Emeritus Professor Russell Bridge

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Russell has a wide experience in steel, concrete and composite steel-concrete structures and has published over 240 research papers. This is reflected in the direct and major contributions that he has made to the recent Australian limit states codes AS2327 Composite Structures, AS3600 Concrete Structures, AS4100 Steel Structures and AS5100 Bridge Design. He has been extensively consulted by both private industry and government authorities on a wide range of structural engineering problems.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

His interests have covered a wide range of topics in the field of structural engineering. His research areas have included reinforced concrete members and frames, composite steel and concrete construction, the reliability basis of design, buckling of thin-walled steel elements, advanced methods of analysis and design, and the influence of imperfections on structural behaviour.

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Grants / Current Projects

ARC Collaborative Grant (1992-1994)
High Strength Concrete Filled Steel Tubes:

ARC Large Grant (1995-1997)
The Influence of Weld Spacing, Internal Pressure and Discrete
Supports on the Buckling of Steel Silos:

ARC Large Grant (1999-2001)
The Flexural Behaviour of Thin-Walled Steel Tubes Filled with
High Strength Concrete:

ARC Large Grant (1999-2001)
The Strength of Imperfect Silos and Tanks with Non-Uniform
Support Conditions and External Loading:

FFF Austrian Grant (2001-2004) (joint with TDV Austria)
The Incorporation of Finite Element Methods into Bridge Analysis and Design Software

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Selected Publications

Ernst S, Bridge R, Wheeler A, 2009, Pushout Tests and a New Apparoach for the Design of Secondary Composite Beam Shear Connections, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, vol 65, pp 44-53, [ORS ID: 208962]

Ernst S, Bridge R, Wheeler A, 2008, A New Design Proposal for Secondary Composite Beam Shear Connection Incorporating Trapazoidal Steel Decking, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, vol 8, no. 3, pp 215-228, [ORS ID: 208961]

Ernst S, Bridge R, Wheeler A, 2007, Strength of Headed Stud Shear Connection in Composite Beams, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, vol 7, no. 2, pp 111-122, [ORS ID: 207501]

Ernst S, Bridge R, Wheeler A, 2007, Strength of Headed Stud Shear Connection in Composite Beams, Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, vol 7, no. 2, pp 111-122, [ORS ID: 207501]

Wheeler A, Bridge R, Marsden W, 2007, Effect of Concrete Tensile Zones on the Anchorage of Bar Reinforcement, 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, pp 723-729, [ORS ID: 205955]

Griffiths S, Bowmaker G, Bridge R, 2006, Design of Seamless Pavement on Westlink M7 Sydney Australia, Austroads 6th Bridge Conference - Bridging the Gap, pp 1-11, [ORS ID: 204267]

Ernst S, Patrick M, Bridge R, Wheeler A, 2006, Reinforcement Requirements for Secondary Composite Beams incorporating Trapezoidal Decking, Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete V - 5th International Conference, pp 236-246, [ORS ID: 204106]

Bridge R, Ernst S, Patrick M, Wheeler A, 2006, The Behaviour and Design of Haunches in Composite Beams and their Reinforcement, Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete V - 5th International Conference, pp 282-292, [ORS ID: 204023]

Wheeler A, Bridge R, 2006, The Behaviour of Circular Concrete-Filled Thin-Walled Steel Tubes in Flexure, Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete V - 5th International Conference, pp 413-423, [ORS ID: 204022]

Glaesle M, Bridge R, 2006, Basic behaviour of round press-joints used in an ultra long-spanning hybrid steel deck, 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, pp 861-866, [ORS ID: 203947]

Ernst S, Bridge R, Patrick M, 2006, Behaviour of the longitudinal shear connection in secondary composite beams incorporating trapezoidal steel decking, 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, pp 49-55, [ORS ID: 203753]

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