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Conference Papers

De Burgh JM; Foster SJ; Vali Pour Goudarzi HR, 2015, 'Experimental study of temperature effects on water vapour sorption and moisture transport phenomena', in CONCREEP 2015: Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1076 - 1081, presented at CONCREEP 10, Vienna, Austria, 21 September 2015 - 23 September 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479346.129

Gilbert RI; Foster SJ; Agarwal A, 2015, 'An Approach for the Quantification of Ductility and Robustness of Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs', in Sanjayan J (ed.), Concrete 2015, Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 313 - 321, presented at 27th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 30 August 2015 - 02 September 2015

Ng TS; Foster SJ; Milojevic S, 2015, 'On Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete and its Behaviour at Elevated Temperature', in Sanjayan J (ed.), Concrete 2015, Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1060 - 1069, presented at 27th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 30 August 2015 - 02 September 2015

de Burgh J; Foster SJ; Vali Pour Goudarzi H, 2015, 'Predicting fire induced spalling in concrete structural elements', in Sanjayan J (ed.), Concrete 2015, Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1243 - 1251, presented at 27th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 30 August 2015 - 02 September 2015

Berndt MA; Sanjayan J; Foster SJ; Castel A; Rajeev P; Heidrich C, 2015, 'Progress Towards a Handbook for Geopolymer Concrete', in Sanjayan J (ed.), Concrete 2015, Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1156 - 1164, presented at Concrete 2015, Melbourne, Australia, 30 August 2015 - 02 September 2015

Foster SJ; Voo YL, 2015, 'Ultra High Performance Ductile Concrete: The Delivery from Research into Practice', in Sanjayan J (ed.), Concrete 2015, Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, pp. 1 - 11, presented at 27th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Melbourne, 30 August 2015 - 02 September 2015

de Burgh J; Foster SJ; Vali Pour Goudarzi H, 2015, 'Insight from numerical simulation into the causes and risks of fire induced spalling in concrete walls, floors and tunnel linings', in The 2015 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Techno-Press, Incheon, Korea, presented at World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Incheon, Korea, 25 August 2015 - 29 August 2015

Agarwal A; Hamed E; Foster SJ, 2015, 'Modelling of Steel-FRP Single-Lap Joints Under Freeze-Thaw Cycling', in Thomsen OT; Berggreen C; Sorensen BF (eds.), ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, AALBORG UNIV PRESS, Copenhagen, Denmark, presented at 20th International Conference Composite Materials, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19 July 2015 - 24 July 2015

Bradford M; Abas F; Gilbert I; Foster S, 2015, 'Experimental behaviour of fibre-reinforced continuous composite slabs', in Proceedings of the International Conference FIBRE CONCRETE, pp. 101 - 108

Khorsandnia N; Vali Pour Goudarzi HR; Foster SJ; Crews K, 2014, '1D frame element formulation for analysis of layered composite beams', Southern Cross University, Australia, Byron Bay, presented at 23rd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM23), Byron Bay, 09 December 2014 - 12 December 2014

Huang Y; Hamed E; Foster SJ, 2014, 'CREEP TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE PANELS UNDER ECCENTRIC LOADING – BUCKLING EFFECTS', in 23rd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM23), Byron Bay, new South Wales, Australia, presented at 23rd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM23), Byron Bay, new South Wales, Australia, 09 December 2014 - 12 December 2014

Vessali N; Vali Pour Goudarzi HR; Samali B; Foster S, 2014, 'Development of the compressive membrane action in partially restrained reinforced concrete sub-assemblages', in 23rd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM23), Southern Cross University, Australia, Byron Bay, pp. 357 - 362, presented at 23rd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM23), Byron Bay, 09 December 2014 - 12 December 2014

de Burgh JM; Foster SJ; Vali Pour H, 2014, 'Prediction of water vapour sorption isotherms and microstructure of hardened Portland cement pastes', in Li K; Yan P; Yang R (eds.), ONMOD2014 Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Concrete Modelling, RILEM Publications S.A.R.L., Bejing, China, pp. 265 - 272, presented at 4th RILEM International Symposium on Concrete Modelling, Bejing, China, 12 October 2014 - 14 October 2014

