Recent publications
Article
Bock, M, Theofanous, M, Dirar, S & Lipitkas, N 2021, 'Aluminium SHS and RHS subjected to biaxial bending: experimental testing, modelling and design recommendations', Engineering Structures, vol. 227, 111468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111468
Sogut, K, Dirar, S, Theofanous, M, Faramarzi, A & Nayak, AN 2021, 'Effect of transverse and longitudinal reinforcement ratios on the behaviour of RC T-beams shear-strengthened with embedded FRP bars', Composite Structures, vol. 262, 113622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113622
Bhanugoban, M, Yapa, H & Dirar, S 2021, 'Efficient shear retrofitting of reinforced concrete beams using prestressed deep embedded bars', Engineering Structures, vol. 246, 113053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113053
Lakavath, C, Suriya Prakash, S & Dirar, S 2021, 'Experimental and numerical studies on shear behaviour of macro-synthetic fibre reinforced prestressed concrete beams', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 291, 123313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123313
Yapici, O, Theofanous, M, Yuan, H, Skalomenos, K & Dirar, S 2021, 'Experimental study of ferritic stainless steel bolted T-stubs under monotonic loading', Journal of Constructional Steel Research, vol. 183, 106761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106761
Almatrafi, M, Theofanous, M, Bock, M & Dirar, S 2021, 'Slenderness-based design for sigma sections subjected to interior one flange loading', Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 158, 107194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.107194
Almatrafi, M, Theofanous, M, Dirar, S & Bock, M 2021, 'Structural response of cold-formed lipped Z purlins – Part 2 numerical modelling and optimisation of lip size', Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 161, 107453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.107453
Almatrafi, M, Theofanous, M, Dirar, S & Gkantou, M 2021, 'Structural response of cold-formed lipped Z purlins – part 1: experimental investigation', Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 161, 107452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.107452
Tziavos, N, Gkantou, M, Theofanous, M, Dirar, S & Baniotopoulos, C 2020, 'Behaviour of grout-filled double-skin tubular steel stub-columns: Numerical modelling and design considerations', Structures, vol. 27.
Tziavos, N, Hemida, H, Dirar, S, Papaelias, M, Metje, N & Baniotopoulos, C 2020, 'Structural health monitoring of grouted connections for offshore wind turbines by means of acoustic emission: an experimental study', Renewable Energy, vol. 147, no. 3, pp. 130-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.08.114
Bock, M, Theofanous, M, Dirar, S & Raybone, P 2019, 'Assessment of web crippling design provisions for application to proprietary soldier beams', Structures, vol. 20, pp. 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2019.03.011
Conference contribution
Faizi, K, Hojjati, A, Faramarzi, A & Dirar, S 2022, Evaluation of seepage flow during installation of suction caisson foundation in homogeneous sand and sand overlaying inclined clay. in A Lemnitzer & AW Stuedlein (eds), Geo-Congress 2022: Deep Foundations, Earth Retention, and Underground Construction. Geotechnical Special Publication, no. 332, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 309-318, 2022 GeoCongress: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering - Deep Foundations, Earth Retention, and Underground Construction, Charlotte, United States, 20/03/22. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484029.031
Editorial
Faramarzi, A & Dirar, S 2019, 'Editorial', Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering and Computational Mechanics, vol. 171, no. 4, pp. 145-146. https://doi.org/10.1680/jencm.2018.171.4.145
Paper
Sogut, K, Dirar, S, Theofanous, M & Faramarzi, A 2019, 'Effect of existing steel-to-embedded FRP shear reinforcement ratio on the behaviour of reinforced concrete T-beams', Paper presented at 9th Biennial Conference on Advanced Composites in Construction 2019, ACIC 2019, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3/09/19 - 5/09/19 pp. 11-16.
Patent
Faramarzi, A, Chapman, D, Dirar, S, Faizi, K & Mehravar, M Jun. 11 2020, Support structure: winged foundation to support offshore energy structures , Patent No. WO 2020/115474 Al. <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020115474>
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