Michael Griffith

Michael Griffith

School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Griffith is a Professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at the University of Adelaide where he has been since completing his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. He has authored or co-authored 2 book chapters and over 140 refereed papers in the field of earthquake engineering and structural dynamics and has attracted over $4 million competitive funding since 1990 for his research. His professional interests are in the field of earthquake engineering and include training practising engineers to work with Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams throughout Australia.

His current research activity is on trying to develop improved methods for seismic assessment of unreinforced brick masonry buildings and the non-linear dynamic response of reinforced concrete frames and seismic retrofit of concrete columns using composite plating techniques. He is also currently involved with specialist consultant work for engineering firms in the field of earthquake engineering, is a member of the joint Australia-New Zealand Standards Earthquake Loading committee, and previously worked as a structural engineer in Berkeley, specialising in the earthquake analysis and design of piping systems in nuclear power plants.

Professor Griffith has over 30 years research experience in the area of earthquake resistant design and analysis of structures, beginning with his PhD research at the University of California at Berkeley.  During this time he has published over 170 refereed papers in this area and attracted over $8.4 million dollars in competitive research funding in Australia.  He now sits on the Board of Directors for the International Association for Earthquake Engineering which is based in Tokyo, Japan.

In the field of earthquake engineering, Dr Griffith has been closely involved with the development of new technologies to improve the seismic resistance of both new and existing structures.  His initial work in this field, based on his PhD research, was to demonstrate experimentally and theoretically the feasibility and reliability of seismic isolation as an effective seismic design strategy for mediums-rise buildings and a wide range of earthquake ground motions.  His research at the University of Adelaide has focussed on developing methods to prevent earthquake induced damage, including collapse, of unreinforced masonry buildings and non-seismically designed reinforced concrete frames.  Recent outcomes and progress in these areas are described below.

Masonry Research:

His research on masonry walls has led to the development of a displacement-based analysis technique for assessing the earthquake resistance of existing and the design of new masonry walls in vertical bending.  Currently he is working with colleagues to extend this innovative design technique to walls subject to bi-axial (two-way) bending.  In addition, some of his results from shaking table tests on typical wall connections in masonry buildings have already been incorporated into the Australian Masonry Structures Code in the form of amendments to allow friction to be considered as part of the seismic load path.

Two projects that are currently in progress involve (1) improving the accuracy of the Static Push-Over analysis technique for seismic assessment of masonry buildings with flexible floor diaphragms; and (2) developing an innovative technique for earthquake strengthening of masonry walls using fibre reinforced polymers in such a way that it does not alter the normal, aesthetic appearance of masonry and accounts for the long-term behaviour of the FRP-masonry bond under environmental conditions.

Concrete Frame Research:

Earthquake related research on concrete structures at Adelaide has focussed on the seismic performance of concrete frames whose design is dominated by gravity-load considerations and methods for their seismic upgrade.  Experimental research has consisted of shaking table tests of 1/5-scale concrete frame structures, quasi-static cyclic testing of ½-scale concrete frames with and without masonry infill panels, and monotonic static and quasi-static cyclic testing of concrete columns.  Non-linear dynamic modelling procedures have now been developed that can accurately model the dynamic behaviour observed during experiments.  Current research is focussed on developing practical methods to improve the strength and ductility of such concrete columns and frames using composite plating techniques that fully account for the partial-interaction behaviour between the concrete sections and the plates.

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2019 Research Award John B Scalzi Research Award, , United States The Masonry Society United States -
    2018 Fellowship Visiting Erskine Fellowship, The University of Canterbury New Zealand -
    2017 Achievement Charles Bubb Medal Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Bahrain -

