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Flexural behaviour of concrete thin sheets prestressed with basalt-textile reinforcement (2023)
Journal Article
Hutaibat, M., Ghiassi, B., & Tizani, W. (2023). Flexural behaviour of concrete thin sheets prestressed with basalt-textile reinforcement. Construction and Building Materials, 404, Article 133213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133213

While the recently emerged textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) composites offer a more durable alternative to conventional reinforced concrete, these composites are susceptible to cracking and high deformations under service loads, wh... Read More about Flexural behaviour of concrete thin sheets prestressed with basalt-textile reinforcement.

Bond behaviour of light and heavy carbon fibre TRM to masonry interfaces (2023)
Journal Article
Makashev, K., Triantafyllou, S. P., Thermou, G. E., & Tizani, W. (2023). Bond behaviour of light and heavy carbon fibre TRM to masonry interfaces. Construction and Building Materials, 400, Article 132508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132508

We present the results of an experimental campaign on the bond behaviour between carbon fibre textile reinforced mortars and masonry substrate. The campaign involved 54 single lap direct shear tests on masonry wallettes reinforced with a single TRM l... Read More about Bond behaviour of light and heavy carbon fibre TRM to masonry interfaces.

Fusion of experimental and synthetic data for reliable prediction of steel connection behaviour using machine learning (2023)
Journal Article
Cabrera, M., Ninic, J., & Tizani, W. (2023). Fusion of experimental and synthetic data for reliable prediction of steel connection behaviour using machine learning. Engineering with Computers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01864-1

The development of robust prediction tools based on machine learning (ML) techniques requires the availability of complete, consistent, accurate, and numerous datasets. The application of ML in structural engineering has been limited since, although... Read More about Fusion of experimental and synthetic data for reliable prediction of steel connection behaviour using machine learning.

Post-fire strength of austenitic stainless-steel T-stubs with four bolts per row (2023)
Journal Article
Mahmood, M., Tizani, W., & Salman, W. D. (2023). Post-fire strength of austenitic stainless-steel T-stubs with four bolts per row. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 207, Article 107966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2023.107966

For connections made with carbon-steel, the behaviour of the T-stub component is well understood and documented in the Eurocodes and is applied to T-stubs with two or four bolts per row. Researchers have investigated the application of the same Euroc... Read More about Post-fire strength of austenitic stainless-steel T-stubs with four bolts per row.

Framework for BIM-Based Simulation of Construction Operations Implemented in a Game Engine (2022)
Journal Article
Osorio-Sandoval, C. A., Tizani, W., Pereira, E., Ninić, J., & Koch, C. (2022). Framework for BIM-Based Simulation of Construction Operations Implemented in a Game Engine. Buildings, 12(8), Article 1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081199

Construction simulation has been widely used in academia for research purposes. However, it has been neglected by the industry for various reasons, including the amount of data, skills, effort, and time required to develop complex simulation models,... Read More about Framework for BIM-Based Simulation of Construction Operations Implemented in a Game Engine.

The behaviour of anchored extended blind bolts in concrete‐filled tubes (2022)
Journal Article
Tizani, W., Cabrera, M., Mahmood, M., Ninic, J., & Wang, F. (2022). The behaviour of anchored extended blind bolts in concrete‐filled tubes. Steel Construction, 15(S1), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1002/stco.202100037

Extended Hollo-Bolts (EHBs) are blind bolts that have an extended bolt shank ending in an anchor nut. When used with concrete-filled tubes, the extension and the anchor in the concrete serve to enhance significantly the performance of both connection... Read More about The behaviour of anchored extended blind bolts in concrete‐filled tubes.

