Mechanics of Structures and Materials XXIV Proceedings of the 24th Australian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM24, Perth, Australia, 6-9 December 2016)

Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Advancements and Challenges is a collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 24th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM24, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6-9 December 2016). The contributions from academics, researchers and practising engineers from Australasian, Asia-pacific region and around the world, cover a wide range of topics, including: • Structural mechanics• Computational mechanics• Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures• Steel structures• Composite structures• Civil engineering materials• Fire engineering• Coastal and offshore structures• Dynamic analysis of structures• Structural health monitoring and damage identification• Structural reliability analysis and design• Structural optimization• Fracture and damage mechanics• Soil mechanics and foundation engineering• Pavement materials and technology• Shock and impact loading• Earthquake loading• Traffic and other man-made loadings• Wave and wind loading• Thermal effects• Design codes Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Advancements and Challenges will be of interest to academics and professionals involved in Structural Engineering and Materials Science.

VOLUME 1 Keynote submissions Strength design of high-strength steel beams M.A. Bradford & X. Liu Physical, chemical and microbiological processes in the long term corrosion of steel and cast iron infrastructure R.E. Melchers Are seismically designed buildings inherently more resistant to progressive collapse? D.A. Nethercot & C.A. Vidalis Materials technology research to structural design of geopolymer concrete J.G. Sanjayan Maintenance and condition monitoring; multi-model and hybrid approach to SHM A. De Stefano VLFS technology for land creation on the sea C.M. Wang General submissions Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures Axially loaded three-side restrained reinforced concrete walls: A comparative study N.M. Ho, M.M. Lima & J.H. Doh Experimental investigation on the FRP-confined and unconfined concrete containing high rubber content R. Hassanli & O. Youssf Effect of steel fibre on thermal behavior of concrete under elevated temperature X. Liang & C.Q. Wu Analysis of bridge abutment movement through a case study M. Rashidi, B. Samali & S. Kempton Early-age tensile creep and drying shrinkage in GGBFS concrete I. Khan, A. Castel & R.I. Gilbert Study of disturbed strain regions for serviceability analysis of cracked RC flexural members A. Murray, R.I. Gilbert & A. Castel Image analysis method used in the seismic rehabilitation of squat reinforced concrete shear walls using CFRP sheets J.E. Woods, D.T. Lau & Y.S. Yang The effect of different shapes of shear keys at the interface of old and new concretes of jacketed RC column M.R. Alam, P.K. Sarker, M. Rahman & S.H. Himel Performance of damaged RC beams repaired and/or strengthened with FRP sheets: An experimental investigation T. Imjai & R. Garcia Post-yield bond behavior of reinforcing bars embedded in concrete under axial loading up to fracture J. Yu, K.H. Tan & N.S. Lim Eliminating shrinkage in tension stiffening model of concrete beams by the hybrid approach G. Kaklauskas, P.L. Ng & V. Gribniak Numerical modelling of cracked RC tension members using stress-transfer approach G. Kaklauskas, P.L. Ng, R. Jakubovskis & R. Ramanauskas Finite element modelling of concrete filled steel tubes subjected to static pure bending A. Karrech, M. Elchalakani & H. Basarir Experimental study on the tensile and bending creep behavior of cracked UHP-FRCC T. Nishiwaki, H. Otaki, G. Igarashi, S. Kwon, F. Shaikh & A.P. Fantilli Screw anchors installed in early age concrete A. Mohyeddin, E. Gad, R. Khandu, K. Yangdon, J. Lee & M. Ismail Steel and composite structures Analysis of demountable steel column-baseplate connections under monotonic loading D. Li, B. Uy, F. Aslani & V. Patel Rigorous method for flexural design of reinforced concrete members Y.F. Wu Behaviour of load carrying precast concrete sandwich panels under various supporting conditions E. Hamed Shear buckling of composite plates on tensionless elastic foundations J. Dong, X. Ma, J.E. Mills & Y. Zhuge Asset management of steel bridges M. Rashidi, B. Samali, A. Azad & H. Hatamian Bond deterioration between near-surface mounted carbon FRP strips and concrete under moisture conditions H. Aydin, R.J. Gravina & P. Visintin Fatigue tests on notched steel beams strengthened with CFRP laminates Q.Q. Yu & Y.F. Wu Galvanic corrosion behavior of the welding of stainless steel and carbon steel Y. Miyazaki & K. Komi Effects of floor slabs on the structural performance of blind-bolted composite joints M.K. Hassan, Z. Tao, T.Y. Song & L.H. Han Simplified numerical modelling of circular concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns U. Katwal, Z. Tao, M.K. Hassan & W.D. Wang Analysis of mechanical behaviour of circular concrete filled steel tube columns using high strength concrete H.D. Phan & H.H. Trinh Behaviour of composite sandwich beams with different shear span-to-depth ratios W. Ferdous, A. Manalo & T. Aravinthan