Publications

The new AS 5100.5 Concrete has been heavily revised since its last issue in 2004.

The paper describes the development, design and construction aspects of a completely new precast, prestressed concrete girder for road bridges.

Bridges are designed to function for 100 years but often the costs of maintenance are very significant. Bearings and expansion joints which affect the performance of a bridge are mainly the source of maintenance cost. In this case, an integral…

Capacity reduction factors (?) for flexure, shear and axial loadings are derived for reinforced and prestressed concrete structures based on a reliability-based calibration of the Australian Concrete Structures Standard AS3600. The structural…

The global use of FRP (Fibre Reinforced Polymer) strengthening systems for bridge infrastructure has increased over the last 40 years, typically in North America, Europe and Japan. After a slow beginning, its

In the last few decades, the use of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) for strengthening structures has attracted structural engineers due to its superior properties, such as its high strength-toweight ratio, corrosion resistance and ease of…

Corrosion of steel is regarded as one of the most important issues for the durability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, as corrosion can induce the serviceability decrease, bond strength dropping, steel properties reduction, and longitudinal…

Alkali activated binders (geopolymer) is an emerging technology to produce concrete without the use of any Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) by alkali activation of alumino-silicate source materials such as fly ash and/or slag. Limited knowledge on…

Strengthening-By-Stiffening (SBS) is a new concept developed to enhance the strength and performance of shear-deficient thin-walled steel girders. In SBS, pultruded composite sections are bonded to buckling prone web panels to serve as stiffeners.

VicRoads monitors a number of structures along its road networks through the structure monitoring program. In October 2014, VicRoads identified significant corrosion on two triple-cell corrugated metal culverts under the Mornington Peninsula Freeway…