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Externally bonded FRP strengthening and bond of FRP to concrete, metallic and masonry structures.
FRP confined concrete columns
FRP reinforcement for concrete
FRP bridges and FRP bridge decks
The performance of FRP strengthening at high temperatures, including environmental thermal cycling and fire conditions.
The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering. Fire safety science, egress, coupled structures in fire testing and modelling.
Computational modelling of structures using advanced finite element, modelling discrete modelling, or computational fluid dynamics.
Design code and guidelines including involvement in CIRIA C595 (UK), ACI-440 (USA), CHBDC (Canada).
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Structural test hall with strong floor and test frames. Multi-axis tests to 200 tonnes. Universal test machines in a range of capacities.
Structures in fire laboratories. Coupled structures and fire testing. Reconfigurable gas and electric furnaces. Flammability, flame spread, smoke generation.
Thermo-mechanical characterisation at high temperatures (DMTA)
High resolution digital image correlation for non-contact displacement and strain measurement.
Non-destructive testing using ground penetrating radar, infrared thermography, impact echo, ultrasonic and acoustic emission methods. Structural dynamics characterisation.
UK-leading supercomputer facility. Computational fluid dynamics, finite element and discrete element software.
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