Amin A; Foster SJ, 2014, 'Numerical Modelling of Large Scale Steel Fibre Reinforced-Reinforced Concrete Beams Failing in Shear', in Charron JP; Massicotte B; Mobasher B; Plizzari G (eds.), Proceedings FRC 2014 Joint ACI-fib International Workshop Fibre Reinforced Concrete: From Design to Structural Applications, Montreal, Canada, pp. 89 - 99, presented at FRC 2014 Joint ACI-fib International Workshop Fibre Reinforced Concrete: From Design to Structural Applications, Montreal, Canada, 24 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Amin A; Foster S, 2014, 'The Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced-Reinforced Concrete Beams in Shear', in Bastien J; Rouleau N; Fiset M; Thomassin M (eds.), Proceedings 10th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, Quebec, Canada, pp. 395 - 401, presented at 10th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, Quebec, Canada, 21 July 2014 - 23 July 2014

Foster S, 2014, 'FRC design according to the draft Australian bridge code', in American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication, pp. 29 - 40

Amin A; Foster SJ, 2014, 'Numerical modelling of large scale steel-fibre-reinforced reinforced concrete beams failing in shear', in American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication, pp. 161 - 170

Agarwal A; Hamed E; Foster SJ, 2013, 'EFFECT OF ADHESIVE THICKNESS ON THE INTERFACIAL STRESSES IN STEEL-FRP LAP-JOINTS UNDER FREEZE-THAW CYCLING', Melbourne, Australia, presented at APFIS 2013 (Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures), Melbourne, Australia, 11 December 2013 - 13 December 2013

Agarwal A; Ng TS; Foster SJ; Hamed E, 2013, 'DURABILITY OF STEEL-CFRP ADHESIVE JOINTS UNDER SUSTAINED LOADING AND WET THERMAL-CYCLES.', Montreal, Canada, presented at THE 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS, Montreal, Canada, 28 July 2013 - 02 August 2013

Amin A; Foster SJ; Muttoni A, 2013, 'Evaluation of the tensile strength of sfrc as derived from inverse analysis of notched bending tests', in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, FraMCoS 2013, Toledo; Spain, pp. 1049 - 1057, presented at 8th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, FraMCoS 2013, Toledo; Spain, 11 March 2013 - 14 March 2013

Foster SJ; Ng TS; Htut TN, 2013, 'High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling', in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, FraMCoS 2013, Toledo; Spain, pp. 69 - 78, presented at 8th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, FraMCoS 2013, Toledo; Spain, 11 March 2013 - 14 March 2013

Sanchayan S; Foster SJ, 2013, 'Behaviour of hybrid PVA-steel fibre reinforced ultra high performance concrete at high temperature', in Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013, pp. 1637 - 1642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b15963-294

Abas F; Bradford MA; Foster SJ; Ian Gilbert R, 2013, 'Shear-Bond Behaviour of Steel-Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) Composite Slabs with Deep Trapezoidal Decking: Experimental Study', in Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VII - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete, pp. 561 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479735.043

