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Professor Peter Ansourian

Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies
School of Civil Engineering
The University of Sydney

Research Interests:
Behaviour, analysis and design of shell structures in the context of silos and tanks.
Composite structures of steel and concrete.

Current projects:
Effect of differential settlement on cylindrical shell structures
Buckling of shells under external pressure
Buckling of shells under combined axial load and lateral pressure
Collapse of shell structures
Partial interaction in composite beams of steel and concrete

Selected publications:
Book Chapters:
Ansourian, P. (2006). Buckling failure of structures consisting of curved plates. In Shanmugan and Wang (Eds.), Analysis and Design of Plated Structures: Volume 1. Stability, (pp. 422-449). UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd.
Ansourian, P. (2004). Cylindrical Shells Under Non-Uniform External Pressure. In J. G. Teng; J. M. Rotter (Eds.), Buckling of Thin Metal Shells, (pp. 175-197). London: Taylor and Francis.
Ansourian, P. (2003). Structural Integrity Isssues in the Mining Industry: Learning From Failures - Instructive Case Studies. In I. Milne, R.O. Ritchie, B. Karihaloo (Eds.), Comprehensive Structural Integrity: Fracture of Materials From Nano to Macro Volume 1, (pp. 305-318). Oxford, England: Elsevier Science.

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