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2015 Dong, X., Soebarto, V., & Griffith, M. (2015). Design optimization of insulated cavity rammed earth walls for houses in Australia. Energy and Buildings, 86, 852-863.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS13
    2014 Dong, X., Soebarto, V., & Griffith, M. (2014). Strategies for reducing heating and cooling loads of uninsulated rammed earth wall houses. Energy and Buildings, 77, 323-331.
    DOI Scopus27 WoS24
    2014 Zhang, T., Visintin, P., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2014). Presliding shear failure in prestressed RC beams. II: behavior. Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(10), 04014070-1-04014070-9.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS11
    2014 Zhang, T., Visintin, P., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2014). Presliding shear failure in prestressed RC beams. I: partial-interaction mechanism. Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(10), 04014069-1-04014069-10.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS25
    2014 Dong, X., Soebarto, V., & Griffith, M. (2014). Achieving thermal comfort in naturally ventilated rammed earth houses. Building and Environment, 82, 588-598.
    DOI Scopus34 WoS26
    2014 Moon, L., Dizhur, D., Senaldi, I., Derakhshan, H., Griffith, M., Magenes, G., & Ingham, J. (2014). The demise of the URM building stock in Christchurch during the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. Earthquake Spectra, 30(1), 253-276.
    DOI Scopus132 WoS96
    2014 Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2014). Pullout strength of NSM CFRP strips bonded to vintage clay brick masonry. Engineering Structures, 69, 25-36.
    DOI Scopus26 WoS21
    2014 Derakhshan, H., Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2014). In situ out-of-plane testing of as-built and retrofitted unreinforced masonry walls. Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(6), 04014022-1-04014022-12.
    DOI Scopus41 WoS31
    2014 Walsh, K., Dizhur, D., Almesfer, N., Cummuskey, P., Cousins, J., Derakhshan, H., . . . Ingham, J. (2014). Geometric characterisation and out-of-plane seismic stability of low-rise unreinforced brick masonry buildings in Auckland, New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 47(2), 139-156.
    DOI Scopus21 WoS19
    2014 Derakhshan, H., Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2014). Seismic assessment of out-of-plane loaded unreinforced masonry walls in multi-storey buildings. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 47(2), 119-138.
    DOI Scopus34 WoS28
    2014 Giongo, I., Wilson, A., Dizhur, D. Y., Derakhshan, H., Tomasi, R., Griffith, M. C., . . . Ingham, J. M. (2014). Detailed seismic assessment and improvement procedure for vintage flexible timber diaphragms. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 47(2), 97-118.
    DOI Scopus33 WoS24
    2014 Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2014). Out-of-plane strengthening of unreinforced masonry walls using near surface mounted fibre reinforced polymer strips. Engineering Structures, 59, 330-343.
    DOI Scopus73 WoS55
    2014 Vaculik, J., Griffith, M., & Magenes, G. (2014). Dry stone masonry walls in bending - Part II: analysis. International Journal of Architectural Heritage: conservation, analysis, and restoration, 8(1), 29-48.
    DOI Scopus31 WoS24
    2014 Restrepo Velez, L., Magenes, G., & Griffith, M. (2014). Dry stone masonry walls in bending - Part I: static tests. International Journal of Architectural Heritage: conservation, analysis, and restoration, 8(1), 1-28.
    DOI Scopus80 WoS57
    2013 Aghdamy, S., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2013). Simulation of retrofitted unreinforced concrete masonry unit walls under blast loading. International Journal of Protective Structures, 4(1), 21-44.
    DOI Scopus27
    2013 Derakhshan, H., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2013). Out-of-plane behavior of one-way spanning unreinforced masonry walls. Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 139(4), 409-417.
    DOI Scopus72 WoS53
    2013 Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2013). In-plane shear improvement of unreinforced masonry wall panels using NSM CFRP strips. Journal of Composites for Construction, 17(6), 1-12.
    DOI Scopus53 WoS41
    2013 Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A., Griffith, M., & Oehlers, D. (2013). Dynamic response of composite beams with partial shear interaction using a higher-order beam theory. Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, 139(1), 47-56.
    DOI Scopus56 WoS42
    2013 Griffith, M., Kashyap, J., & Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M. (2013). Flexural displacement response of NSM FRP retrofitted masonry walls. Construction and Building Materials, 49, 1032-1040.
    DOI Scopus44 WoS36
    2013 Derakhshan, H., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2013). Airbag testing of multi-leaf unreinforced masonry walls subjected to one-way bending. Engineering Structures, 57, 512-522.
    DOI Scopus71 WoS52
    2012 Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A., Griffith, M., & Oehlers, D. (2012). Analysis of composite beams with partial shear interactions using a higher order beam theory. Engineering Structures, 36, 283-291.
    DOI Scopus60 WoS43
    2012 Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A., Griffith, M., & Oehlers, D. (2012). Vibration and buckling of composite beams with partial shear interactions using HBT. International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, 1(1), 23-42.
    2012 Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Oehlers, D., Haskett, M., & Griffith, M. (2012). Discrete rotation in RC beams. Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE, 138(11), 1317-1325.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS11
    2012 Muhamad, R., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2012). The tension stiffening mechanism in reinforced concrete prisms. Advances in Structural Engineering, 15(12), 2053-2069.
    DOI Scopus77 WoS66
    2012 Visintin, P., Oehlers, D., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2012). The reinforcement contribution to the cyclic behaviour of reinforced concrete beam hinges. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 41(12), 1591-1608.
