(current projects denoted by **)
Bridge Engineering
- Fatigue behaviour and design of shear connectors in steel-precast composite girders**
- Fatigue resistance of stud shear connectors on steel girders**
- Study of UHPC as a closure strip material in prefabricated bridge applications**
- Analysis and design of highway bridges with fibre-reinforced concrete link slabs
- Investigation of steel-precast composite girders with non-conventional shear connectors
- Development of a shear connection for a portable concrete/steel composite bridges
- Effect of thermal cycles in bond of stainless steel reinforcement in structural concrete
Modular Construction
- Methodology for tolerance strategy and module resilience in modular construction systems**
- Reducing rework and optimizing productivity in a fabrication and modularization environment**
- Improving staged fabrication of industrial facilities
Concrete Materials
- Development of fibre-reinforced concrete using basalt fibres
- Development of engineered fibre-reinforced concrete for bridge structural applications
- Structural properties of concrete made with recycled concrete aggregate
- Optimization of high-strength self-consolidating concrete incorporating rice husk ash
- Use of recycled concrete wash water in new concrete
Concrete Structures
- Bond of corroded reinforcement in repaired concrete**
- Shear strengthening of concrete beams using fibre-reinforced cementitious mortar**
- Long-term behaviour of GFRP prestressed concrete beams**
- Reliability assessment of test load magnitudes in ACI 437 and ACI 318 Chp 20
- Use of carbon-FRP tendons as external post-tensioning to improve fatigue behaviour of existing reinforced concrete elements
- Use of partially bonded carbon-FRP plate and near-surface mounted rod systems for ductility enhancement of strengthened reinforced concrete elements
- Tensile-flexural behaviour of carbon-fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) tendons subjected to harped profiles
Wood Utility Structures
- Reliability analysis of damaged wooden utility structures
- Effect of woodpecker damage and wood decay on wood utility pole strength
- Strengthening of wood transmission structures with glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) materials
Concrete Pavement Mechanics
- Development of alternative joint load transfer devices for concrete pavements
- Computational investigation of the effects of shrinkage and thermal loading on the behaviour of misaligned dowels in jointed concrete pavement
Automated Construction Progress Tracking
- Evaluation of ultra-wideband sensing technology for position location in indoor construction environments
- Activity-based data fusion for the automated progress tracking of construction projects
In addition to the HQP-based projects listed above, other R&D activities with industry partners include the following:
- Measurement of Thermal Gradients and Volumetric Strains in a Mass Concrete Raft Footing
- Tension Testing of GFRP Bars
- Compression Testing of Elastomeric Bridge Bearing Pads
- Development of High-performance Cement-Bentonite Grout for Shield Tank Solidification
- Flexural Strength Testing of Noise Barrier Panels and Derivation of Strength Reduction Factors for use with AASHTO Specifications
- Flexural Strength Testing and Analysis of Concrete-Steel Composite Piles
- Flexural Strength Testing and Analysis of Composite Traffic and Security Bollards
- Ceramic Tile Bond Strength Testing
- Tension Testing of Single and Double Tension Straps for Modular Formwork Systems
- Tension and Torsional Testing of a Structural Steel Boom Lift Arm
