Professor Brian Uy

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Biography

Professor Brian Uy is the Head of School of Engineering at the University of Western Sydney. He is also a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts for Engineering and Environmental Sciences, which provides advice on research funding and excellence to the Australian Government. Brian was Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of the School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wollongong from 2004-2007. He has also held academic positions at the University of New South Wales, Sydney; Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London; National University of Singapore; Ove Arup and Partners (now ARUP); Wholohan Grill and Partners (now WorleyParsons) and Wargon Chapman and Partners (now Hyder). Brian is currently the Engineers Australia, College of Structural Engineers representative of the Standards Australia Committee BD32 on Composite Structures and a member of the Standards Australia Committee BD02 on Concrete Structures. In 2008, he was elected Vice-Chair of the Australia Division of the Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom. Brian is a chartered engineer in Australia, the UK and USA and regularly provides higher level consulting advice for certification and forensic purposes.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

300484.1 Engineering Thesis
8006 Engineering PhD

Brian has been involved in research in steel-concrete composite structures for more than 15 years and has published over 300 articles. Much of this research has been underpinned by competitive grant funding from the ARC and industry totalling over $6 million. Brian serves on the editorial boards of seven international journals for structural engineering and is a significant contributor to international codes of practice in steel and composite construction. He currently serves on the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Task Committee 5 on Composite Construction and the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Working Commission 2 on steel, timber and composite structures. Brian also serves as a member on the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Technical Committee on Composite Construction. Brian is a chartered engineer in Australia, the UK and USA, regularly providing higher level consulting advice for certification and forensic purposes.

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Grants/Current Projects

Unified theory for the behaviour and design of composite steel-concrete beams subjected to generalised loading and support conditions, (Uy), Australian Research Council -Discovery Grant, 2008-2010, $300,413

Utilising the benefits of high performance steels (HPS) and infill materials for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) against extreme loads, (Uy and Remennikov), Australian Research Council -Discovery Grant, 2008-2010, $371,000

Time dependent response and deformations of composite beams with innovative deep trapezoidal decks, (Bradford, Uy, Ranzi and Filonov), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round One), 2008-2010, $256,188 (ARC) + $ 252,900 (BlueScope Lysaght).

Innovative retrofitting techniques for the protection of anchorage zones in cable stayed bridges subjected to blast loads, (Mendis, Samali and Uy), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round Two), 2008-2011, $ 211,000 (ARC) + $ 178,638 (RTA).

Development of innovative beam-column connections within robust composite steel-concrete structural frames, (Goldsworthy, Gad, Uy and Fernando), Australian Research Council - Linkage Projects (Round Two), 2006-2009, $ 450,000 (ARC) + $ 465,000 (Ajax, OneSteel, Smorgon)

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Publications

Uy, B. and Bradford, M.A. (1996) Elastic local buckling of steel plates in composite steel-concrete members. Engineering Structures, An International Journal, 18 (3), pp. 193-200, ISSN 0141-0296.

Uy, B. (1998) Local and post-local buckling of concrete filled steel welded box columns. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, An International Journal, vol. 47 (1-2), pp. 47-72, ISSN 0143-974X.

Uy, B. (2000) Strength of short concrete filled steel box columns incorporating local buckling. Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, 126 (3), pp. 341-352, ISSN 0143-974X.

Uy, B. (2001) Local and post-local buckling of fabricated thin-walled steel and steel-concrete composite sections, Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, vol. 127 (6), pp. 666-677, ISSN 0733-9445.

Uy, B. and Liew, J.Y.R. (2002) Composite steel-concrete structures, Chapter 51 Civil Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, ISBN 0-8493-0958-1, (edited by W.F. Chen and J.Y. Richard Liew).

Uy, B. (2003) High strength steel-concrete composite columns for buildings. Structures and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. 156 (1), pp. 3-14, ISSN 0965-0911.

Uy, B. and Nethercot, D.A. (2005) Effects of partial shear connection on the required and available rotations of semi-continuous composite beam systems. The Structural Engineer, International Journal of IStructE, 83 (04), pp. 29-39, ISSN 0039-2553.

Uy, B. (2006) Local and interaction buckling in composite columns. Chapter 8, Stability of plated structures: analysis and design. Woodhead Publishing Company, ISBN 1 85573 967 4, (edited by N.E. Shanmugam and C.M. Wang).

Uy, B. and Bradford, M.A. (2007) Composite action of structural steel beams and precast concrete slabs for the flexural strength limit state. Special Issue- Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 7 (2), pp. 123-134, ISSN 1328 7982.

Uy, B. (2008) Stability and ductility of high performance steel sections with concrete infill. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, An International Journal, 64 (7-8) pp. 748-754, ISSN 0143-974X.

For more information, contact Brian.

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