| Dr. Carmen Ibáñez Usach and Anna Benoit |
| Mon 28 Aug 2017, 13:00 - 14:30 |
| AGB Seminar Room AGB Building, King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL |
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Dr. Carmen Ibáñez Usach (UniversitatJaume I)
Abstract: In recent decades, the use of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns in the building industry has increased, especially in high-rise buildings, not only because of their positive characteristics at room temperature, but also for their inherent high fire resistance. CFST sections are a versatile construction method as they permit different types of concrete infill to be used, and can be formed into a wide variety of shapes. Although the more commonly used shapes are circular, and rectangular, new configurations and shapes are continuously appearing together with innovative materials. This research is being conducted by The Steel-Concrete Composite Structures Research Group, a joint venture formed by researchers from two universities, the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universitat Jaume I.
Bio: Carmen Ibáñez Usach obtained her PhD in Construction Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, in 2016. After a secondment to the University of California, Berkeley, she held a research position in the Concrete Science and Technology Institute (ICITECH) at the Universitat Politècnica de València. Currently she is an Assistant Professor at the Universitat Jaume I, in the Department of Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Structures, as member of the Steel-Concrete Composite Structures research group. Her current research activities are focused on the study of the behaviour of concrete-filled steel tubular columns, both at ambient and at high temperatures, as well as on other types of composite structural members.
Anna Benoit (University of Edinburgh)
Wildfires, Tunnel fires and a Barbecue.
Abstract: Everyone’s favourite intern is going to talk about what she has been doing during her two months at the fire lab – designing a fireproof box for wildfire temperature recorders, doing research for a CFD model of a tunnel fire test, burning straw and hay, measuring firebrands again and again and again, testing different kinds of thermocouples…
Bio: Anna has just finished her 2nd year of Civil Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, and is currently doing a summer internship in the fire lab under the supervision of Dr. Rory Hadden. She unfortunately has no fancy awards with fancy names.