Structures Grants

The Structures group is very successful in getting ARC Discovery, ARC (Linkage), University and Industry Grants. Recent grants received are listed in the following Table. (It should be noted that when funding for projects occurred over multiple years, only the most recent grants are shown).

2008

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Protecting occupants in vehicle rollover crashes	ARC Discovery Projects	A/Prof R. Grzebieta, Dr M. Bambach
Investigation of geopolymer based concretes for the construction of high fire risk constructions	ARC Discovery Projects	A/Prof J. Sanjayan
Multi-scale model-based simulation of glass fragmentation	ARC Discovery Projects	Dr L. Shen
High strength steel protection bollards	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Dr M. Bambach, A/Prof X-L Zhao
Securing longevity of reinforced concrete infrastructure through enhanced cathodic protection design	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Collins, Forsyth, Sanjayan
Prediction and controlling of pipe failures in buried water and gas pipe systems	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Kodikara, Cull, Zhao, Bouazza, Davis, Burn, Moore
Durability of isocyanate-based adhesives in engineered wood products	Forest and wood research and development corporation	A/Prof H.R. Milner

2007

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Prediction and controlling of pipe failure in buried water and gas pipe systems	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Kodikara, Zhao, Bouazza
Fatigue behaviour of dragline tubular structures	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Zhao, Dayawansa, Price
Investigation of the mechanism causing shrinkage strains in concretes made with slag blended cements	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Dr J. Sanjayan
CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer) strengthening of steel structures	ARC Linkage International	Zhao, Teng
Debonding failure in CFRP strengthened steel structures	ARC Discovery Projects	Zhao, Rizkalla, Al-Mahaidi
Development of an alkali activated slag-based construction material for high fire risk infrastructure	ARC Discovery Projects	Dr J. Sanjayan
Investigation of geopolymer-based concretes for the construction of high fire risk infrastructures	ARC Discovery Projects	Dr J. Sanjayan
Multi-scale model-based simulation of glass fragmentation under blast loading	ARC Discovery Projects	Dr L. Shen

2006

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Design of welded steel tubular connections	ARC Linkage International	Zhao/Packer
Thin-walled structures subjected to impact and blast loading	ARC Discovery Funds	Grzebieta, Zhao, Chirwa, Burman

2005

Project Title	Funding Source	Investigators
Investigation of the mechanism causing shrinkage strains in concrete	ARC Linkage funding allocation including industry component	Dr J. Sanjayan
Durability of isocyanate-based adhesives in engineered wood products	Forest Wood Products Research and Development Corporation/CSIRO	A/Prof H.R. Milner