    DOI Scopus40 WoS34
    2012 Kashyap, J., Willis, C., Griffith, M., Ingham, J., & Masia, M. (2012). Debonding resistance of FRP-to-clay brick masonry joints. Engineering Structures, 41, 186-198.
    DOI Scopus59 WoS49
    2012 Chakrabarti, A., Sheikh, A., Griffith, M., & Oehlers, D. (2012). Analysis of composite beams with longitudinal and transverse partial interactions using higher order beam theory. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 59(1), 115-125.
    DOI Scopus42 WoS30
    2012 Lucas, W., Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Griffith, M. (2012). The FRP reinforced shear-friction mechanism. Advances in Structural Engineering, 15(4), 615-623.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS10
    2012 Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Griffith, M., Haskett, M., & Lucas, W. (2012). A generic unified reinforced concrete model. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-structures and Buildings, 165(1), 27-49.
    DOI Scopus19 WoS16
    2011 Dizhur, D., Derakhshan, H., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2011). In-situ testing of a low intervention NSM seismic strengthening technique for historic URM buildings. International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, 5(2-3), 168-191.
    DOI Scopus9
    2011 Moon, L., Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2011). Performance of unreinforced clay brick masonry buildings during the 22nd February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. SESOC News, 24(2), 59-84.
    2011 Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2011). Performance of unreinforced masonry buildings during the 2010 Darfield (Christchurch, NZ) earthquake. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 11(3), 207-224.
    DOI Scopus120
    2011 Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2011). Damage to unreinforced masonry structures by seismic activity. Structural Engineer, 89(3), 14-15.
    Scopus4
    2011 Kashyap, J., Griffith, M., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Oehlers, D. (2011). Prediction of load-slip behavior of FRP retrofitted masonry. Journal of Composites for Construction, 15(6), 943-951.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS11
    2011 Dizhur, D., Ingham, J., Moon, L., Griffith, M., Schultz, A., Senaldi, I., . . . Lourenco, P. (2011). Performance of masonry buildings and churches in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 44(4), 279-296.
    DOI Scopus129 WoS99
    2011 Su, Y., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2011). Modelling of the bond-slip behavior in FRP reinforced masonry. Construction and Building Materials, 25(1), 328-334.
    DOI Scopus30 WoS22
    2010 Dizhur, D., Derakhshan, H., Lumantarna, R., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2010). Out-of plane strengthening of unreinforced masonry walls using near surface mounted fibre reinforced polymer strips. SESOC Journal, 23(2), 91-103.
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    2010 Derakhshan, H., Dizhur, D., Lumantarna, R., Cuthbert, J., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2010). In-field simulated seismic testing of as-built and retrofitted unreinforced masonry partition walls of the William Weir house in Wellington. SESOC Journal, 23(1), 51-61.
    2010 Lumantarna, E., Lam, N., Wilson, J., & Griffith, M. (2010). Inelastic displacement demand of strength-degraded structures. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 14(4), 487-511.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS17
    2010 Willis, C., Seracino, R., & Griffith, M. (2010). Out-of-plane strength of brick masonry retrofitted with horizontal NSM CFRP strips. Engineering Structures, 32(2), 547-555.
    DOI Scopus56 WoS43
    2010 Griffith, M., Ingham, J., & Weller, R. (2010). Earthquake reconnaissance: Forensic engineering on an urban scale. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 11(1), 63-74.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS3
    2010 Oehlers, D., Haskett, M., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Griffith, M. (2010). Moment redistribution in reinforced concrete beams. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-structures and Buildings, 163(3), 165-176.
    DOI Scopus38 WoS31
    2010 Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2010). The residual strength of confined concrete. Advances in Structural Engineering, 13(4), 603-618.
    DOI Scopus44 WoS35
    2009 Lawrence, S., Willis, C., Melkoumian, N., & Griffith, M. (2009). Earthquake design of unreinforced masonry residential buildings up to 15 metres in height. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 10(1), 85-99.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS2
    2009 Willis, C., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., & Griffith, M. (2009). Bond behaviour of FRP-to-clay brick masonry joints. Engineering Structures, 31(11), 2580-2587.
    DOI Scopus63 WoS55
    2009 Willis, C., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., & Griffith, M. (2009). Damaged masonry walls in two-way bending retrofitted with vertical FRP strips. Construction and Building Materials, 23(4 Sp Iss), 1591-1604.
    DOI Scopus48 WoS38
    2009 Oehlers, D., Griffith, M., & Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M. (2009). Ductility components and limits of FRP-plated RC structures. Construction and Building Materials, 23(Sp Iss 4), 1538-1543.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS8
    2009 Oyarzo-Vera, C., & Griffith, M. C. (2009). The Mw 6.3 Abruzzo (Italy) earthquake of April 6th, 2009: On site observations. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 42(4), 302-307.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS15
    2008 Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2008). Simulation of plastic hinges in FRP-plated RC beams. Journal of Composites for Construction, 12(6), 617-625.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS16
    2008 Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2008). Shear transfer across cracks in FRP strengthened RC members. Journal of Composites for Construction, 12(4), 416-424.
    DOI Scopus21 WoS11
