EASEC - 11

November 19-21, 2008, Taipei, Taiwan

Beauty of Engr.
in TAIWAN





Professor Sritawat Kitipornchai

 Professor

 Department of Building and Construction
 City University of Hong Kong

 Email: S.Kitipornchai@cityu.edu.hk
 Personal website

Title of lecture

Numerical simulation of structural behaviour - from teaching to practice

Education

Ph.D.,
The University of Sydney, 1973

Positions Held

76-00: Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Queensland
00-: Professor, City University of Hong Kong
04-: Emeritus Professor in the University of Queensland
05-: Chair and Head, Department of Building and Construction,
City University of Hong Kong

Awards and Honors

93: The Regional Editor (Asia-Pacific) of Engineering Structures Journal
92: Prestigious Munro Prize Award for the Best Paper in Engineering Structures Journal
92-: A fellow of ASCE
92-: A fellow of HKIE
92-: A fellow of RICS
92-: Chairman of the Advisory Group for Research Centres
92-: Deputy Chairman of the Research Committee
92-: Chairman of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Committee
92-: An emeritus professor of the University of Queensland
92-: Editorial board member of a number of other journals

Research

Basic and applied research in the following areas:
• Structural stability
• Steel structures
• Nonlinear analysis
• Thin-wall structures
• Transmission towers
• Structural mechanics
• Smart structures