Experimental and numerical study on reinforced concrete beam-column joints with diagonal bars: Effects of bonding condition and diameter (2022)
Journal Article
Shen, X., Li, B., Chen, Y. T., & Tizani, W. (2022). Experimental and numerical study on reinforced concrete beam-column joints with diagonal bars: Effects of bonding condition and diameter. Structures, 37, 905-918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.01.050

Diagonal bars anchored in beams have been proven to be an effective reinforcement detail for reinforced concrete interior beam-column joints (BCJs) in mitigating the congestion of conventional stirrups without compromising their seismic performance.... Read More about Experimental and numerical study on reinforced concrete beam-column joints with diagonal bars: Effects of bonding condition and diameter.

Relocating plastic hinges in reinforced concrete beam-column joints by mechanically anchored diagonal bars (2021)
Journal Article
Shen, X., Li, B., Chen, Y. T., Tizani, W., & Jiang, Y. (2022). Relocating plastic hinges in reinforced concrete beam-column joints by mechanically anchored diagonal bars. Engineering Structures, 251(Part A), Article 113468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113468

The implementation of strong column-weak beam concept in reinforced concrete (RC) moment-resisting frames results in the formation of plastic hinges at the beam ends, which could lead to the strain penetration of beam longitudinal reinforcement into... Read More about Relocating plastic hinges in reinforced concrete beam-column joints by mechanically anchored diagonal bars.

Experimental and numerical analysis of preload in Extended Hollo-Bolt blind bolts (2021)
Journal Article
Cabrera, M., Tizani, W., Ninic, J., & Wang, F. (2021). Experimental and numerical analysis of preload in Extended Hollo-Bolt blind bolts. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 186, Article 106885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106885

Adequate initial bolt preload is necessary to ensure the strength and stiffness of bolted connections. In this study, an experimental torque control method was used to determine the relationship between tightening torque and preload of nine Extended... Read More about Experimental and numerical analysis of preload in Extended Hollo-Bolt blind bolts.

A review and analysis of testing and modeling practice of extended Hollo-Bolt blind bolt connections (2021)
Journal Article
Cabrera, M., Tizani, W., & Ninic, J. (2021). A review and analysis of testing and modeling practice of extended Hollo-Bolt blind bolt connections. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 183, Article 106763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106763

Steel Hollow Sections (SHS) offer many structural, economical and architectural advantages in multi-storey and high-rise construction. However, their use is not suitable for a wide range of applications due to the difficulties of site bolting as ther... Read More about A review and analysis of testing and modeling practice of extended Hollo-Bolt blind bolt connections.

A component model for column face in bending of extended HolloBolt connections (2021)
Journal Article
Mahmood, M., & Tizani, W. (2021). A component model for column face in bending of extended HolloBolt connections. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 182, Article 106655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106655

Extended HolloBolt (EHB) is a practical anchored blind bolting system for concrete-filled steel sections. One of the failure modes of EHB connections is the bending of the column face component. Up to date, no analytical model to estimate the strengt... Read More about A component model for column face in bending of extended HolloBolt connections.

Seismic performance of reinforced concrete interior beam-column joints with novel reinforcement detail (2020)
Journal Article
Shen, X., Li, B., Chen, Y., & Tizani, W. (2021). Seismic performance of reinforced concrete interior beam-column joints with novel reinforcement detail. Engineering Structures, 227, Article 111408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111408

Horizontal stirrups are normally required in reinforced concrete (RC) beam-column joints (BCJs) for resisting shear forces in seismic design. For RC moment-resisting frames subjected to a high lateral load, a large number of stirrups are needed in jo... Read More about Seismic performance of reinforced concrete interior beam-column joints with novel reinforcement detail.

Effect of Concrete Infill and Slenderness on Column-Face Component in Anchored Blind-Bolt Connections (2020)
Journal Article
Tizani, W., Mahmood, M., & Bournas, D. (2020). Effect of Concrete Infill and Slenderness on Column-Face Component in Anchored Blind-Bolt Connections. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(4), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ST.1943-541X.0002557

© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers. Previous research on blind-bolted connections to hollow columns have provided a wealth of experimental data but little information on parametric analytical models to guide their design. One of the connectio... Read More about Effect of Concrete Infill and Slenderness on Column-Face Component in Anchored Blind-Bolt Connections.

