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Accelerating reliability analysis of deteriorated simply supported concrete beam with a newly developed approach: MCS, FORM and ANN (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Mosawe, D., Neves, L., & Owen, J. (2024). Accelerating reliability analysis of deteriorated simply supported concrete beam with a newly developed approach: MCS, FORM and ANN. Structures, 60, Article 105962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.105962

Reliability analysis methods are used to evaluate the safety of reinforced concrete structures by evaluating the limit state function g(Xi). For implicit limit state function and nonlinear analysis, an advanced reliability analysis methods are needed... Read More about Accelerating reliability analysis of deteriorated simply supported concrete beam with a newly developed approach: MCS, FORM and ANN.

Inter-room pollutant transmission routes in naturally ventilated street canyon buildings (2023)
Journal Article
Mohammadi, M., Calautit, J. K., Owen, J. S., Gromke, C., Wu, Y., & Liu, H. (2023). Inter-room pollutant transmission routes in naturally ventilated street canyon buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 79, Article 107510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107510

Airborne transmission of pollutants is a significant concern in urban areas, especially since the recent pandemic. While previous studies have explored inter-room pollutant crossflow in highrise buildings and isolated scenarios, the ventilation chara... Read More about Inter-room pollutant transmission routes in naturally ventilated street canyon buildings.

Reliability analysis of deteriorated post-tensioned concrete bridges: The case study of Ynys-y-Gwas bridge in UK (2022)
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Al-Mosawe, D., Neves, L., & Owen, J. (2022). Reliability analysis of deteriorated post-tensioned concrete bridges: The case study of Ynys-y-Gwas bridge in UK. Structures, 41, 242-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.04.094

Concrete structures are exposed to aggressive environmental conditions that lead to corrosion of the embedded reinforcement and pre-stressing steel. Consequently, the safety of concrete structures may be compromised, and this requires a significant b... Read More about Reliability analysis of deteriorated post-tensioned concrete bridges: The case study of Ynys-y-Gwas bridge in UK.

Mapping out the landscape of literature on assessment in engineering education (2021)
Journal Article
Halls, J. G., Tomás, C., Owen, J. S., & Hawwash, K. (2022). Mapping out the landscape of literature on assessment in engineering education. European Journal of Engineering Education, 47(3), 373-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2021.2009775

Over recent decades, literature on assessment in higher education has intensified generating a wealth of frameworks to inform practice. Generic frameworks for assessment practice are sometimes perceived as missing subject-specific considerations. Thi... Read More about Mapping out the landscape of literature on assessment in engineering education.

Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam (2020)
Journal Article
Owen, J. S., Neves, L. C., Hargreaves, D. M., Franke, J., & Nguyen, C. H. (2021). Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 208, Article 104441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104441

This paper addresses the need to revise the current Vietnamese design wind map by proposing a new typhoon wind map for the country, based on Monte Carlo simulations of typhoon tracks in the North West Pacific basin. Using historical typhoon data from... Read More about Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam.

A regression-based damage detection method for structures subjected to changing environmental and operational conditions (2020)
Journal Article
Soo Lon Wah, W., Chen, Y. T., & Owen, J. S. (2021). A regression-based damage detection method for structures subjected to changing environmental and operational conditions. Engineering Structures, 228, Article 111462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111462

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Damage detection of civil engineering structures during the past decade has focused on eliminating the effects of the changing environmental and operational conditions, from the effects of damage. In the literature, a regression a... Read More about A regression-based damage detection method for structures subjected to changing environmental and operational conditions.

Dynamic column loss analysis of reinforced concrete flat slabs (2019)
Journal Article
Russell, J., Owen, J., & Hajirasouliha, I. (2019). Dynamic column loss analysis of reinforced concrete flat slabs. Engineering Structures, 198, Article 109453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109453

The sudden column loss idealisation is a useful design tool to assess structures for progressive collapse. As such an event is a dynamic problem, suitable account must be taken of these effects. This can either be achieved by a full dynamic analysis... Read More about Dynamic column loss analysis of reinforced concrete flat slabs.

Removal of masking effect for damage detection of structures (2019)
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Wah, W. S. L., Owen, J. S., Chen, Y.-T., Elamin, A., & Roberts, G. W. (2019). Removal of masking effect for damage detection of structures. Engineering Structures, 183, 646-661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.01.005

Damage detection of civil engineering structures relies heavily on the use of outlier analysis/novelty detection analysis. Generally, data captured from a structure in its normal environmental condition are used to create a model and compute control... Read More about Removal of masking effect for damage detection of structures.

Modelling and parametric study of the re-anchorage of ruptured tendons in bonded post-tensioned concrete (2017)
Journal Article
Abdelatif, A. O., Owen, J. S., & Hussein, M. F. (2017). Modelling and parametric study of the re-anchorage of ruptured tendons in bonded post-tensioned concrete. Journal of Structural Engineering, 143(12), Article 04017162. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ST.1943-541X.0001898

The contribution of ruptured tendons to the residual strength of bonded post-tensioned concrete structures is currently assessed based on pre-tensioned concrete bond models. However, this approach is inaccurate due to the inherent differences between... Read More about Modelling and parametric study of the re-anchorage of ruptured tendons in bonded post-tensioned concrete.