Publication

• 7 books, 9 book chapters, 250 journal papers and 70 conference , invited and keynote papers.
• Selected publications
- YANG J, LIEW KM, WU Y and KITIPORNCHAI S (2006), Thermo-mechanical post-buckling of FGM cylindrical panels with temperature-dependent properties, International Journal of Solids and Structures, January, 43(2): 307-324.
- KITIPORNCHAI S, HE XQ and LIEW KM (2005), Buckling analysis of triple-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in an elastic matrix, Journal of Applied Physics, 97: 114318
- KITIPORNCHAI S, YANG J and LIEW KM (2005), Random vibration of the functionally graded laminates in thermal environments, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195(9-12): 1075-1095.
- KITIPORNCHAI S, KANG WJ, LAM HF and ALBERMANI F (2005), Factors Affecting the Design and Construction of Lamella Suspen-Dome Systems, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 61: 764-785.
- HE XQ, KITIPORNCHAI S and LIEW KM (2005), Buckling analysis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes: a continuum model accounting for van der Waals interaction, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53(2): 303-326.
- HE XQ, KITIPORNCHAI S and LIEW KM (2005), Resonance analysis of multi-layered graphene sheets as nanoscale resonators, Nanotechnology, 16: 2086-2091.
- HE XQ, KITIPORNCHAI S, WANG CM and LIEW KM (2005), Modeling of van der Waals force for infinitesimal deformation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes treated as cylindrical shells, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42: 6032-6047.
- YANG J, LIEW KM and KITIPORNCHAI S (2005), Second-order statistics of the elastic buckling of functionally graded rectangular plates, Composites Sciences and Technology, 2005, 65(7-8): 1165-1175.
- YANG J, LIEW KM and KITIPORNCHAI S (2005), Stochastic analysis of compositionally graded plates with system uncertainties under static loading, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 47(10): 1519-1541.
- ALBERMANI F, MAHENDRAN M and KITIPORNCHAI S (2004), Upgrading of Transmission Towers Using a Diaphragm Bracing System, Engineering Structures, May, 26(6): 735-744.
- KITIPORNCHAI S, YANG J and LIEW KM (2004), Semi-analytical Solution for Nonlinear Vibration of Laminated FGM Plates with Geometric Imperfections, International Journal of Solids and Structures, May, 41(9-10): 2235-2257.
- YANG J, KITIPORNCHAI S and LIEW KM (2004), Nonlinear Analysis of the Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Behaviour of Shear Deformable FGM Plates with Piezoelectric Actuators, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, March, 59(12): 1605-1623.
- YANG J, KITIPORNCHAI S and LIEW KM (2004), Dynamic Stability of Laminated FGM Plates Based on Higher-Order Shear Deformation Theory, Computational Mechanics, March, 33(4): 305-315.
- LIEW KM, HE XQ and KITIPORNCHAI S (2004), Finite Element Method for the Feedback Control of FGM Shells in the Frequency Domain via Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, January, 193(3-5): 257-273.
- LIEW KM, YANG J and KITIPORNCHAI S (2004), Thermal postbuckling of laminated plates comprising FGM with temperature-dependent material properties, Journal of Applied Mechanics ASME, 71(6): 839-850.
- LIEW KM, REN J and KITIPORNCHAI S (2004), Analysis of the Pseudoelastic Behaviour a SMA Beam by the Element-Free Galerkin Method, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, May, 28(5): 497-507.
- LIM C, MA YF, KITIPORNCHAI S, WANG CM and YUEN KKR (2003), Buckling of vertical cylindrical shells under combined end pressure and body force, Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE, August, 129(8): 876-884.
- YANG J, KITIPORNCHAI S and LIEW KM (2003), Large Amplitude Vibration of Thermo-Electro-Mechanically Stressed FGM Laminated Plates, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, August, 192(33-36): 3861-3885.
- LIEW KM, HE XQ, NG TY and KITIPORNCHAI S (2003), Finite Element Piezothermoelasticity Analysis and the Active Control of FGM Plates with Integrated Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators, Computational Mechanics, July, 31(3-4): 350-358.
- LIEW KM, YANG J and KITIPORNCHAI S (2003), The Postbuckling of Piezoelectric FGM Plates under Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Loading, International Journal of Solids and Structures, July, 40(15): 3869-3892.
- LIU TR, VEIDT M and KITIPORNCHAI S (2003), Modelling the Input-Output Behaviour of Piezoelectric Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Composite Plates, Smart Materials & Structures, October, 12(5): 836-844.
- Veidt, M., Liu, T. and Kitipornchai, S. (2000), “Experimental Investigation of the Acousto-Ultrasonic Transfer Characteristics of Adhesively Bonded Piezoceramic Transducers”, Smart Material Structures, 9(1), 19-23.
- Wang, C.M., Kitipornchai, S. and Reddy, J.N. (2000), “Relationship between Vibration Frequencies of Reddy and Kirchoff Polygonal Plates with Simply Supported Edges”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, ASME, 122(1), 77-81.
- Cheng, Z.Q. and Kitipornchai, S. (1998), Nonlinear Theory for Composite Laminated Shells with Interfacial Damage”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 65, 711-719.
- Liew, K.M., Lim, C.W. and Kitipornchai, S. (1997), "Various Theories for Vibration of Shallow Shells: A Review with Bibliography", Applied Mechanics Review, 50(8), 431-444.
- Liew, K.M., Xiang, Y. and Kitipornchai, S. (1995), "Research on Thick Plate Vibration: A Literature Survey", Journal of Sound and Vibration, 180(1), 163-176.
- Kitipornchai, S., Al-Bermani, F.G.A. and Peyrot, A.H. (1994), "Effect of Bolt Slippage on the Ultimate Behavior of Lattice Structures", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 120(8), 2281-2287.
- Al-Bermani, F.G.A. and Kitipornchai, S. (1992), "Nonlinear Analysis of Transmission Towers", Engineering Structures, 14(3), 139-151.
- Al-Bermani, F.G.A. and Kitipornchai, S. (1990), "Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures Using Least Element/Member", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 116(1), 215-234.
- Kitipornchai, S. and Chan, S.L. (1987), "Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Angle and Tee Beam-Columns", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 113(4), 721-739.
- Kitipornchai, S. and Trahair, N.S. (1980), "Buckling Properties of Monosymmetric I-Beams", Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, 106(ST5), 941-957.
- Kitipornchai, S. and Trahair, N.S. (1972), "Elastic Stability of Tapered I-Beams", Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, 98(ST3), 713-728.

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