    2008 Sorrentino, L., Masiani, R., & Griffith, M. (2008). The vertical spanning strip wall as a coupled rocking rigid body assembly. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 29(4), 433-453.
    DOI Scopus73 WoS41
    2008 Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Oehlers, D., Griffith, M., & Seracino, R. (2008). Interfacial stress transfer of near surface-mounted FRP-to-concrete joints. Engineering Structures, 30(7), 1861-1868.
    DOI Scopus103 WoS88
    2008 Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Griffith, M. (2008). Concrete component of the rotational ductility of reinforced concrete flexural members. Advances in Structural Engineering, 11(3), 281-291.
    DOI Scopus28 WoS26
    2008 Daniell, J., Oehlers, D., Griffith, M., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Ozbakkaloglu, T. (2008). The softening rotation of reinforced concrete members. Engineering Structures, 30(11), 3159-3166.
    DOI Scopus27 WoS24
    2008 Morandi, P., Magenes, G., & Griffith, M. (2008). Second order effects in out-of-plane strength of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to bending and compression. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 8(2), 133-144.
    DOI Scopus11
    2008 Su, Y., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2008). Mitigation of blast effects on aluminum foam protected masonry walls. Tianjin University. Transactions, 14(SUPPL), 558-562.
    DOI Scopus16
    2008 Lawrence, S., Willis, C., & Griffith, M. (2008). Earthquake performance of unreinforced masonry residential buildings designed to Australian Standards. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 8(1), 49-61.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS2
    2007 Griffith, M., Vaculik, J., Lam, N., Wilson, J., & Lumantarna, E. (2007). Cyclic testing of unreinforced masonry walls in two-way bending. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 36(6), 801-821.
    DOI Scopus139 WoS99
    2006 Willis, C., Griffith, M., & Lawrence, S. (2006). Moment capacities of unreinforced masonry sections in bending. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 6(2), 133-145.
    DOI WoS11
    2006 Griffith, M., Lam, N., & Wilson, J. (2006). Displacement-based assessment of the seismic capacity of unreinforced masonry walls in bending. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 6(2), 119-131.
    DOI WoS4
    2005 Griffith, M., Lawrence, S., & Willis, C. (2005). Diagonal bending of unreinforced clay brick masonry. Masonry International, 18(3), 125-138.
    2005 Griffith, M., Wu, Y., & Oehlers, D. (2005). Behaviour of steel plated RC columns subject to lateral loading. Advances in Structural Engineering, 8(4), 333-348.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS10
    2004 Willis, C., Griffith, M., & Lawrence, S. (2004). Horizontal bending of unreinforced clay brick masonry. Masonry International, 17(3), 109-121.
    2004 Wu, Y., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2004). Rational definition of the flexural deformation capacity of RC column sections. Engineering Structures, 26(5), 641-650.
    DOI Scopus46 WoS38
    2004 Griffith, M., Lam, N., Wilson, J., & Doherty, K. (2004). Experimental investigation of unreinforced brick masonry walls in flexure. Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, 130(3), 423-432.
    DOI Scopus170 WoS134
    2004 Wu, Y., Griffith, M., & Oehlers, D. (2004). Numerical simulation of steel plated RC columns. Computers & Structures, 82(4-5), 359-371.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS21
    2003 Lam, N., Griffith, M., Wilson, J., & Doherty, K. (2003). Time-history analysis of URM walls in out-of-plane flexure. Engineering Structures, 25(6), 743-754.
    DOI Scopus73 WoS61
    2003 Griffith, M., Magenes, G., Melis, G., & Picchi, L. (2003). Evaluation of out-of-plane stability of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to seismic excitation. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 7(SPEC. 1), 141-169.
    DOI Scopus124 WoS117
    2003 Wu, Y., Griffith, M., & Oehlers, D. (2003). Improving the strength and ductility of rectangular reinforced concrete columns through composite partial interaction: Tests. Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, 129(9), 1183-1190.
    DOI Scopus44 WoS38
    2003 Griffith, M. (2003). Australian earthquake engineering: Achievements, challenges and obstacles. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Bulletin, 36(2), 117-124.
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    2002 Griffith, M., Kawano, A., & Warner, R. (2002). Towards a direct collapse-load method of design for concrete frames subjected to severe ground motions. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 31(10), 1879-1888.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    2002 Wu, Y., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2002). Partial-interaction analysis of composite beam/column members. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 30(3), 309-332.
    DOI Scopus68 WoS57
    2002 Doherty, K., Griffith, M., Lam, N., & Wilson, J. (2002). Displacement-based seismic analysis for out-of-plane bending of unreinforced masonry walls. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 31(4), 833-850.
    DOI Scopus286 WoS223
    2002 Jaksa, M., Griffith, M., & Grounds, R. (2002). Ground vibrations associated with installing enlarged-base driven cast-in-situ piles. Australian Geomechanics, 37(1), 67-73.
    Scopus8
    1998 Griffith, M., & Page, A. (1998). On the Seismic Capacity of Typical DPl and Slip Joints in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 1(2), 133-140.
    1998 Klopp, G., & Griffith, M. (1998). Shaking Table Tests of Unreinforced Masonry Wall Panels. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 1(2), 113-120.
    1998 Klopp, G., & Griffith, M. (1998). Seismic Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 1(2), 121-132.
    1990 Hua, W., Griffith, M., & Warner, R. (1990). Diagnostic procedures for defective concrete buildings. National Conference Publication - Institution of Engineers, Australia, (90 pt 10), 356-360.
    1990 Griffith, M. C., Aiken, I. D., & Kelly, J. M. (1990). Displacement control and uplift restraint for base-isolated structures. Journal of Structural Engineering, 116(4), 1135-1148.
    DOI Scopus24 WoS15