Amin A; Foster SJ; Boillet D; Muttoni A, 2012, 'An experimental investigation into the tensile strength of steel fibre reinforced concrete', in From Materials to Structures: Advancement through Innovation, CRC Press, London, UK, pp. 1097 - 1103, presented at 22nd ACMSM, UTS Sydney, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Rajabi A; Valipour HR; Samali B; Foster SJ, 2012, 'Application of externally post-tensioned FRP bars for strengthening reinforced concrete members', in From Materials to Structures: Advancement through Innovation, CRC Press, London, UK, pp. 145 - 148, presented at 22nd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Sydney, Australia, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Parvez A; Foster SJ, 2012, 'Fatigue behaviour of reinforced concrete beams with addition of steel fibres', in From Materials to Structures: Advancement through Innovation, CRC Press, London, UK, pp. 333 - 338, presented at Conference: 22nd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM22, Sydney, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Vesali NF; Valipour HR; Samali B; Foster SJ, 2012, 'Investigating the arching action in reinforced concrete beams', in From Materials to Structures: Advancement through Innovation, CRC Press, London, UK, pp. 369 - 374, presented at 22nd ACMSM, UTS Sydney, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Sanchayan S; Gowripalan N; Foster SJ, 2012, 'Mechanical properties of fibre reinforced reactive powder concrete after exposure to high temperatures', in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS, ACMSM 22, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 11–14 DECEMBER 2012, CRC Press, Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, pp. 1177 - 1181, presented at THE 22ND AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS,, SYDNEY, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Arnaud C, 2012, 'Modelling of reinforced concrete beam response to repeated loading including steel-concrete interface damage', in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS, ACMSM 22, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 11–14 DECEMBER 2012, CRC Press, Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, pp. 257 - 261, presented at 22ND AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS, ACMSM 22, Sydney, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Agarwal A; Foster SJ; Hamed E; Vrcelj Z, 2012, 'Testing of steel-CFRP adhesive joints under freeze-thaw cycling', in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS, ACMSM 22, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 11–14 DECEMBER 2012, CRC Press, Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, pp. 801 - 806, presented at 22nd ACMSM, UTS Sydney, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Abas F; Gilbert RI; Foster SJ; Bradford MA, 2012, 'The behaviour of fibre reinforced continuous concrete slabs under load - an experimental study', in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS, ACMSM 22, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 11–14 DECEMBER 2012, CRC Press, Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, pp. 233 - 239, presented at 22nd ACMSM, UTS Sydney, 11 December 2012 - 14 December 2012

Bradford MA; Abas F; Gilbert RI; Foster SJ, 2012, 'Strength of continuous composite slabs containing fibre reinforced concrete', in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances on Steel Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures, Research Publishing Services, Singapore, pp. 461 - 468, presented at 10th International Conference on Advances on Steel Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures, Singapore, 02 July 2012 - 04 July 2012

Castel A; Gilbert RI; Foster SJ, 2012, 'Numerical modelling of reinforced concrete beam response to repeated loading including steel-concrete interface damage', in Conference Proceedings - CD, Alix-en-Provence, France, presented at Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures, Alix-en-Provence, France, 29 May 2012 - 01 June 2012

Voo YL; Foster SJ, 2011, 'Construction of a 50 Metre Long Ultra High Performance Ductile Concrete Composite Road Bridge', in Proceedings, Austroads 8th Bridge Conference: Sustainable Bridges – The Thread of Society, Austroads Inc., Sydney, Australia, pp. 228 - 240, presented at Austroads 8th Bridge Conference, Sydney, Australia, 31 October 2011 - 05 November 2011

Watts T; Foster SJ; Kayvani K, 2011, 'Evaluation of AS3600-2009 Provisions for Design by Nonlinear Stress Analysis', in Concrete 2011 - Building a Sustainable Future, Concrete Institute of Australia, Perth, presented at Concrete 2011 - 25th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Perth, 12 October 2011 - 14 October 2011, http://concrete2011.com.au/program/papersfordelegates/

Loo M; Ahammed M; Foster SJ; Stewart M; Sirivivatnanon V, 2011, 'Safety and reliability of reinforced concrete structures', in Concrete 2011: Building a sustainable future, Concrete Institute of Australia, Sydney Australia, presented at Concrete 2011 - 25th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Perth, 12 October 2011 - 14 October 2011, http://concrete2011.com.au/program/papersfordelegates/

