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Stephen Foster

BE NSWIT, MEngSc PhD UNSW, MIEAustdf

Stephen Foster

Professor


Contact Details


Office Location:
CE 719 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5055
Fax: + 61 2 9385 6139
Email: s.fosterroberto@unsw.edujlo.au

Teaching Areas


  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Structural Analysis and Design
  • Concrete Structures

Research Areas


  • Non-flexural members in Reinforced Concrete
    Analysis and design of reinforced concrete deep beams, corbels, and nibs.
  • High strength concrete
    The use of high strength concrete for civil engineering structures. Design of high strength concrete columns. Design and analysis methods for non-flexural members of high strength concrete. Design with reactive powder concretes.
  • Numerical modelling
    Non-linear finite element modelling of reinforced concrete membrane structures, 3D finite element modelling of reinforced and confined concrete structures.

Selected Publications


FOSTER S.J., BUDIONO B, and GILBERT R.I., “Rotating Crack Finite Element Model for Reinforced Concrete Structures”, International Journal of Computers & Structures, Vol. 58, No. 1, January, 1996, pp. 43-50.

FOSTER S.J., POWELL, R.E., and SELIM, H.S., “The Performance of High Strength Concrete Corbels”, ACI Structures Journal, Vol. 93, No. 5, September-October, 1996.

FOSTER S.J., and ATTARD, M.M., “Experimental Tests on Eccentrically Loaded High Strength Concrete Columns”, ACI Structures Journal, May‑June 1997, pp 295-303.

FOSTER S.J., and ROGOWSKY, D.M., “Bursting Forces in Concrete Members resulting from In-plane Concentrated Loads”, Magazine for Concrete Research, Vol. 49, No. 180, September 1997, pp. 231-240.

FOSTER S.J., and GILBERT R.I., “Strut and Tie Modelling of Non-Flexural Members”, Australian Civil/Structural Engineering Transactions, The Institution of Engineers Australia, Vol CE39, No. 2 and 3, 1997, pp.87‑94, ISBN: 0819-0259.

FOSTER S.J., and GILBERT R.I., “Experimental Studies on High Strength Concrete Deep Beams”, ACI Structural Journal, V95, No. 4, July-August, 1998, pp. 382-390.

FOSTER S.J., “Design of Non‑Flexural Members for Shear”, Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites”, Vol. 20, No. 6, 1998, pp. 465-475.

FOSTER S.J, LIU J., and SHEIKH S.A., “Cover Spalling in HSC Columns Loaded in Concentric Compression”, ASCE, Journal of Structural Engineering, December, 1998, pp. 1431-1437.

LIU, J., FOSTER, S.J., and ATTARD, M.M., “Strength of Tied HSC Columns Loaded in Concentric Compression”, ACI Structural Journal, Jan-Feb 2000, pp. 149-156.

LIU, J., and FOSTER, S.J., “A Three Dimensional Finite Element Model for Confined Concrete Structures”, Computers and Structures, Vol. 77, No. 5, October, 2000, pp 441-451.

FOSTER S.J. and ATTARD M.M., “Strength and Ductility of Fibre Reinforced High Strength Concrete Columns”, ASCE, Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 28-34.

FOSTER, S.J., “On the behaviour of HSC Columns: Cover Spalling, Steel Fibres and Ductility”, ACI Structural Journal, July-August, 2001, pp. 583-589.

FOSTER, S.J. and MALIK, A.R., “Evaluation of Efficiency Factor Models used in Strut and Tie Modeling of Nonflexural Members”, ASCE, Journal of Structural Engineering, May, 2002, pp. 569-577.

FOSTER, S.J., and MARTI, P., “FE Modelling of RC Membranes Using the CMM Formulation”, Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V), July 7-12, 2002, Vienna, Austria, Editors: Mang, H.A.; Rammerstorfer, F.G.; Eberhardsteiner, J., Publisher: Vienna University of Technology, Austria, ISBN 3-9501554-0-6, http://wccm.tuwien.ac.at

VOO, J.Y.L. and FOSTER, S.J., “Variable Engagement Model for Fibre Reinforced Concrete in Tension”, UNICIV Report R-420, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, June 2003, ISBN: 85841 387 6, 86 pp.

FOSTER, S.J., and MARTI, P. “Cracked Membrane Model: FE Implementation”, ASCE, Journal of Structural Engineering, V129, N9, September, 2003, pp. 1155-1163.

VOO, J., FOSTER, S.J., GILBERT, R.I. and GOWRIPALAN, N., “Design of Disturbed Regions in Reactive Powder Concrete Bridge Girders”, ASCE, High Performance Materials in Bridges, 2003, pp. 117-127, ISBN: 0-7844-0691-X, Proceedings International Conference on High Performance Materials in Bridges, July 29-August 3, Kona, Hawaii, 2001.

VOO, J.Y.L, FOSTER, S.J. and GILBERT, R.I., “Shear Strength of Fibre Reinforced Reactive Powder Concrete Girders without Stirrups”, UNICIV Report R-421, The University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kensington, Sydney, Australia, November 2003,ISBN: 85841 388 4, 131 pp.

FOSTER, S.J., MARTI, P. and MOJSILOVIĆ, N. “Design of Reinforced Concrete Solids Using Stress Analysis”, ACI Structural Journal, V100, N6, Nov-Dec 2003 pp. 758-764.

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UNICIV Reports

R401: Evaluation of Compression Failures in RC Non-Flexural Members (PDF, 7.2 MB)
R420: Variable Engagement Model for Fibre Reinforced Concrete in Tension (PDF, 2.3 MB)
R421: Shear Strength of Fibre Reinforced Reactive Powder Concrete Girders without Stirrups (PDF, 8.2 MB)
R432:Finite Element Modelling of FRP Strengthened Beams and Walls (PDF, 1 MB)
R437:Testing of Concentric and Eccentrically Loaded Fibre-Reinforced HSC Columns (PDF, 13 MB)
R439:Modelling of fibre-reinforced HSC columns (PDF, 1.5 MB)
R440: Debonding failure in CFRP flexurally strengthened reinforced concrete beams (PDF,4.2 MB)
R444: Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced Motar in Shear I: Direct Shear Testing (PDF,4.7 MB)
R445: Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced Motar in Shear II: Gamma Ray Imaging (PDF,9 MB)
R447: A Novel Flexibility Based Beam-Column Element For Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frames (PDF, 0.9 MB)
R448: Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced Mortar III: Variable Engagement Model II (PDF, 6 MB)




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