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Structural Engineering Group
Civil and Environmantal Engineering
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Prof. J. Toby Mottram
Education:
BSc (Engineering Science) University of Durham, 1979
PhD University of Durham, 1984
DSc University of Warwick, 2007
Research Interests:
Structural characterisation of lightweight systems for achieving sustainable construction.
Structural engineering towards developing member shapes and methods of connection for traditional and innovative construction.
Physical testing, design and analysis of members, connections and joints, and sub-assemblies for load bearing systems of pultruded FRP shapes and systems.
Structural integrity and durability of materials and structures.
Test methods for characterisation of FRP materials and their structures.
Preparation of prescriptive and performance based design rules and procedures for industry-wide standards and codes of practice.
Application of finite element analysis and other computational methods to understand static, buckling, dynamic and progressive fracture in FRP structures.
Development of novel structural systems combining concrete with FRP material.
Selected Publications:
J. T. MOTTRAM, 'Lateral-torsional buckling of thin-walled composite I-beams by the finite difference method', Composites Engineering, 2 2, (1992), 91-104. ISSN 0961- 9526
J. T. MOTTRAM, 'Lateral-torsional buckling of a pultruded I-beam', Composites, 23 2, (1992), 81-92. ISSN 0010-4361
J. T. MOTTRAM, 'Compression strength of pultruded flat sheet material', Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 6 2, (1994), 185-200. ISSN 0899-1561
J. T. MOTTRAM, and M. Aberle, ‘When should shear-flexible stability functions be used in elastic structural analysis?’ Structures and Buildings, 152 1, (2002), 31-41. ISSN 0965-0911
A. Lane and J. T. MOTTRAM, ‘The influence of modal coupling upon the buckling of concentrically pultruded fibre-reinforced plastic columns,’ Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L: Journal of Materials - Design and Applications, 216 (L2), (2002), 133-144. ISSN 1464-4207
J. T. MOTTRAM, N. D. Brown, and D. Anderson, ‘Physical testing for concentrically loaded columns of pultruded glass fibre reinforced plastic profile’, Structures and Buildings, 156 2, (2003), 205-219. ISSN 0965-0911
J. T. MOTTRAM, N. D. Brown, and D. Anderson, ‘Buckling characteristics of pultruded glass fibre reinforced plastic columns under moment gradient’, Thin-Walled Structures, 41 7, (2003), 619-638. ISSN 0263-8231
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