Dr Fidelis Mashiri

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Biography

Dr. Fidelis Mashiri is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering) at the University of Western Sydney. Prior to joining the University of Western Sydney, he was a lecturer at the University of Tasmania. Before then he was a research fellow at Monash University following the completion of his PhD at the same university. Fidelis has worked as a site engineer on dam projects in Zimbabwe and as a consulting engineer in Chile and Australia. Fidelis is a member of the Institution of Engineers (Australia) and a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is currently a member of the Australian Standard Committees on Steel Structures, BD-001, Cold-Formed Steel Structures, BD-082 and Security Screen Doors and Window Grilles, CS-023. Fidelis is a member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Welding Technology Institute (WTIA) and the Australian Steel Institute (ASI).

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

300730 Steel Structures
300736 Concrete Structures
300739 Timber Structures
300605 Advanced Structural Design

Fidelis' research interests are in fatigue and fracture mechanics. He specialises in the fatigue of welded steel connections and has published articles in journals and conference proceedings. Fidelis has worked on research projects that are applicable to the mining, road transport and agricultural industries. Fidelis is a referee of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research (JCSR) and the Thin-Walled Structures journal (TWS). He also regularly reviews papers for several other journals including the Journal of Structural Engineering - ASCE (USE), Journal of Bridge Engineering - ASCE (USA) and the MAterials and Structures journal among others.
In 2009 Fidelis graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching. He also has interets in research in teaching and learning.

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Grants/Current Publications

Fatigue of Welded Joints: Short Term Guang-Hua Foundation Education Visiting Scholarship, Tongji University, China, 2011

Concrete Filled VHS-Plate Fabricated Columns: Dr Fidelis Mashiri and Prof Brian Uy (School of Engineering), UWS Research Grant Scheme 2010, $24 367

The behaviour and design of composite columns coupling the benefits of high strength steel and high strength concrete for large scale infrastructure, Prof Brian Uy, A/Prof Zhong Tao, Dr Fidelis Mashiri, Prof Richard Liew, Prof Lin-Hai Han, ARC Discovery Project Grant, DP120101944, 2012-2014, $ 400,000.

Publications

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Grundy P. 2000, "Crack Propagation Analysis of Welded Thin-Walled Joints using Boundary Element Method", Computational Mechanics, Vol. 26, No. 2, Springer-Verlag 2000, pp. 157-165.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Grundy P. 2001, "Effect of weld profile and undercut on fatigue crack propagation life of thin-walled cruciform joint" Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 39, Issue 3, Elsevier Science Ltd, March 2001, pp. 261-28.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Grundy P. 2002, "Fatigue Tests and Design of Thin Cold-Formed Square Hollow Section-to-Plate T-Connections under In-Plane Bending" Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 22-31.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L., Grundy P. and Tong L. 2002, "Fatigue Design of Very Thin-Walled SHS-to-plate Joints under In-Plane Bending", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 40, Issue. 2, February 2002, pp. 125-151.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Grundy P. 2002, "Fatigue Tests and Design of Welded T-Connections in Thin Cold-Formed Square Hollow Sections under In-Plane Bending" Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE Vol. 128, No. 11, November 2002, pp. 1413-1422.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Grundy P. 2004, "Stress Concentration Factors and Fatigue Failure of Welded T-Connections in Circular Hollow Sections under In-Plane Bending", International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, World Scientific, September 2004, Vol 4, No. 3, pp. 403-422.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Grundy P. 2004, "Stress Concentration Factors and Fatigue Behaviour of Welded Thin-Walled CHS-SHS T-Joints under In-Plane Bending", Engineering Structures, Vol 26, No. 13, Elsevier Science Ltd, 2004, pp. 1861-1875.

Mashiri F.R. and Zhao X.L. 2006, "Thin Circular Hollow Section-to-Plate T-joints: Stress Concentration Factors and Fatigue Failure under In-Plane Bending", Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 44, Issue. 2, Elsevier Science Ltd, 2006, pp. 159-169.

Packer J.A., Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L and .Willibald S. 2007, "Static and Fatigue Design of CHS-to-RHS Connections using a Branch Conversion Method", Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 63, No. 1, Elsevier Science Ltd, 2007, pp. 82-95.

Mashiri F.R., Zhao X.L. and Hirt M.A. and Nussbaumer 2007, "Size Effect of Welded Thin-Walled Tubular Joints", International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, World Scientific, March 2007, Vol 7, No. 1, pp. 101-127.

Mashiri F.R. and Zhao X.L. 2010, “Square hollow section (SHS) T-joints with concrete-filled chords subjected to in-plane fatigue loading in the brace”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol 48, No. 2, pp. 150-158

Mashiri F.R. and Zhao X.L. 2010, “Fatigue Tests and Design of Welded Thin-Walled RHS-RHS and RHS-Angle Cross-Beam Connections under Cyclic Bending ”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol 48, No. 2, pp. 159-168

For more information, contact Fidelis.