Prof. Hong Hao

Position:Professor of Structural Dynamics
Organisation:University of Western Australia
Email:hao@civil.uwa.edu.au
Phone:08 6488 1825
Address:School of Civil and resource Engineering, M051
35 Stirling Highway
City:Crawley
State:WA
Postcode:6009
Country:Australia

Research Areas

  • Structural Dynamics
  • Blast - engineering
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Structural Condition Monitoring

Current Project Grants

  1. Rapid structural condition assessment using adaptive model updating (ARC
    Discovery 2008-2010)
  2. Blast damage and fragmentation predicition for occupants and structure protection
    (ARC Discovery 2007-2009)
  3. Integrated health monitoring system for civil infrastructure under operational
    environments (CRC for Asset Management 2007-2009)
  4. Subsea pipeline condition monitoring (CSIRO Subsea Pipeline Cluster 2008-2010)
  5. Seismic design of NZ highway bridges under multiple support ground excitations
    (Land Transport New Zealand 2008-2010)
  6. Risk assessment of large bridge structures to earthquake and wind loads (China
    National Natural Science Foundation, 2008-2012)

Completed Projects

  1. Probabilistic bridge structure condition assessment and load carrying capacity
    prediction (ARC Linkage 2004-2006)
  2. Dynamic response and damage analysis of frame structures to blast loads (ARC
    Discovery 2004-2006)
  3. Numberical prediction of train and vehicle induced ground vibrations and their effects
    on structures (ARC Discovery 2004-2006)
  4. Offshore structure condition monitoring using vibration measurement (CRC for Asset
    Management 2006)
  5. Study of simultaneous near-source spatial ground motion and soil-structure
    interaction on pounding responses of bridge girders (Japanese Ministry of Education,
    Science, Sports and Culture 2003-2005)
  6. Modelling of breakup of concrete magazine structures subjected to internal explosion
    and numberical simulation of debris throw (DSTA Singapore, 2003-2005)