Geopolymer Concrete Structures with Steel and FRP Reinforcements

Geopolymer Concrete Structures with Steel and FRP Reinforcements: Analysis and Design focuses on structural behavior, including the aspects of compression, bending strength and combined action of GPC members, with the book's content based on published studies over the last two decades. Geopolymer concrete (GPC) structural members reinforced with FRP reinforcement have some advantages in resisting forces compared to conventional concrete or steel tubular members. Among the most important are the high strength and bending stiffness, fire and impact performance and favorable, construction ability and durability.

To this end, there are no significant applications of these new structural elements worldwide, partly due to the lack of the understanding of their behavior and insufficient design provisions in different design manuals. This book, therefore, seeks to highlight their characteristics and future potential.

Dr Mohamed Elchalakani is Associate Professor and the Director of the Structural Laboratory at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of 2 important books "Single Skin and Double Skin Concrete Filled Tubular Structures-Analysis and Design" and "Geopolmer Concrete Structures with Steel and FRP Reinforcements-Anaysis and Design" published by Elsevier. He is a committee member of Australian Standard BD 023-structural steel. He is listed in Stanford University current list of the top 2% scientists in the world where he is ranked in the top 0.7% among academics in Civil Engineering worldwide. His researchgate score is 40.1 which is in the top 97.5% of its users worldwide. He holds few patents on Building Integrated Energy Storing Systems. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Structural Engineering published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ranked 1/450), Scientific Reports Published by Nature, the Australian Journal for Civil Engineering, and Structures Journal Published by Elsevier. Dr Elchalakani current Google Scholar citations are in excess of +5000 with h-index 40 where he authored or co-authored +250 technical papers. He is also a Chartered Professional Engineer in Australia (CPEng) and a Registered Building Practitioner (RBP) and also Registered in the National Professional Engineer (NPE) in Australia, Asia and Egypt. Dr Elchalakani received several awards, including the Holman Medal for the most outstanding PhD thesis and the Hunt Award for excellence in Research in Engineering. He also received the prestigious Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship. His total research funds today is in excess of $1.5m from competitive grants, consutlting, and industry funded projects.

Dr Bo Yang is currently a full professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China. He obtained his PhD in 2013 from the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His expertise includes experimental tests and numerical modelling of steel and composite structures under progressive collapse scenarios. He serves as reviewers for several top international journals in structural engineering, such as Journal of Constructional Steel Research and Engineering Structures. He is listed in Stanford University 2020 list of the top 2% scientists in the world.

Mr Kuanhong Mao is a PhD candidate in the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China. At present, he is committed to develop new building materials. In addition, he specialises in experiments and numerical modelling of steel and composite structures.

Dr Pham BE, PhD is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Australia. He is ranked within the top 2% of researchers in the world in 2021 (one year measure). Pham has published 134 technical papers including 1 book chapter, 3 keynote papers, 105 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 25 conference papers. 9 of his publications have been listed as the most-cited papers in respective journals (SJR Q1). He co-chaired the 7th international conference on Protection of Structures against Hazards in Hanoi, Viet Nam. Pham is currently an elected committee member of Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA), WA. Pham’s research has been well regarded through half dozen research awards and recognitions. Pham as a chief investigator won five competitive research grants and many industrial projects, > $800k in total. He is an editorial board member of two international journals including International Journal of Protective Structures and Journal of Science and Technology in Civil Engineering.