Behavior of pultruded multi-celled GFRP hollow beams with low-strength concrete infill M. Muttashar, W. Karunasena, A. Manalo & W. Lokuge Effects of fibre location and density on the flexural toughness in FRC beams M. Manca, D. Ciancio & P. Dight Process-induced deformation of composite I-shaped stiffened structures C. Dong & J. Pitt Global stability investigation on welded Q460GJ structural steel unrestrained beams under three-point bending tests B. Yang, G. Xiong, Y. Zhang, S.D. Nie & M. Elchalakani System transformation scheme and construction control method for self-anchored suspension bridge with steel-concrete composite girder T.P. Wang, X.Y. Zhou, G.J. He & J. Yi A comprehensive study on corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement of low carbon steel L. Li, M. Mahmoodian, C.Q. Li & S.W. Zhou Structural mechanics, computational mechanics, fracture and damage mechanics Finite element analysis of the crushing behaviour of aluminium honeycombs under combined compression-shear loads A.A. Ashab, D. Ruan & G.X. Lu An adaptive elastic scaled boundary finite element approach for limit analysis of structures A. Mellati, C. Song, F. Tin-Loi & S. Tangaramvong Stress intensity factors for inclined cracks in pipes under axial tension and bending G.Y. Fu, C.Q. Li & W. Yang Scaled boundary finite element method for exterior acoustic-structure interaction analyses L. Liu, C. Song, W. Gao & C. Birk A discrete framework for fracture simulation based on the embedment of strong discontinuities with minimum degrees of freedom D. Dias-da-Costa & G. Ranzi Numerical modelling of concrete beams at serviceability conditions with a discrete crack approach and non-iterative solution-finding algorithms D. Dias-da-Costa, R.N.F. do Carmo & R. Graça-e-Costa New method to investigate the permeability of stressed concrete M.D. Wimalasiri, D.J. Robert & C.Q. Li Unified uncertain stability analysis of structures W. Gao, D. Wu & F. Tin-Loi Discrete element modelling of fracture in quasi-brittle materials N.H.T. Nguyen, H.H. Bui, J. Kodikara, S. Arooran, G.D. Nguyen & P. Jitsangiam Inelastic analysis of steel concrete composite beams based on a higher order beam theory A.H. Sheikh, M.A. Uddin & J. Wen An analytical approach to determine the span and fracture positions of roof strata prior to rock burst S.T. Ji, C.W. Zhang & K.Z. Zhang Stress analysis of STL models by octree mesh and scaled boundary finite element method Y. Liu, A.A. Saputra & C. Song Effect of corrosion influencing factors of cast iron pipes in clay soil W.G. Wang, D.J. Robert, A. Zhou & C.Q. Li Analysis of nano-beams with influences of surface stresses and nonlocal elasticity T.B. Nguyen, J. Lawongkerd & J. Rungamornrat An efficient finite element model of bolted disk-drum joints in aero-engine Z.Y. Qin & F.L. Chu Crack breathing as a function of crack location under the effect of unbalance force H.M. Mobarak & H. Wu Multicomponent tensile buckling I.T. Hossain, F. Guillard & I. Einav An insight into equivalent strut modelling of infill-RC frames A. Mohyeddin, S. Dorji, E. Gad & H. Goldsworthy Civil engineering materials Workability and compressive strength properties of high strength geopolymer mortars M.Z.N. Khan, F. Shaikh, Y.F. Hao & H. Hao Experimental study on optimizing the crumb rubber concrete mechanical performance O. Youssf & R. Hassanli Steel fibre reinforced concrete: From X-ray imaging observation to modelling T.S. Ng, T.N.S. Htut & S.J. Foster Comparative performance of alkali-activated slag and fly ash at elevated temperatures Z. Pan, Z. Tao, Y.F. Cao, N. Bajracharya, T. Murphy & R. Wuhrer Effects of elevated temperature curing of brown coal fly ash geopolymer R. Dirgantara & D.W. Law Structural behaviour of UHPFRC short and slender columns subjected to axial and eccentric loads M.S. Mohamed Ali, M. Singh & A.H. Sheikh The effect of aluminium reaction on formation mechanism and str

Hong Hao received his BEng from Tianjin University, China, MSc and PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He is currently John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Director of Research Centre for Infrastructure Monitoring and Protection in Curtin University, Australia. He has published more than 350 journal papers in earthquake engineering, blast engineering and structural condition monitoring.Hong is the chief editor of International Journal of Protective Structures, and serves in the editorial board of another 10 journals. Chunwei Zhang received his BEng from the Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 1999 (formerly known as the Harbin University of Civil Engineering and Architecture), MSc and PhD degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2001 and 2005, respectively. He is currently the Chair Professor of Civil Engineering in Qingdao University of Technology and the Leader of Structural Vibration Control Group in Shan Dong Province, China. His research interests include structural control and health monitoring, blast and impact, protective structures anddisaster mitigation. Chunwei has published one book, one book chapter, over 100 referred journal and conference papers, andsuccessfully applied five patents to various structures including a hybrid control system for the world tallest free-standing structure – the Canton Tower.