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 Graduate Studies Academic Calendar
Fall 2007

Civil and Environmental Engineering


Research Areas

Structures, Mechanics and Construction Engineering
 

Major areas of study include:

  • applied mechanics
  • structural mechanics
  • steel and concrete structures
  • structural reliability
  • properties of materials
  • experimental mechanics
  • stochastic systems
  • builidng science
  • building performance

Current research activities include:

  • structural stability
  • static and dynamic response of structures
  • propagation of elastic disturbances in solids
  • stability of elastic and inelastic continua
  • structural response to random excitation
  • nonlinear stochastic processes
  • hydroelasticity
  • analysis and design of steel
  • reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures
  • building enclosure performance
  • structural optimization
  • conceptual design
  • computer-aided design of structures
  • strength and safety of structures
  • strength of pressure vessels
  • plastic behaviour of shells
  • mechanisms of fatigue failure in materials
  • structural model mechanics
  • experimental stress analysis
  • development of hybrid-experimental techniques for complex stress concentration regions
  • shape optimization
  • fluid flow theories and techniques of advanced experimental mechanics
  • principles of modelling reality
  • rheological responses of engineering materials
  • 3-D mechanics of composite structures and of contact problems
  • fracture mechanics
  • optical methods in mechanics
  • isodyne and strain-gradient stress analysis
  • experimental testing of analytical models and solutions in mechanics
  • wall and roof performance

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