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Mario Attard

BE PhD MHEd UNSW, MIEAust, CPEng

Associate Professor

Contact Details

Office Location:
CE 514 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5075
Fax: +61 2 9385-6139
Email: m.attardroberto@unsw.edujlo.au

Teaching Areas

Mechanics of Solids
Structural Steel Design
Reinforced Concrete Design
Prestressed Concrete Design
Structural Analysis
Structural Stability
Finite Element Method

Research Areas

Finite Strain Isotropic and Anisotropic Hyperelastic Modeling
Fracture in Concrete and Masonry (PhD students Krit Chaimoon & Thanh Bui)
Crack Propagation due to Creep (PhD student Krit Chaimoon)
Ductility of High Strength Concrete Columns
Buckling of Sandwich Columns
Lateral Buckling of Thin-Walled Beams

Research Grants (2000-2007)

Title of project	Source	Date	Duration	Amount of funding
Strength and Ductility of Steel Fibre Reinforced HSC Columns, with Dr Stephen James Foster	ARC Discovery Grant	2002-2004	3 years	$142000
Finite Strain Hyperelastic Beam Theory	UNSW Goldstar Grant & Faculty Research Grant	2004	1 year	$30000
Finite Strain Hyperelastic Constitutive Modeling	UNSW Goldstar Grant	2005	1 year	$30000
Ductility and Strength of Eccentrically Loaded High Strength Concrete Columns with Dr Stephen James Foster	ARC Large Grant	1998-2000	3 years	$94000
Numerical Simulation of Softening Processes in Concrete & Masonry with Prof Francis Shay Khiet Tin Loi	ARC Large Grant	2001-2003	3 years	$153000
Sandwich Column Buckling	UNSW FRG	2007	1 year	$19000

Overseas Collaboration

Buckling of Sandwich Columns – Professor Giles Hunt, University of Bath, UK

Modelling of Masonry Structures - Professor Alfonso Nappi, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Lateral Buckling of Beams – Professor Moon-Young Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea

Selected Publications

CHAIMOON, K., ATTARD, M.M. and TIN-LOI F., (2008), “Crack Propagation Due To Time-Dependent Creep in Quasi-Brittle Materials under Sustained Loading”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2007.12.005.

ATTARD, M.M. and HUNT, G.W. (2008), “Column Buckling with Shear Deformations – A Hyperelastic Formulation”, International Journal of Solids and Structures http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.03.018 .

ATTARD, M.M. and HUNT, G.W. (2008), “Sandwich Column Buckling – A Hyperelastic Formulation”, accepted International Journal of Solids and Structures.

ATTARD, M.M., LEE, J.S and MOON-YOUNG, K. (2008), “Dynamic Stability of Shear-Flexible Beck’s Columns based on Engesser’s and Haringx’s Buckling Theories”, accepted Computers and Structures.

CHAIMOON, K. and ATTARD, M.M. (2008), “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Masonry under Three-Point Bending” submitted to Engineering Structures.

CHAIMOON, K. and ATTARD, M.M. (2007), “Modeling of Unreinforced Masonry Walls under Shear and Compression”, Engineering Structures , Vol 29, Issue 3, pp 2056-2068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.10.019.

ATTARD, M.M., TIN-LOI F. and NAPPI, A. (2007), “Modeling Fracture in Masonry”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 133, No. 10, pp 1385-1392.

VRCELJ, Z. and ATTARD, M.M. (2007), “New Civil Engineering with Architecture Program @ UNSW”, ConnectED 2007 – International Conference on Design Education, 9 – 12 July 2007, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ISBN 978-0-646-4814-0.

VRCELJ, Z. and ATTARD, M.M. (2007), “Design Studios for Civil Engineering”, ConnectED 2007 – International Conference on Design Education, 9 – 12 July 2007, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ISBN 978-0-646-4814-0.

LONGBOTTOM, C., BELL, G., VRCELJ, Z. and ATTARD, M.M. (2007), “Project X: A Multi Disciplinary Design Workshop", ConnectED 2007 – International Conference on Design Education, 9 – 12 July 2007, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ISBN 978-0-646-4814-0.

VRCELJ, Z., ATTARD, M.M., BELL, G. and LONGBOTTOM, C., “Project X experiences of multidisciplinary Arch/COFA/Eng teaching”,LSAA 2007 Conference and Design Awards, Lightweight Architecture Stretching Our Boundaries Internationally, Thursday/Friday October 25/26 2007, Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise.

ATTARD, M.M. and THANH, B. (2006), “Simulation of crack interaction in a concrete beam”, Proceedings of the 19th ACMSM, Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 Nov. – 1 Dec, ISBN13 978-0-415-42693-3, pp 953-959.

ATTARD, M.M. and CHAIMOON, K. (2006), “A Model for Compressive Failure in Unreinforced Masonry”, Proceedings of the 19th ACMSM, Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 Nov. – 1 Dec, ISBN13 978-0-415-42693-3, pp 563-567.

CHAIMOON, K., ATTARD, M.M. and TIN-LOI, F. (2006), “Numerical simultation of time-dependent creep fracture in quasi-brittle materials”. In: Analytical and Computational Methods, W Kanok-Nucklechai S et al. eds (Proceedings of 10th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Bangkok, August), ISBN 974-8257-21-5, pp 351-356

CHAIMOON, K. and ATTARD, M.M. (2005), "Shear Fracture in Masonry Joints", CMEM 2005, Malta, 20-22 June.