  • Books
    Year Citation
    2009 Oehlers, D., Griffith, M., & Seracino, R. (2009). Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium of the Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Reinforced Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-9). Adelaide: University of Adelaide.
    2004 McCue, K., Griffith, M., & Butler, B. (Eds.) (2004). Australian earthquake engineering in the new millennium - where to from here?: proceedings of a conference held by the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Mt. Gambier, South Australia 2004. Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2002 Griffith, M., Love, D., McBean, P., McDougall, A., & Butler, B. (Eds.) (2002). Total risk management in the privatised era: Proceedings of a conference held by the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 2002. Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2001 Griffith, M. (Ed.) (2001). Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 12-13 July, 2001 / Michael Griffith (ed.). University of Adelaide.

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    1996 Griffith, M. (1996). Computer -Aided Analysis and Design. In Large Concrete Buildings (pp. 38-53). Longman Group Limited.

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2013 Moon, L., Biggs, D., Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2013). The february 2011 Christchurch earthquake: Incorporating transect methodology into rapid damage assessment. In Forensic Engineering 2012: Gateway to a Better Tomorrow - Proceedings of the 6th Congress on Forensic Engineering (pp. 306-313). USA: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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    2013 Allen, C., Derakhshan, H., Dizhur, D., Masia, M., Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2013). What ductility value shoud be used when assessing unreinforced masonry buildings. In Proceedings of the 2013 NZSEE Conference (New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering) (pp. 0 pages). Wellington, New Zealand: NZSEE.
    2013 Griffith, M., Moon, L., Ingham, J., & Derakhshan, H. (2013). Implications of the Canterbury earthquake sequence for Adelaide, South Australia. In Proceedings of the 12th Canadian Masonry Symposium, 12 CMS (pp. 1-11). Canada: University of British Columbia.
    2013 Dizhur, D., Bailey, S., Trowsdale, J., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2013). Performance of posttensioned seismic retrofit of two stone masonry buildings during the Canterbury earthquakes. In Proceedings of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference, AEES 2013 Vol. 29 (pp. 1-15). Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
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    2012 Weerasingha Mohottige, N., Wu, C., Hao, H., & Griffith, M. (2012). Critical scaled distances of spherical vs cylindrical charge shape effects for external, fully vented confined and fully confined blasts. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Protection of Structures against Hazards (pp. 289-298). Singapore: CI-Premier Pte Ltd.
    2012 Kashyap, J., Griffith, M., & Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M. (2012). Experimental study on flexural behaviour of FRP retrofitted masonry walls. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE2012 (pp. 1-8). online: IIFC.
    2012 Moon, L., Griffith, M., Dizhur, D., & Ingham, J. (2012). Performance of unreinforced masonry structures in the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. In Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 15WCEE (pp. 1-10). Lisbon: International Association for Earthquake Engineering.
    2012 Moon, L., Griffith, M., Ingham, J., & Biggs, D. (2012). Review of transect of Christchurch CBD following 22 February 2011 earthquake. In Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 15WCEE (pp. 1-8). Lisbon: International Association for Earthquake Engineering.
    2012 Moon, L., Dizhur, D., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2012). Seismic performance of masonry buildings in the Christchurch earthquakes 2010-2011: A progress report. In Proceedings of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2012 Conference (pp. 1-7). Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2012 Ingham, J., Dizhur, D., Moon, L., & Griffith, M. (2012). Performance of earthquake strengthened URM buildings in the 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence. In Proceedings of the 15th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference (pp. 1-19). Brazil.
    2012 Turner, F., Elwood, K., Griffith, M., Ingham, J., & Marshall, J. (2012). Performance of retrofitted unreinforced masonry buildings during the Christchurch earthquake sequence. In J. Carrato, & J. Burns (Eds.), Structures Congress 2012 - Proceedings of the 2012 Structures Congress (pp. 1092-1103). Chicago, Illinois: American Society of Civil Engineers.
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    2011 Ismail, N., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2011). Performance of masonry buildings and churches in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. In Proceedings of the 11th NAMC Vol. 44 (pp. 1-12). New Zealand: New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering.
    2011 Griffith, M., Ingham, J., Masia, M., & Page, A. (2011). Australia-New Zealand research into seismic retrofit of masonry structures using FRP strips - a progress report. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Masonry Conference (pp. 375-384). Australia: Engineers Australia.
    2011 Wenzel, N., Harbison, A., Willis, C., & Griffith, M. (2011). Flexural strength of FRP reinforced masonry walls subject to reverse cyclic loading and vertical pre-compression. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Masonry Conference (pp. 125-134). Australia: Engineers Australia.
    2011 Kashyap, J., Willis, C., & Griffith, M. (2011). Influence of spacing on flexural strength of FRP reinforced masonry walls. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Masonry Conference (pp. 117-124). Australia: Engineers Australia.
    2010 Griffith, M., Ingham, J., & Moon, L. (2010). Implications of the 2010 Darfield (Christchurch, NZ) earthquake for Australia - are we ready?. In Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference (pp. 1-14). CD: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2010 Edwards, M., Griffith, M., Wehner, M., Lam, N., Corby, N., Jakab, M., & Habili, N. (2010). The Kalgoorlie Earthquake of the 20th April 2010: Preliminary damage survey outcomes. In Proceedings of Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference (pp. 1-9). CD: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2010 Vaculik, J., Griffith, M., & Magenes, G. (2010). Collapse load predictions for masonry walls in bending. In Proceedings of 8th International Masonry Conference (pp. 172). Germany: International Masonry Society.
    2010 Dizhur, D., Lumantarna, R., Derakhshan, H., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2010). In-situ testing of a residential unreinforced masonry building located in New Zealand. In Proceedings of 8th International Masonry Conference (pp. 145). Germany: International Masonry Society.
    2010 Vaculik, J., & Griffith, M. (2010). Probabilistic approach for calculating the ultimate strength of unreinforced masonry in horizontal bending. In Proceedings of 8th International Masonry Conference (pp. 210). Germany: International Masonry Society.
