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Structural Engineering

Faculty


Wai-Fah Chen Researcher Office: Holmes Hall 336 Phone: (808) 956-7727 chenwf@eng.hawaii.edu	Gregor Fischer Adjunct Professor gf@byg.dtu.dk	David T. Ma Assistant Professor Office: Holmes Hall 339 Phone: (808) 956-7377 tianwei@hawaii.edu

H. Ronald Riggs Professor Office: Holmes Hall 384 Phone: (808) 956-6566 riggs@hawaii.edu		Ian Robertson Professor Office: Holmes Hall 381 Phone: (808) 956-6536 ianrob@hawaii.edu

Funded Research Projects

Damage Survey from Hurricane Katrina
P.I.: Robertson, I.
National Science Foundation 10/1/2005 – 9/30/2006

NEESR-SG: Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering, PBTE,
P.I.: Riggs, H.R., Co-P.I.s: Robertson, I.N., Cheung, K.F., Yim, S.C., and Young, Y.L., NSF, September 15 2005 - August 31, 2009.

A two-module floating structure

Hurricane Katrina damage survey of Biloxi

Extension to Large Displacements of the Inverse FEM for Full-Field Reconstruction of Deformations in Plates and Shell
P.I.: Riggs, H.R.
NASA, February 2005 - February 2006.

Development and Performance Assessment of PVA-Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites for Commercial Applications
P.I: Fischer, G.
Kuraray Co, Ltd, 09/01/2004 – 8/31/2005

Soil Investigation & Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling of the Kealakaha Bridge P.I.: P.I.: Robertson, I. Co-P.I.: Brandes, H.
Hawaii State DOT, 2004-2006.

Five-year Monitoring of Corrosion Field Specimens
P.I.: Robertson, I.
Hawaii State DOT, 2004-2009

Seismic soil-structure interaction analysis of the Kealakaha stream bridge on parallel computers
P.I: Park, Si-Hwan

Maui High Performance Computing Center and University of Hawaii July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006

Computational model for the seismic analysis of Kealakaha Stream Bridge


t = 6.74 s	t = 6.77 s

t = 6.81 s	t = 6.84 s

Kealakaha stream bridge simulation results: displacement amplitude contours

Seismic soil-structure interaction analysis of the Kealakaha stream bridge on parallel computers
P.I: Park, Si-Hwan
Maui High Performance Computing Center and University of Hawaii July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006

Instrumenting and Monitoring the Performance of the FRP Shear Strengthening of the Salt Lake Boulevard Bridge
P.I.: Riggs, H.R. Co-P.I.s: Ian Robertson and Si-Hwan Park
FHWA Innovative Bridge Research and Construction program, November 2003 - October 2008.

Development and Performance Assessment of PVA-Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites for Wall Panel Applications
P.I: Fischer, G.
Advanced Wall Systems, LLC, 8/25/2003 – 8/24/2004

Seismic Instrumentation of the Kealakaha Stream Bridge
P.I.: Robertson, I.
Hawaii-Dept of Transportation
6/1/2001 – 6/1/2006

H3 North Halawa Valley Viaduct: Sixth to Tenth Year Monitoring
P.I.: Robertson, I.
Hawaii-Dept of Transportation 5/17/00 – 9/30/2003


Viaduct Cross-section during Construction	Instruments in Stem of Box-Girder

Selected Publications

Robertson, I., Riggs, H.R., Yim, S., Young, Y.L., 2007, Lessons from Hurricane Katrina storm surge effects on bridges and buildings, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 133(6), 463-483.

Riggs, H.R., Niimi, K.M., Huang, L.L., 2007, Two benchmark problems for three-dimensional, linear hydroelasticity, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 129, pp. 1-9.

Sebastijanovic, N., Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y. (2006) Finite Element Study of Panel Flutter Detection and Control. AIAA Journal (Accepted)

Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y. (2006) Sampled-data Adaptive Structural Control with Time Delays. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132 (7), 1129 – 1138.

Chen, W. F. with W. S. King, C. J. Chen, L. Duan, (2006) Plastic Analysis of Frames with Tapered Member, Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering, No.1/06.

Huang, L.L. and Riggs, H.R., (2005). Development of a New Interfacing Strategy for Fluid-Structure Interaction, Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Vol. 219, 131-148.

Chen, W. F. with I. H. Chen (2005) Major Revisions of the 2005 AISC Seismic Code, International Journal on Advanced Steel Construction.

