By Emeritus Professor Stephen James Foster

Journal articles

Mostazid MI; Kim T; Foster S; Ben B; Asadi H; Hajimohammadi A, 2026, 'Inconsistencies in rapid chloride permeability testing of geopolymer concrete: Insights into binder chemistry, pore structure, and test cell configuration', Cement and Concrete Composites, 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2025.106340

Yu Y; Al-Damad IMA; Foster S; Nezhad AA; Hajimohammadi A, 2025, 'Compressive strength prediction of fly ash/slag-based geopolymer concrete using EBA-optimised chemistry-informed interpretable deep learning model', Developments in the Built Environment, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2025.100736

Al-Damad IMA; Parvez A; Kumar LM; Foster SJ, 2025, 'Experimental study on steel fibers reinforced concrete beams subjected to pure torsion and models assessment', Structural Concrete, 26, pp. 6180 - 6202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.70168

Mahmood AH; Zahid CZB; Foster SJ, 2025, 'High-density geopolymer concrete exposed to marine environment', Structural Concrete, 26, pp. 5282 - 5285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.70260

Gao H; Hamed E; Al-Damad IMA; Hajimohammadi A; Foster S, 2025, 'Creep behaviour of alkali activated slag and fly ash concrete: effects of hypothetical thickness, aggregates, and loading age', Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-025-02682-1

Gao H; Al-Damad IMA; Siddika A; Kim T; Foster S; Hajimohammadi A, 2025, 'Enhancing the workability retention of one-part alkali activated binders by adjusting the chemistry of the activators', Cement and Concrete Composites, 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2025.105928

Ghosni N; Valipour HR; Foster SJ, 2025, 'Performance of reinforced-steel fiber reinforced concrete beams adjacent to column connections under reverse cyclic loading', Structural Concrete, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.70400

Gao H; Shikhov I; Hamed E; Hajimohammadi A; Al-Damad I; Arns C; Foster SJ, 2024, 'New insights on the basic creep mechanism of one-part alkali activated slag and fly ash paste', Cement and Concrete Research, 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2024.107691

Jayathilakage R; Hajimoahammadi A; Pour HV; Moreau D; Foster S, 2024, 'Effects of specimen characteristics, fibre and mix constituents on the acoustic performance of rubberised concrete for traffic noise walls', Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-024-02459-y

Mahmood SMF; Akter T; Foster SJ; Valipour H, 2024, 'Minimum tensile reinforcement ratio for conventionally reinforced-SFRC beams and slabs', Structures, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106320

Foster SJ; Bentz E, 2024, 'Design of UHPC prestressed girders for shear', Structural Concrete, 25, pp. 780 - 795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.202300738

Hammad MW; Valipour HR; Foster SJ, 2024, 'Timber-concrete composites (TCC) floors subjected to hogging moment', Engineering Structures, 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117488

Bentz EC; Foster SJ, 2024, 'On Shear in Members Without Stirrups and the Application of Energy-Based Methods in Light of 30 Years of Test Observations', Hormigon Y Acero, 75, pp. 55 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.33586/hya.2024.3137

Foster S, 2023, 'The Inestimable Challenge', Structural Concrete, 24, pp. 1718 - 1719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.202370002

Mahmood AH; Babaee M; Foster SJ; Castel A, 2022, 'Capturing the early-age physicochemical transformations of alkali-activated fly ash and slag using ultrasonic pulse velocity technique', Cement and Concrete Composites, 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2022.104529

Mahmood AH; Afroz S; Kashani A; Kim T; Foster SJ, 2022, 'The efficiency of recycled glass powder in mitigating the alkali-silica reaction induced by recycled glass aggregate in cementitious mortars', Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, 55, pp. 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-022-01989-7

Al-Damad IMA; Foster SJ, 2022, 'Behavior of Postcracked steel fiber-reinforced concrete in fatigue and development of a damage prediction model', Structural Concrete, 23, pp. 1593 - 1610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.202100497

Miller HD; Akbarnezhad A; Mesgari S; Foster SJ, 2022, 'Effects of silane treatment on the bond between steel fibres and mortar', Magazine of Concrete Research, 74, pp. 528 - 540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.20.00366

Mohana Kumar L; Zeng C; Foster SJ, 2022, 'A stereological approach to estimation of fibre distribution in concrete', Construction and Building Materials, 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126547

Zhang Z; Vecchio FJ; Bentz EC; Foster SJ, 2022, 'Modeling of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in Shear', ACI Structural Journal, 119, pp. 295 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/51733012

Fu J; Bligh MW; Shikhov I; Jones AM; Holt C; Keyte LM; Moghaddam F; Arns CH; Foster SJ; Waite TD, 2021, 'A microstructural investigation of a Na2SO4 activated cement-slag blend', Cement and Concrete Research, 150, pp. 106609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2021.106609

Khalajestani MK; Parvez A; Foster SJ; Valipour H; McGregor G, 2021, 'Concentrically and eccentrically loaded high-strength concrete columns with high-strength reinforcement: An experimental study', Engineering Structures, 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113251

Mahmood AH; Babaee M; Foster SJ; Castel A, 2021, 'Continuous Monitoring of the Early-Age Properties of Activated GGBFS with Alkaline Solutions of Different Concentrations', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003997

Agarwal A; Foster SJ; Stewart MG, 2021, 'Model error and reliability of reinforced concrete beams in shear designed according to the Modified Compression Field Theory', Structural Concrete, 22, pp. 3711 - 3726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.202100319

Mahmood AH; Foster SJ; Castel A, 2021, 'Effects of mixing duration on engineering properties of geopolymer concrete', Construction and Building Materials, 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124449