Windborne debris in the urban environment (2015)
Journal Article
Owen, J. S. Windborne debris in the urban environment. Technical Transactions, 112(2-B), https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.15.130.4167

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the research into using Windborne debris. It Introduces the components of the typical debris risk model - wind field model, debris generation model, debris trajectory model and debris impact model - and r... Read More about Windborne debris in the urban environment.

Influence of preload and nonlinearity of railpads on vibration of railway tracks under stationary and moving harmonic loads (2015)
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Koroma, S. G., Hussein, M. F., & Owen, J. S. (2015). Influence of preload and nonlinearity of railpads on vibration of railway tracks under stationary and moving harmonic loads. Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, 34(3), https://doi.org/10.1260/0263-0923.34.3.289

In railway track dynamics, the stiffness and damping properties of railpads have a significant effect on track vibration, decay rates as well forces transmitted to the track supporting structure. Many studies have shown that railpads exhibit pronounc... Read More about Influence of preload and nonlinearity of railpads on vibration of railway tracks under stationary and moving harmonic loads.

Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of RC flat slabs after a sudden column loss (2015)
Journal Article
Russell, J., Owen, J., & Hajirasouliha, I. (2015). Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of RC flat slabs after a sudden column loss. Engineering Structures, 99, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.04.040

To prevent disproportionate collapse under an extreme loading event, a sudden column loss scenario is often used to ensure the structure has suitable robustness. This study aims to investigate experimentally the dynamic response of reinforced concret... Read More about Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of RC flat slabs after a sudden column loss.

On the applicability of 2D URANS and SST k-ω turbulence model to the fluid-structure interaction of rectangular cylinders (2015)
Journal Article
Nieto, F., Hargreaves, D., Owen, J. S., & Hernández, S. (in press). On the applicability of 2D URANS and SST k-ω turbulence model to the fluid-structure interaction of rectangular cylinders. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2015.1004817

In this work the practical applicability of a 2D URANS approach adopting a block structured mesh and Menter's SST k-ω turbulence model in fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems is studied using as a test case a ratio B/H = 4 rectangular cylinder.... Read More about On the applicability of 2D URANS and SST k-ω turbulence model to the fluid-structure interaction of rectangular cylinders.

Modelling the prestress transfer in pre-tensioned concrete elements (2015)
Journal Article
Abdelatif, A. O., Owen, J. S., & Hussein, M. F. (2015). Modelling the prestress transfer in pre-tensioned concrete elements. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2014.09.007

Three models were developed to simulate the transfer of prestress force from steel to concrete in pre-tensioned concrete elements. The first is an analytical model based on the thick-walled cylinder theory and considers linear material properties for... Read More about Modelling the prestress transfer in pre-tensioned concrete elements.

Modelling the degradation of vibration characteristics of reinforced concrete beams due to flexural damage (2014)
Journal Article
Hamad, W., Owen, J., & Hussein, M. (2015). Modelling the degradation of vibration characteristics of reinforced concrete beams due to flexural damage. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 22(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.1726

This paper presents an improved crack model incorporating non-linearity of flexural damage in concrete to reproduce changes in vibration properties of cracked reinforced concrete beams. A reinforced concrete beam model with multiple-distributed flexu... Read More about Modelling the degradation of vibration characteristics of reinforced concrete beams due to flexural damage.

Vibration of a beam on continuous elastic foundation with nonhomogeneous stiffness and damping under a harmonically excited mass (2014)
Journal Article
Koroma, S. G., Hussein, M. F., & Owen, J. S. (2014). Vibration of a beam on continuous elastic foundation with nonhomogeneous stiffness and damping under a harmonically excited mass. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2014.01.001

In this paper, a method of analysis of a beam that is continuously supported on a linear nonhomogeneous elastic foundation and subjected to a harmonically excited mass is presented. The solution is obtained by decomposing the nonhomogeneous foundatio... Read More about Vibration of a beam on continuous elastic foundation with nonhomogeneous stiffness and damping under a harmonically excited mass.

Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nieto, F., Hargreaves, D., Owen, J., & Hernández, S. (2014). Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders. WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 82, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.2495/AFM140081

© 2014 WIT Press. In this work the authors have studied the applicability of the 2D URANS approach adopting a block structured mesh and Menter’s SST k-omega turbulence model for the aspect ratio 4 rectangular cylinder. As a first step, a verification... Read More about Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders.

Modeling the re-anchoring of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abdelatif, A. O., Owen, J. S., & Hussein, M. F. (2012). Modeling the re-anchoring of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete.

: In this study, a theoretical model is deve loped to simulate the re-anchorage of a ruptured bonded post-tensioning tendon. This includes estimating the re-anchorage length and stress distribution over the tendon. The model accounts for equilibr... Read More about Modeling the re-anchoring of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete.

Re-anchorage of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete beams: model validation
Journal Article
Abdelatif, A. O., Owen, J. S., & Hussein, M. F. Re-anchorage of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete beams: model validation. Key Engineering Materials, 569, https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.302

Many post-tensioned concrete bridges have been reported to have ruptured tendons due to corrosion [1] and the assessment of their residual structural capacity has to account for the possibility of re-anchorage of failed tendons. This paper presents a... Read More about Re-anchorage of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete beams: model validation.