Liu, Y.J. and Riggs, H.R., (2005). The MIN-N Family of Triangular Mindlin Plate Elements with Application to a 6-Node Triangle, Structural Engineering and Mechanics Journal, Vol. 19(5), pp. 297-320.

Ma, T. W, Yang, H. T. Y. and Chang, C. C, (2005) Structural Component Damage Diagnosis Under Seismic Excitations. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE 131(10) 1036 – 1045.

Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y., (2004) Adaptive Feedback-Feedforward Control of Building Structures. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE. 130 (7), 786 - 793.

Wrobleski, M. S., Ma, T. W. and Yang, H. T. Y. (2004) Modeling of Structural Accelerations and Application to Controller Design. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 8(6), 947-961.

Chen, W. F. with K. M. Abdalla, (2004). Effect of Control Fluid and Surface Treatments of High Strength Bolts, International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1-15.

Johnson, G., and Robertson, I. N., (2004) Repair of Slab-Column Connections Using Epoxy and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, ASCE Composites in Construction Journal, Vol. 8, No. 5, Sept-Oct, pp. 376-383.

Park, S.-H. (2004).A posteriori evaluation of wave reflection for adaptive analysis of wave propagation in unbounded domains. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 193(45-47), 4947-4959.

Park, S.-H. and Antin, N. (2004).A discontinuous Galerkin method for seismic soil-structure interaction analysis in the time domain. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 33(2), 285-293.

Kim, A. S., Park, C., and Park, S.-H. (2003). Development of web-based engineering numerical software (WENS) using MATLAB: applications to linear algebra. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 11(2), 67-74.

Chen, W. F. with Y. M. Lan, E. D. Sotelino (2003) The Strain-Space Consistent Tangent Operator and Return Mapping Algorithm for Constitutive Modeling of Confined Concrete, International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol.1, No.1,17-29.

Chen, W. F. with M. H. Teng, E. D. Sotelino (2003) Performance Evaluation of RC Bridge Columns Wrapped with FRP, ASCE Journal of Composite for Construction, Vol.7, No. 2, 83-92.

Chen, W. F. with L. Duan (2003) Basic Design Criteria for Bridge Crossing, Open Sea and Bay Area, Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, Vol. 21, 289-305.

Kim, Y.Y., Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003) Performance of Bridge Deck Link Slabs Designed with Ductile ECC, ACI Structural Journal.

Kim, Y.Y., Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003) Mechanical Performance of Sprayed Engineered Cementitious Composite Using Wet-Mix Shotcreting Process for Repair Applications, ACI Materials Journal, Vol.101, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp 42-49.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003), Intrinsic response control of moment resisting frames utilizing advanced composite materials and structural elements, ACI Structural Journal, V.100, No.2, Mar.-Apr., pp. 166-176.

Fischer, G., (2003), Summary of findings and recommendations of the JCI international workshop on ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites (DFRCC), JCI Journal, Vol. 41, No.2, pp. 56-59.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2003) Deformation behavior of FRP reinforced flexural members under reversed cyclic loading conditions, ACI Structural Journal, V.100, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp. 25-35.

Robertson, I. N., Kawai, T., Lee, J., and Enomoto, B. (2002), Cyclic Testing of Slab-Column Connections with Shear Reinforcement, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 99, No. 5, 605-613.

Park, S.-H. and Tassoulas, J. L. (2002). A discontinuous Galerkin method for transient analysis of wave propagation in unbounded domains. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 191(36), 3983-4011.

Park, S.-H. and Tassoulas, J. L. (2002). Time-harmonic analysis of wave propagation in unbounded layered strata with zigzag boundaries. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 128(3), 359-368.

Chen, W. F. with K. Wongkaew (2002) Consideration of Out-of-Plane Buckling in Advanced Analysis for Planar Steel Frame Design, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 58, No. 5-8, 943-965.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2002), Effect of matrix ductility on deformation behavior of steel reinforced ECC flexural members under reversed cyclic loading conditions, ACI Structural Journal, V.99, No.6, Nov.-Dec., pp. 781-790.

Fischer, G., and Li, V.C., (2002), Influence of matrix ductility on tension-stiffening behavior of steel reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC), ACI Structural Journal, V.99, No.1, Jan.-Feb., pp. 104-111.

Robertson, Ian Nicol, (2002) Survey of Education and License Requirements for Structural Engineers, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, Vol. 128, No. 3, 120-124.