    2010 Derakhshan, H., Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2010). Effects of unreinforced masonry wall slenderness ratio on out-of-plane post-cracking dynamic stability. In Proceedings of New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 2010 Conference (pp. 1-8). New Zealand: NZSEE.
    2010 Dizhur, D., Derakhshan, H., Lumantarna, R., Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2010). In-situ out-of-plane testing of unreinforced masonry wall segment in Wintec Block F building. In Proceedings of 2010 New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Conference (pp. 1-8). New Zealand: New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Inc.
    2009 Willis, C., Griffith, M., & Ingham, J. (2009). Design of FRP retrofitted masonry under out-of-plane bending. In Proceedings of APFIS 2009 (pp. 163-168). Korea: Hanyang University.
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    2009 Willis, C., Kashyap, J., & Griffith, M. (2009). Flexural behaviour of NSM CFRP retrofitted masonry wallettes under static and cyclic loading. In Proceedings of FRPRCS-9 (pp. 1-4). Australia: FRPRCS-9.
    2009 Su, Y., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2009). Performance of retrofitted masonry walls under blast loads. In Proceedings of FRPRCS-9 (pp. 1-4). Australia: FRPRCS-9.
    2009 Lucas, W., Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Griffith, M. (2009). Design of FRP reinforced concrete beams against shear failure. In Proceedings of FRPRCS-9 (pp. 1-4). Australia: FRPRCS-9.
    2009 Oyarzo-Vera, C., & Griffith, M. (2009). The Mw 6.3 Abruzzo (Italy) earthquake of april 6TH, 2009: On site observations. In Proceedings of Newcastle Earthquake 20 Years On (pp. 1-10). Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2009 Derakhshan, H., Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2009). Out-of-plane assessment of an unreinforced masonry wall: Comparision with NZSEE recommendations. In Proceedings of the 2009 NZSEE Conference (pp. 33-40). New Zealand: NZSEE.
    2008 Oehlers, D., Haskett, M., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Griffith, M. (2008). Ductility design of FRP retrofitted RC structures. In P. Labossiere (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advaned Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures (pp. 1-8). CD: ACMBS.
    2008 Kashyap, J., Griffith, M., & Ozbakkaloglu, T. (2008). Seismic behaviour of reinforced concrete frames in Australia. In J. Wilson (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2008 Conference (pp. 1-9). Australia: AEES.
    2008 Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Haskett, M., & Griffith, M. (2008). A partial-interaction ductility model for FRP plated RC flexural members. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (pp. 1-6). CD: EMPA.
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    2008 Ozbakkaloglu, T., Lim, J., & Griffith, M. (2008). FRP-confined high-strength concrete under axial cyclic compression. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (pp. 1-6). CD: EMOA.
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    2008 Su, Y., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2008). Numerical simulations of bond-slip models between FRP and masonry in pull tests. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Structural Engineering for Young Experts (pp. 1-14). China: Science Press.
    2008 Willis, C., Wu, C., Griffith, M., & Seracino, R. (2008). Horizontal bending of FRP retrofitted masonry small wall specimens. In Proceedings of the 14th international brick & block masonry conference (pp. 1-10). Australia: University of Newcastle.
    2008 Vaculik, J., Lumantarna, E., Griffith, M., Lam, N., & Wilson, J. (2008). Out-of-plane seismic response of unreinforced masonry walls: An overview of research in Australia. In Proceedings of the 14th international brick & block masonry conference (pp. 1-10). Australia: University of Newcastle.
    2008 Griffith, M. (2008). Seismic design of masonry buildings in Australia. In Proceedings of the 14th international brick & block masonry conference (pp. 1-9). Australia: University of Newcastle.
    2008 Su, Y., Wu, C., & Griffith, M. (2008). Numerical analysis of out-of-plane loaded masonry wall using homogenization technique. In M. Masia (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th international brick & block masonry conference (pp. 1-10). Australia: University of Newcastle.
    2008 Vaculik, J., & Griffith, M. (2008). Time-history analysis for unreinforced masonry walls in two-way bending. In 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (pp. 1-9). China: Seismological Press of China.
    2007 Vaculik, J., Lumantarna, E., Griffith, M., Lam, N., & Wilson, J. (2007). Dynamic response behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls subject to out of plane loading. In Nelson Lam (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference 2007 (pp. 1-8). Australia: AEES.
    2007 Yang, Q., Willis, C., Seracino, R., Xia, S., & Griffith, M. (2007). Bond tests on FRP retrofitted URM prisms. In P. Moss, & R. Dhakal (Eds.), Progress in Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM19), Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 November - 1 December 2006 (pp. 133-140). London: Taylor and Francis.
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    2007 Brunsdon, D., Bull, D., Hammond, D., Griffith, M., & Wilson, J. (2007). Training engineers for urban search and rescue across the Pacific: Background current status and future challenges. In T. Tan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (pp. 1-8). CDROM: Nanyang Technological University.
    2007 Vaculik, J., & Griffith, M. (2007). Shaketable tests on masonry walls in two-way bending. In Nelson Lam (Ed.), Proceedings of AEES 2007 (pp. 1-9). CDROM: AEES.
    2007 Willis, C., Wu, C., Seracino, R., & Griffith, M. (2007). Displacement induced and intermediate crack debonding in FRP strengthened one-way masonry beams. In S. Smith (Ed.), Proceedings of APFIS 2007 (pp. 859-864). Hong Kong: International Institute for FRP in Construction.
    2007 Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., Griffith, M., & Ozbakkaloglu, T. (2007). Fundamental issues that govern the rotation of FRP retrofitted RC columns and beams: The intractable plastic hinge ductility problem. In S. T. Smith (Ed.), Proceedings of APFIS 2007 (pp. 23-32). Hong Kong: International Institute for FRP in Construction.
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    2007 Oehlers, D., Mohamed Sadakkathulla, M., & Griffith, M. (2007). Ductility of FRP plated RC flexural members. In T. Triantafilou (Ed.), Fiber-reinforced polymer reinforcement for concrete structures: FRPRCS-8 / International Symposium on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete (pp. 1-11). Greece: University of Patras.
    2007 Willis, C., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., & Griffith, M. (2007). Analysis of damaged masonry walls retrofitted with vertical FRP strips subjected to out-of-plane loading. In T. Triantafillou (Ed.), Proceedings of FRPRCS-8 (pp. 1-9). Greece: University of Patras.
    2006 Lumantarna, E., Lam, N., Wilson, J., Griffith, M., & Vaculik, J. (2006). The dynamic out-of-plane behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls. In P. Mossi, & R. Dhakal (Eds.), Progress in Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM19), Christchurch, New Zealand, 29 November-1 December 2006 (pp. 401-408). London: Taylor and Francis.