Chiniforush AA; Gharehchaei M; Akbar Nezhad A; Castel A; Moghaddam F; Keyte L; Hocking D; Foster S, 2021, 'Minimising risk of early-age thermal cracking and delayed ettringite formation in concrete – A hybrid numerical simulation and genetic algorithm mix optimisation approach', Construction and Building Materials, 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124280

Mahmood SMF; Foster SJ; Valipour H, 2021, 'Moment redistribution and post-peak behaviour of lightly reinforced-SFRC continuous slabs', Engineering Structures, 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111834

Mahmood AH; Foster SJ; Castel A, 2020, 'High-density geopolymer concrete for Port Kembla breakwater upgrade', Construction and Building Materials, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120920

Fu J; Jones AM; Bligh MW; Holt C; Keyte LM; Moghaddam F; Foster SJ; Waite TD, 2020, 'Mechanisms of enhancement in early hydration by sodium sulfate in a slag-cement blend – Insights from pore solution chemistry', Cement and Concrete Research, 135, pp. 106110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106110

Mahmood AH; Foster SJ; Castel A, 2020, 'Development of high-density geopolymer concrete with steel furnace slag aggregate for coastal protection structures', Construction and Building Materials, 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118681

Miletić M; Kumar LM; Arns JY; Agarwal A; Foster SJ; Arns C; Perić D; Lakshminarayanan Mohana Kumar , 2020, 'Gradient-based fibre detection method on 3D micro-CT tomographic image for defining fibre orientation bias in ultra-high-performance concrete', Cement and Concrete Research, 129, pp. 105962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105962

Bentz EC; Foster SJ, 2019, 'On shear in members without stirrups and the application of energy-based methods in light of 30 years of test observations', Structural Concrete, 20, pp. 1481 - 1489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.201900224

Foster SJ; Parvez A, 2019, 'Assessment of model error for reinforced concrete beams with steel fibers in bending', Structural Concrete, 20, pp. 1010 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.201800090

Miller HD; Akbarnezhad A; Mesgari S; Foster SJ, 2019, 'Performance of oxygen/argon plasma-treated steel fibres in cement mortar', Cement and Concrete Composites, 97, pp. 24 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2018.12.015

Peiretti HC; Foster S, 2019, 'Preface', Fib 2018 Proceedings for the 2018 Fib Congress Better Smarter Stronger, pp. II

Mahmood SMF; Agarwal A; Foster SJ; Valipour H, 2018, 'Flexural performance of steel fibre reinforced concrete beams designed for moment redistribution', Engineering Structures, 177, pp. 695 - 706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.10.007

Chaei MG; Akbarnezhad A; Castel A; Lloyd R; Keyte L; Foster S, 2018, 'Precision of cement hydration heat models in capturing the effects of SCMs and retarders', Magazine of Concrete Research, 70, pp. 1217 - 1231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.17.00228

Barros JAO; Foster SJ, 2018, 'An integrated approach for predicting the shear capacity of fibre reinforced concrete beams', Engineering Structures, 174, pp. 346 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.071

Hartanto D; Hamed E; Agarwal A; Foster SJ, 2018, 'Behaviour of steel-CFRP lap joints under hygrothermal cycles and sustained loadings', Composite Structures, 203, pp. 740 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.07.032

Hardy N; Foster S; Cox R; Pour Goudarzi HV; Amin A, 2018, 'Investigation into the use of macro synthetic fibre reinforced concrete for breakwater armour units', Coastal Engineering, 140, pp. 60 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.06.004

Foster SJ; Agarwal A; Amin A, 2018, 'Design of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams for shear using inverse analysis for determination of residual tensile strength', Structural Concrete, 19, pp. 129 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/suco.201700100

Peiretti HC; Foster S, 2018, 'Preface', Fib Symposium, pp. II

Huang Y; Hamed E; Chang ZT; Foster SJ, 2018, 'Time-dependent buckling testing of eccentrically loaded slender high-strength concrete panels', ACI Structural Journal, 115, pp. 41 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/51700913

Gharib M; Khezri M; Foster SJ; Castel A, 2017, 'Application of the meshless generalised RKPM to the transient advection-diffusion-reaction equation', Computers and Structures, 193, pp. 172 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2017.08.007

Khorsandnia N; Valipour H; Foster S; Amin A, 2017, 'Experimental study of progressive collapse resistance of reinforced concrete framed structures', ACI Structural Journal, 114, pp. 1385 - 1396, http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/51689496

Amin A; Foster SJ; Gilbert RI; Kaufmann W, 2017, 'Material characterisation of macro synthetic fibre reinforced concrete', Cement and Concrete Composites, 84, pp. 124 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2017.08.018

Gharib M; Khezri M; Foster SJ, 2017, 'Meshless and analytical solutions to the time-dependent advection-diffusion-reaction equation with variable coefficients and boundary conditions', Applied Mathematical Modelling, 49, pp. 220 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.04.033

Parvez A; Foster SJ, 2017, 'Fatigue of steel-fibre-reinforced concrete prestressed railway sleepers', Engineering Structures, 141, pp. 241 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.03.025

Moradi M; Valipour H; Foster S, 2017, 'Fatigue behaviour of transversely restrained precast steel fibre reinforced concrete slabs in a deconstructable composite deck', Construction and Building Materials, 132, pp. 516 - 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.12.029

de Burgh JM; Foster SJ, 2017, 'Influence of temperature on water vapour sorption isotherms and kinetics of hardened cement paste and concrete', Cement and Concrete Research, 92, pp. 37 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2016.11.006

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