Development & Accelerogram selection
• Earthquake loss assessment

• Analysis and design of multi-storey buildings under fire conditions
• Fire and blast behaviour of offshore structures
• Design of blastwalls for offshore topsides
• Performance of composite sandwich components
• Damage tolerance and residual strength of offshore structures
• Stainless steel in fire
• Fire resistance of steel-concrete composite buildings
• Structures subject to coupled blast/fire scenarios
• Robustness and progressive collapse of tall buildings
• Response of offshore structures to extreme static/dynamic loading
• Simplified modelling: SDOF blast models, buckling analysis, blast/fire resistance of beams and columns

A sample of some recent projects:

• Forensic assessment of explosion damage at the Buncefield Oil Depot
• Investigating the Structural Performance and Frequency Filtering Effects in Protruded and Perforated Hybrid Metal to Composite Joints
• Improving Survivability of Structures to Impact and Blast Loading
• Behaviour of Beam-to-Tubular Column Connections under Extreme Loading Conditions

• Behaviour and design of composite steel/concrete buildings and bridges
• Static and fatigue behaviour of composite connections and members
• Performance of semi-rigid and partial strength connections

A sample of some recent projects:

• Inelastic Displacement Demands in Steel Structures

• Deterioration and lifetime assessment of structures
• Structural reliability of components and systems
• Risk and reliability assessment of highway bridges
• Risk assessment of structures under extreme loading

A sample of some recent projects:

• Dynamic Demand Analysis of Bridge & Building Structures