ATTARD, M.M. (2005), "Constitutive Modeling of Rubber under Finite Strain", 4th European Conference on Constitutive Model for Rubber, Edited by P-E Austrell & L. Kari, June 27-29, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, pg 425-430.

ATTARD, M.M. and THANH, B. (2005), "Numerical Simulation of Concrete Failure using a Particle Model", ICCES'05 1-6 Dec., Chennai, India.

ATTARD, M.M. and TIN-LOI F., (2005), "Numerical Simulation of Quasibrittle Fracture in Concrete", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 72 Issue 3, February, pp 387-411, Full text via ScienceDirect.

THANH, T.B. and ATTARD, M.M. (2005), "Simulation of Fracture in Plain Concrete Modeled as a Composite Material", Computers and Concrete", Vol. 2, No. 6, pp 499-516.

THANH, T. B. and ATTARD, M. M., (2004) "Numerical Simulation of the Brazilian Test", ACMSM 18, University of Western Australia, Perth, ISBN 90 5809 659 9, pg 197-203.

CHAIMOON, K. and ATTARD, M. M., (2004) "Shear-Compression Fracture in Unreinforced Masonry", ACMSM 18, University of Western Australia, Perth, ISBN 90 5809 659 9, pg 1241-1246.

ATTARD, M.M., CHAIMOON, K., and NAPPI, A (2004), "Fracture of Unreinforced Masonry Walls under Shear", keynote paper, WCCM VI and APCOM’04, Beijing, China, pg 199-204, ISBN 7-302-09343-1.

ATTARD, M.M. and HUNT, G., (2004), "Hyperelastic Constitutive Modeling under Finite Strain" (link to ScienceDirect web site), International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 41/18-19 pp 5327-5350.

ATTARD, M.M., (2003), "Finite Strain - Isotropic Hyperelasticity", (link to ScienceDirect web site), International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol 40/17 pp 4353-4378, ISSN 0020-7683.

ATTARD, M.M., (2003), "Finite Strain Beam Theory", (link to ScienceDirect web site), International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 40/17 pp 4563-4584, ISSN 0020-7683.

GHAZI, M., ATTARD, M.M. and FOSTER, S.J., (2002), "Modelling Triaxial Compression using the Microplane Formulation for Low Confinement", Computers and Structures, Vol. 80, No. 11, May, pp. 919-934.

VOO, J.Y.L., FOSTER, S.J. and ATTARD, M.M. (2002) "FE Modelling of RPC Membrane Structures", ACMSM 17, Gold Coast, Queensland, 12-14 June, pg 107-112, ISBN 90 5809 386 7.

ZAINA, M., FOSTER, S.J. and ATTARD, M.M. (2002) "Ductility of Fibre Reinforced High Stength Concrete Columns", ACMSM 17, Gold Coast, Queensland, 12-14 June, pg 253-258, ISBN 90 5809 386 7.

ATTARD, M.M., (2002), "Finite Strain Beam Theory", UNICIV Report No. R–410, May, ISBN No 85841 377 9 6, pg 62.

FOSTER S.J. and ATTARD M.M. (2001), "Strength and Ductility of Fibre Reinforced High Strength Concrete Columns", ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, January.

VANDERBONA U., and ATTARD M.M. (2001) "Achieving Leadership Communication, Teamwork And Negotiation Skills In Engineering Curriculum", 4th UNICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Bangkok, Thailand, 7-10 February, pg 176-180.

ATTARD, M.M., NAPPI, A., TIN-LOI, F. and XIAOBO, Y., (2001), "Numerical Simulation of Fracture in Masonry", In: Computational Mechanics: New Frontiers for the New Millennium, Eds: S. Valliappan and N. Khalili, Elsevier, pp 613-618 (Proceedings of the First Asian–Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Nov 20-23, 2001).

GHAZI, M., ATTARD M.M. and FOSTER S.J. (2001) "Analytical Modelling of Eccentrically Loaded Concrete Columns using the Microplane Formulation", APCOM, December, Sydney Australia, pp. 201-206.

LIU, J., FOSTER, S.J., and ATTARD, M.M. (2000), "Strength of Tied HSC Columns Loaded in Concentric Compression", ACI Structures Journal, Jan.-Feb., pg 149-156.

HAMID, R.,. BRADFORD, M. A. and ATTARD, M.M. (2000), "Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-Walled Members of Variable Cross-Section Part I: Theory", Computers and Structures, Vol. 77, Issue 3, pg 285-299.

HAMID, R., BRADFORD, M. A. and ATTARD, M.M. (2000), "Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-Walled Members of Variable Cross-Section Part II: Application", Computers and Structures Vol. 77, Issue 3, pg 301-313.

GHAZI, M., FOSTER, S. and ATTARD, M.M., (2000), "FE Modeling of Eccentrically Loaded Concrete Columns using the Microplane Formulation", Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Nov. pp 77-83.

FOSTER S.J., and ATTARD M.M., (2000) "Behaviour Of Fibre Reinforced High Strength Concrete Columns In Concentric and Eccentric Loading", ACI Fall Convention, San Diego, 25-31 March.

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