Huang Y; Hamed E; Foster SJ, 2011, 'Creep buckling analysis of high strength concrete panels', in Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on High Performance Concrete, NZ Concrete Society Ltd., New Zealand, pp. 284 - 292, presented at 9th International Symposium on High Performance Concrete, Rotorua, new Zealand, 09 August 2011 - 11 August 2011

Huynh LC; Foster SJ, 2011, 'Behaviour of reactive powder concrete columns subjected to impact loading', in Proceedings of the fib symposium Prague 2011, Czech Concrete Society - CBS Servis, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 771 - 774, presented at fib Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, 08 June 2011 - 10 June 2011

Huynh LC; Foster SJ, 2010, 'Performance of high strength concrete and reactive powder concrete columns subjected to impact', in Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, CRC Press, The Netherlands, pp. 215 - 220, presented at 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM21, Melbourne, VIC., 07 December 2010 - 10 December 2010

Ng TS; Foster SJ, 2010, 'Shear strength of lightweight fibre reinforced geopolymer concrete composite beam', in Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, CRC Press, The Netherlands, pp. 77 - 82, presented at 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM21, Melbourne, VIC., 07 December 2010 - 10 December 2010

Ng TS; Htut TN; Foster SJ, 2010, 'Mode I and II fracture behaviour of steel fibre reinforced high strength geopolymer concrete: an experimental investigation', in Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures - High Performance, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Special Loadings and Structural Applications, Korea Concrete Institute, Korea, presented at 7th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics Concrete and Concrete Structures, Jeju, Korea, 23 May 2010 - 28 May 2010

Htut TN; Foster SJ, 2010, 'Unified model for mixed mode fracture of steel fibre reinforced concrete', in Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures - High Performance, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Special Loadings and Structural Applications, Korea Concrete Institute, Korea, presented at 7th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics Concrete and Concrete Structures, Jeju, Korea, 23 May 2010 - 28 May 2010

Voo YL; Foster SJ, 2009, 'How Green are Ultra High Performance Ductile Concrete Bridges?', Singapore, presented at 34th Conference on Our World in Concrete & Structures (OWICS 2009), Singapore, 16 August 2009 - 18 August 2009

Loo KM; Foster SJ; Smith S, 2009, 'Fatigue Performance of Corroded RC Beams Repaired with CFRP', in Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Editors: D. J. Oehlers, M.C. Griffith, R. Seracino, Sydney, presented at 9th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structure, Sydney, Australia, 13 July 2009 - 15 July 2009

Loo KM; Foster SJ, 2009, 'FE Modelling of FRP Repaired Beams Subjected to Fatigue Loading', in Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Editors: D. J. Oehlers, M.C. Griffith, R. Seracino, Sydney, presented at 9th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structure, Sydney, Australia, 13 July 2009 - 15 July 2009

Foster SJ; Voo YL, 2009, 'Design of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete for shear', in concrete solutions 09 addiging value in changing climates, Concrete Institute of Australia, Sydney Australia, presented at 24th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, Sydney, Australia, 29 June 2009 - 02 July 2009

Dabbagh H; Foster SJ, 2009, 'Experimental study of high-strength concrete squat shear walls subjected to reversed cyclic loading', in Concrete: 21st Century Superhero, Federation International Beton, London, England, presented at fib Symposium, London, England, 22 June 2009 - 24 June 2009

Dabbagh H; Foster SJ, 2009, 'Behaviour of high-strength concrete squat shear walls subjected to reversed cyclic loading – an experimental study', in 8th International Congress on Civil Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, presented at 8th International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 11 May 2009 - 13 May 2009

Htut TN; Foster SJ, 2008, 'Behaviour of steel fibre reinforced mortar and concrete in tension', in Futures in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Queensland, presented at 20th Australasian Conference of the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Queensland, 02 December 2008 - 05 December 2008

Ng TS; Foster SJ, 2008, 'Development of high performance geopolymer concrete', in Futures in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Queensland, presented at 20th Australasian Conference of the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Queensland, 02 December 2008 - 05 December 2008


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