A fully coupled computational framework for fluid pressurised crack evolution in porous media (2019)
Journal Article
Hardcastle, A., Mousavi Nezhad, M., Rezania, M., Tizani, W., & Gamage Ranjith, P. (2019). A fully coupled computational framework for fluid pressurised crack evolution in porous media. Journal of Porous Media, 22(8), 939-956. https://doi.org/10.1615/jpormedia.2019025665

This paper presents a computational framework for modelling hydraulic fracture on the basis of combining continuum porous media and damage theories. By considering the continuum as two separate domains of damaged and intact porous domains, model comp... Read More about A fully coupled computational framework for fluid pressurised crack evolution in porous media.

Ultimate strength and fracture sequence of bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel (2019)
Journal Article
Mahmood, M., Elamin, A., & Tizani, W. (2020). Ultimate strength and fracture sequence of bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel. Structures, 23, 646-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2019.11.011

© 2019 Institution of Structural Engineers Recent experimental studies on single shear bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel indicated the need for parametric analysis to understand the behaviour of the connection. In this paper, finite elem... Read More about Ultimate strength and fracture sequence of bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel.

Analysis of Extended Hollo-Bolt Connections: Combined Failure in Tension (2019)
Journal Article
Cabrera, M., Tizani, W., Mahmood, M., & Shamsudin, M. F. (2020). Analysis of Extended Hollo-Bolt Connections: Combined Failure in Tension. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2019.105766

This paper investigates the combined failure mode of the Extended Hollo-Bolt (EHB) and the effect of the column thickness on the tensile behaviour of the blind fastener. A three-dimensional Finite Element (FE) model was developed, validated against e... Read More about Analysis of Extended Hollo-Bolt Connections: Combined Failure in Tension.

Integrated parametric multi-level information and numerical modelling of mechanised tunnelling projects (2019)
Journal Article
Ninić, J., Koch, C., Vonthron, A., Tizani, W., & König, M. (2020). Integrated parametric multi-level information and numerical modelling of mechanised tunnelling projects. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 43, Article 101011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2019.101011

This paper presents a concept for parametric modelling of mechanized tunnelling within a state of the art design environment, as the basis for design assessments for different levels of details (LoDs). To this end, a parametric representation of each... Read More about Integrated parametric multi-level information and numerical modelling of mechanised tunnelling projects.

Parametric Virtual Design-based Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Building Design (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Cheng, C., Ninic, J., & Tizani, W. (2019). Parametric Virtual Design-based Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Building Design

With the development of Building Information Modelling aiming for automatic, the automating of sustainability analysis will be a certain requirement in the future. Unlike the current research stream, this paper investigates a novel approach of direct... Read More about Parametric Virtual Design-based Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Building Design.

Particle reinforced thermoplastic foams under quasi-static compression (2019)
Journal Article
Cao, S., Liu, T., Jones, A., & Tizani, W. (2019). Particle reinforced thermoplastic foams under quasi-static compression. Mechanics of Materials, 136, Article 103081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103081

Polymer foams are widely used as the core materials for lightweight sandwich structures. Particle reinforcement can be added into polymer foams to enhance their mechanical properties. In this study, particle reinforced foams were manufactured from Li... Read More about Particle reinforced thermoplastic foams under quasi-static compression.

A BIM-based model for constructability assessment of conceptual design (2018)
Journal Article
Fadoul, A., Tizani, W., & Kochc, C. (2018). A BIM-based model for constructability assessment of conceptual design. Advances in Computational Design, 3(4), 367-384. https://doi.org/10.12989/acd.2018.3.4.367

The consideration of constructability issues at the design stage can lead to improved construction performance with smooth project delivery and savings in time and money. Empirical studies demonstrate the value obtained by integrating construction kn... Read More about A BIM-based model for constructability assessment of conceptual design.