Dr Ryan Hoult’s PhD assessed the performance of reinforced concrete walls in response to rare and very rare earthquakes. Completed in 2017, Ryan’s research analysed both rectangular and C-shaped concrete walls to develop a secondary cracking model to predict the potential of cracks forming in these types of walls. Ryan found that the direction of loading and the mode of bending were particularly important for the seismic performance of these sorts of walls.
Ryan is now a Research Fellow at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne University in Switzerland. He leads a project working with South American researchers on mitigating earthquake risk, and has noted that South America and Australia have similar issues in regards to a lack of testing on structures to assess their risk.
His thesis is available here.
Student project
Resources credited
| Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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| Presentation-Slideshow | 24 Oct 2016 | Seismic assessment and design philosophy of reinforced concrete in Australia |
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earthquake, engineering, resilience |
| Presentation-Audio-Video | 07 Jul 2016 | Ryan Hoult Infrastructure Engineering (UoM) 2015 Postgraduate Conference |
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earthquake |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 11 Sep 2015 | Improvements and difficulties associated with the seismic assessment of infrastructure in Australia |
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earthquake, infrastructure |
| 07 Jul 2015 | Ryan Hoult PhD Progress Report 2015 |
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