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    2006 Willis, C., Yang, Q., Seracino, R., Xia, S., & Griffith, M. (2006). Severely damaged URM walls retrofitted with FRP strips subjected to out-of-plane loading. In A. Mirmiran, & A. Nanni (Eds.), Proceedings of CICE 2006 (pp. CDROM515-CDROM518). CDROM: Florida International University.
    2006 Vaculik, J., & Griffith, M. (2006). Cyclic behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls in two-way bedding. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Masonry Conference (pp. 1-6). UK: British Masonry Society.
    2006 Russell, A., Ingham, J., & Griffith, M. (2006). Comparing New Zealand's unreinforced masonry details with those of other seismically active countries. In D. Fisher (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Masonry Conference (pp. 1-8). UK: British Masonry Society.
    2006 Lumantarna, E., Vaculik, J., Griffith, M., Lam, N., & Wilson, J. (2006). Seismic fragility curves for un-reinforced masonry walls. In K. McCue, & S. Lenz (Eds.), Proceedings of AEES 2006 (pp. 33-40). Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2005 Lumantarna, E., Lam, N., Wilson, J., Griffith, M., & Vaculik, J. (2005). Out-of-plane displacement behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls from time-history analyses. In N. Lam, J. Wilson, & B. Butler (Eds.), Proceedings of 'Earthquake Engineering in Australia' (pp. 1-8). Victoria, Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2005 Vaculik, J., Griffith, M., Lam, N., Wilson, J., & Lumantarna, E. (2005). Cyclic response of unreinforced clay brick masonry walls. In N. Lam, J. Wilson, & B. Butler (Eds.), Proceedings of 'Earthquake Engineering in Australia' (pp. 0-7). Victoria, Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
    2005 Griffith, M., & Vaculik, J. (2005). Flexural strength of unreinforced clay brick masonry walls. In A. Vermeltfoort (Ed.), Proceedings of the 10th Canadian Masonry Symposium (pp. CD ROM 1-CD ROM 11). CD ROM: University of Calgary.
    2005 Lawrence, S., Willis, C., & Griffith, M. (2005). Further developments in the design of masonry walls in bending. In M. Stewart, & B. Dockrill (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Structural Engineering Conference (ASEC) 2005 (pp. 1-10). Australia: Northrop.
    2004 Willis, C., Griffith, M., & Lawrence, S. (2004). Implications of recent experimental and analytical studies for the design of face-loaded urm walls. In Mark Masia (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Masonry Conference (pp. 1-10). Australia: University of Newcastle.
    2004 Vaculik, J., Griffith, M., Hogarth, B., & Todd, J. (2004). Out-of-plane flexural response tests using dry-stack masonry. In K. McCue, M. Griffith, & B. Butler (Eds.), Australian Earthquake Engineering in the New Millenium - Where to from Here: Proceedings of a Conference held by the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2004 (pp. 1-8). Victoria, Australia: Australian Earthquake Enigneering Society.
    2003 Griffith, M., & Magenes, G. (2003). Accuracy of displacement-based seismic evaluation of URM wall stability. In K. McManus (Ed.), PCEE 2003: Proceedings of the 7th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (pp. www 1-www 8). http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/deam/nzsee/pcee/: New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering.
    2003 Griffith, M., Wu, Y., & Oehlers, D. (2003). Steel plated seismic retrofit for RC columns in soft-storey frames. In J. Wilson, N. Lam, G. Gibson, & B. Butler (Eds.), Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Proceedings of the 2003 Conference (pp. 9-0-9-7). Victoria, Australia: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, Vic, Aust.
    2003 Griffith, M. (2003). Australian earthquake engineering: achievements, challenges and obstacles. In Proceedings of the 2003 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 13-15 February 2003, Christchurch, New Zealand [CD-ROM], (pp. paper no. 149). Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering.
    2003 Griffith, M. (2003). Earthquake engineering in Australia: International collaborations and future directions. In Proceedings of Joint NCREE/JRC Workshop on International Collaboration on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research, Taipei (pp. 101-110). Taipei, Taiwan: National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering.
    2002 Potger, G., & Griffith, M. (2002). Using performance criteria to evaluate structural response factors for seismic design. In Y. Loo, S. Chowdhury, & S. Fragomeni (Eds.), Advances in Mechanics of Structures and Materials (pp. 751-756). Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger B.V..
    2002 Willis, C., Griffith, M., & Lawrence, S. (2002). Non-linear behaviour of out-of-plane loaded URM walls. In Y. Loo, S. Chowdhury, & S. Fragomeni (Eds.), Advances in Mechanics of Structures and Materials (pp. 539-544). Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger B.V..
    2002 Willis, C., Griffith, M., & Lawrence, S. (2002). Horizontal bending of face-loaded brick masonry wallettes. In G. Thompson (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Masonry Conference (pp. 551-558). Stoke-on-Trent, UK: British Masonry Society.
    2002 Griffith, M. (2002). Australian earthquake engineering: achievements, challenges and obstacles. In M. C. Griffith, D. Love, P. McBean, A. McDougall, & B. Butler (Eds.), Total risk management in the privatised era (pp. 17-1-17-5). Victoria: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.
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    2001 Potger, G., Griffith, M., & Kawano, A. (2001). Evaluation of seismic response factors for reinforced concrete frames. In John Reid (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference incorporating the Fifth International Kerensky Conference of the Institution of Structural Engineers (pp. 175-182). 11 NATIONAL CIRCUIT, BARTON, ACT: THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, AUSTRALIA.
    2001 Wu, Y., Oehlers, D., & Griffith, M. (2001). Composite plated columns. In J. Teng (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (pp. 767-774). THE BOULEVARD LANGFORD LANE KIDLINGTON OXFORD OX5 1GB UK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
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    2001 Griffith, M., Willis, C., & Lawrence, S. (2001). Flexural behaviour and design of unreinforced (brick) masonry walls. In Michael Griffith (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference (pp. 175-184). Adelaide: Adelaide University.
    2001 Lam, N., Wilson, J., & Griffith, M. (2001). Seismic assessment of geometric unreinforced masonry wall sections based on displacement. In Michael Griffith (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Masonry Conference (pp. 249-258). Adelaide: Adelaide University.
    2000 Doherty, K., Griffith, M., Lam, N., & Wilson, J. (2000). Proceedings of the 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference. In J. Adell (Ed.), Displacement-based seismic design of brick masonry walls in bending. Spain.
    1997 Griffith, M. C., & Alaia, R. (1997). Gap effects on the seismic ductility of brick infilled concrete frames. In R. H. Grzebieta, R. Al-Mahaidi, & J. L. Wilson (Eds.), Mechanics of Structures and Materials (pp. 305-310). Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema.
    1990 Crawley, D., Griffith, M., & Woodside, J. (1990). Earthquake resistance in buildings. How can we avoid future disasters?. In National Conference Publication - Institution of Engineers, Australia (pp. 300-304).

