Structural performance of waste-based concrete for construction industry

Project description

In this project, beams and columns will be cast and tested as structural members of buildings to investigate the structural performance of sustainable concrete. The test results will be compared with concrete standards requirements and those of manufactured with conventional concrete. Investigating the structural performance of the developed concrete is of great importance to validate the possibility of the use of the developed concrete as an alternative to conventional concrete in real structures.

Supervisors research focus

I have extensive experience in research on the development of sustainable construction/building materials and technologies. I worked in ARC-Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC-CAMPH) at the University of Melbourne and have been project manager and research leader of three research projects in $2.7M Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) round 8. Research Interests: - Infrastructure Materials Engineering: *Recycling waste materials, industrial by-products and natural fibres for the development of sustainable construction materials *Cementitious composites containing nanomaterials *Smart and multi-functional materials for construction *3D printable concrete for automated construction *High performance and ultra-high performance composite *Fibre-reinforced concrete composite *Constitutive and finite element modelling of fibre-reinforced concrete - Structural Engineering: *Behaviour, performance and design of civil infrastructure *Assessment and management of deteriorating civil infrastructure *Infrastructure resilience and sustainability *Construction, repair and rehabilitation practices for civil infrastructure

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