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Staff Profiles - Emad Gad



Emad Gad

Contact Details:

Office Location: EN702d
Phone: +61 3 9214 8210
Fax: +61 3 9214 8264
Email: egad@swin.edu.au

Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia

Emad Gad
BEng(Civil)(Hon)(Mon), PhD(Melb)
Civil Engineering Academic Leader and Program Coordinator

Areas of Expertise and Research

  • Structural Dynamics
  • Residential Structures
  • Steel Structures
  • Finite Element Modelling


Current Reseach Projects

  • Response of residential structures to mine-induced blast vibrations.
  • Performance of non-structural components in high-rise buildings under earthquake loading.
  • Development of an innovative moment resisting connection between steel beams and concrete-filled steel tubes.
  • Floor vibrations under human induced excitation.
  • Deterioration modelling of pipelines and light structures under environmental loading.


Lecturing Fields



Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Chairman of Structural Branch, Engineers Australia, Victoria Division
  • Committee member of Standards Australia BD/23 (Structural Steel)
  • Committee member of the Australian Steel Institute (ASI), Victoria Division


Publications

Over 40 refereed publications in the area of structural dynamics and residential construction. The following is a sample of journal publications:

  1. Gad. E.F., Wilson, J.L., Moore, A.J., and Richards, A.B., (2005), “Effects of mine blasting on residential structures”, Journal of Performance of Constructed Infrastructure, ASCE, ASCE, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 222-228.
  2. Liew, Y.L., Gad, E.F., and Duffield C.F., (2005). “Modularised Closed-Form Mathematical model for predicting the bracing performance of plasterboard clad walls” Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 1-23.
  3. Al Abadi, A.H., Lam, N.T.K, Gad, E.F., and Chandler, A.M., (2004). “Earthquake floor spectra for unrestrained building components”, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 361-377.
  4. Liew, Y.L., Gad, E.F., and Duffield C.F., (2004). “Development of test method for determining plasterboard bracing performance”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130, No. 7, pp. 1108-1116.
  5. Duffield, C.F., Gad, E.F. and Bamford, W. (2003). “Investigation into the structural failure of mine brick barricades”, AusImm Bulletin, Journal of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No.2, pp.44-50.
  6. Liew, Y.L., Gad, E.F., and Duffield C.F. (2002). “The influence of plasterboard clad walls on the structural behaviour of low rise residential buildings”, Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol 2, pp. 1-16.
  7. Gad, E.F., Chandler, A.M. and Duffield, C.F. (2001). “Modal analysis of steel framed domestic construction for application to seismic design” Journal of Vibration and Control, 7(1), pp. 91-111.
  8. Gad, E.F., Chandler, A.M., Duffield, C.F., and Hutchinson, G.L. (1999). “Earthquake ductility and overstrength in residential structures”, Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 8(4), pp. 361-382.
  9. Gad, E.F., Duffield, C.F., Hutchinson, G.L., Mansell, D.S., and Stark, G. (1999). “Lateral performance of cold-formed steel-framed domestic structures”, Journal of Engineering Structures, 21(1), pp. 83-95.
  10. Gad, E.F., Chandler, A.M., Duffield, C.F., and Stark. G. (1999). “Lateral behaviour of plasterboard-clad residential steel frames”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 125(1), pp. 32-39.

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