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2000 Griffith, M. (2000). The modelling of earthquake induced collapse of unreinforced masonry walls combining force and displacement principals. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering - 12WCEE 2000. Auckland, NZ: NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering.
    2000 Griffith, M., & Pinto, A. (2000). Siesmic retrofit of reinforced concrete buildings - a review and case study. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering - 12WCEE 2000. Auckland, NZ: New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering.

Grants & Funding--since  2010

Funding Organisation

 

Project Title

 

Funding

National Disaster Resilience Program  (2019 -21)

York, WA earthquake building mitigation implementation project

$250,000

ARC Discovery (2019 – 21)

1st CI with Visintin et al.

Improved seismic resilience against life-safety hazards of masonry buildings

$320,000

ARC Discovery (2016 – 18)

1st CI with Masia and Ingham

Safeguarding Australia’s heritage masonry buildings from earthquake attack

$380,000

ARC LIEF (2015)

6th CI with B Cazzaloto

Development of a world-class facility for three dimensional dynamic testing

$400,000

ARC Discovery (2014 – 16)

1st CI with P Visintin

FRP retrofitted brick masonry buildings – are they reliable over the long-term

$241,130

DSTO Salisbury (2013)

1st CI with M. Ali & Visintin

UHPC – material testing and modelling

$94,090

ARC LIEF (2013)

jointly with Univ. Queensland

Performance level structural testing facility

$500,000

ARC Discovery (2012 – 14)

1st CI with Masia et al.

Improved analysis techniques for seismic assessment of URM buildings with flexible floor/roof diaphragms

$320,000

DSTO Salisbury (2011)

Sole CI

Vulnerability assessment of Defence buildings

$50,000

ARC LIEF (2010)

jointly with Swinburne

Hybrid Testing Facility for Structures under Extreme Loads”

$870,000

ARC Discovery (2009 – 11)

2nd CI with Oehlers and Ali

A unified reinforced concrete model for flexure and shear

$400,000

ARC Discovery (2008 – 10)

1st CI with Masia & Ingham

Earthquake protection of masonry buildings using fibre reinforced polymer strengthening

$430,000

During my 29 years at Adelaide, I have taught subjects to students at all year levels of the BE(Civil) degree.  I take great pride in my teaching and regard this aspect of university work to be very important.  Indeed, I enrolled in and completed the ACUE (as it was then) course for new university lecturers in 1988 long before it was a requirement for newly appointed lecturers.  I believe that students consider me to be a very good teacher – as evidenced by the anecdotal feedback I receive from them and from the “scores” I receive from them on the SELTs.  For example, only once since 2002 have I received less than 6 out of 7 for their response to “All things considered, how would you rate Dr Griffith’s effectiveness as a university lecturer”. 

Significantly, I was invited to give the “Seismic design of masonry buildings” course to the post-graduate students at the European School for the Reduction of Seismic Risk (‘Rose School’) at the University of Pavia in northern Italy, in January 2007.  This is a very high honour as the lecturers for all the courses in this programme are international experts from highly regarded universities around the world (refer: http://www.roseschool.it/index.php?option=com_lecturers&Itemid=84). Subsequently, I have given the course again in 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2020.  The student feedback from those courses has also been very positive, with student assessments for my teaching above the norm for lecturers at the Rose School.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2017 Co-Supervisor Environmental Performance and Impact Assessment of 3D Printed Cob Constructions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohamed Sabry Radwan Mohamed Gomaa

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Development of interface based damage-plasticity constitutive model and its application in the simulation of masonry structures under monotonic and cyclic loads Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yu Nie
    2019 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Investigation of Anchorage Performance for Improving Seismic Resilience Against Life-Safety Hazards of Masonry Buildings Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Chris Burton
    2018 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Behaviour of URM Wall Subjected to In-plane Loading Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Young Kol Park
    2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Holistic Investigation of Robotically-Assisted 3D Printed Cob Walls: From Fabrication to Environmental Impacts Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohamed Sabry Radwan Mohamed Gomaa
    2013 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Quantifying the Seismic Site Amplification Characteristics of Adelaide's Regolith Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Bambang Setiawan .
    2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Improved Seismic Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings with Flexible Diaphragms Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yasuto Nakamura
    2012 - 2016 Co-Supervisor An Efficient Modelling Technique for Static and Dynamic Response of Thin-walled Box Girder Bridges Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kiana Kashefi
    2012 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Innovative Multi-level Methodology Incorporating the Techniques of Finite Element Modelling and Multimodal Optimization for Concept Design of Advanced Grid Stiffened Composite Panels against Buckling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Liang Huang
    2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor A Mechanics Simulation of the Influence of Reinforcement Corrosion on RC Beam Behaviour Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Qian Feng
    2010 - 2014 Co-Supervisor A Generic Mechanics Approach for Predicting Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tao Zhang
    2010 - 2016 Co-Supervisor FRP-Concrete-Steel Composite Structural Members Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Yunita Idris
    2010 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Thermal and structural performances of insulated cavity rammed earth wall houses Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Xiang Dong
    2009 - 2012 Co-Supervisor A Generic Segmental Analysis of all Types of RC Members Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Prof Phillip Visintin
    2008 - 2011 Co-Supervisor The Discrete Rotation Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Shear Loading Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Wade Doyle Lucas
    2008 - 2012 Co-Supervisor The Tension Stiffening in Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Rahimah Muhamad
    2008 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Out-of-plane strengthening of unreinforced masonry walls using FRP Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Jaya Kashyap
    2008 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Axial compressive behaviour of FRP-confined high-strength concrete Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Thomas Vincent
    2006 - 2009 Principal Supervisor Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frames Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Ms Jaya Kashyap
    2006 - 2009 Principal Supervisor Numerical Simulation of Strengthened Unreinforced Masonry (URM) Walls by New Retrofitting Technologies for Blast Loading Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Mr Yu Su
    2004 - 2007 Principal Supervisor Out-of-Plane Strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry Walls using FRP Techniques Master of Engineering Science Master Full Time Mr Qi Yang
    2004 - 2012 Principal Supervisor Unreinforced Masonry Walls Subjected to Out Of Plane Seismic Actions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Jaroslav Vaculik
    2000 - 2004 Principal Supervisor Design of Unreinforced Masonry Walls for Out-of-plane Loading Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Craig Willis
    1999 - 2002 Principal Supervisor Seismic Retrofitting Of Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Columns With Partial Interaction Plating Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Yufei Wu

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2012 - 2021 Member Board of Directors, , Tokyo International Association for Earthquake Engineering Japan

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    1990 - ongoing Member • Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (National President 2002 - 2004) Australia
    1990 - ongoing Member Earthquake Engineering Research Institute United States
    1990 - ongoing Member New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering New Zealand
    1988 - ongoing Member Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia (CPEng and NPER-3) Australia
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