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{{#Wiki_filter:Saouma Dec. Ex. 1 VICTOR E. SAOUMA Last Updated: Feb. 2019 Department of Civil Environmental & Architectural Engineering Phone:(303)492-1622 University of Colorado FAX:(303) 492-7317 Campus Box 428, Boulder saouma@colorado.edu CO 80309-0428 http://civil.colorado.edu/~saouma Google Scholar ORCID Personal Data Married, (three children) December 28, 1953 Bogota Colombia English, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic 880 Gapter Road (303)530-4266 Boulder, CO 80303 Professional Experience | |||
* Professeur des universites, France, 2012- | |||
* Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne), Civil Engineering (Sept. Dec. 2011). | |||
* Former Director and Principal Investigator of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), NSF Center on Fast Hybrid Test at the University of Colorado, Boulder; 2006-2009. | |||
* Visiting Professor, (typically 1 summer month): Universite de Toulouse (2009), Politec-nico of Catalunya, (2007, 2010); Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, (1992, 1994, 2007); | |||
* Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Structural Engineering, 2003-2004. | |||
* Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne), Civil Engineering (January-June 1990); Material Science Department, 1997-1998. | |||
* Professor (1995 to present), Associate Professor (1988-1995), Assistant Professor (1984-1988), Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder. | |||
* Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, PA, Sept. 1981-Dec. 1983. | |||
* Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Oct. 1980 - Aug. 1981. | |||
Relevant Committee Memberships | |||
* Conference International Board of Reviewers for the 16th International Conference on Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), Lisbon, 2020. | |||
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* Scientific Committee of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures Conference (FraMCoS-X), Pau 2019. | |||
* Past-President (and Fellow) of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (IA-FraMCOs), 2013-2016. | |||
* Chairman of the RILEM committee on Prognosis of deterioration and loss of serviceability in structures affected by alkali-silica reactions. | |||
* Member of the Materials Aging and Degradation (MAaD) External Review Committee (ORNL, Light Water Reactor Sustainability R&D Program). | |||
* Member of the Expanded Proactive Materials Degradation Analysis Expert Panel (PMDA) for concrete in nuclear reactors; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2010-2014. | |||
* In connection with the VeRCoRs study (1/3 model of a reactor containment building to be tested by Electricite de France,EdF): Member of the Scientific Committee of MACENA, Managing confinement structures in the event of an accident. | |||
* Member of the Scientific Committee of OECD/NEA/CSNI CAPS ASCET - Assessment of Structures subject to Concrete Pathologies. | |||
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Saouma Dec. Ex. 1 VICTOR E. SAOUMA Last Updated: Feb. 2019 Department of Civil Environmental & Architectural Engineering Phone:(303)492-1622 University of Colorado FAX:(303) 492-7317 Campus Box 428, Boulder saouma@colorado.edu CO 80309-0428 http://civil.colorado.edu/~saouma Google Scholar ORCID Personal Data Married, (three children) December 28, 1953 Bogota Colombia English, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic 880 Gapter Road (303)530-4266 Boulder, CO 80303 Professional Experience
- Professeur des universites, France, 2012-
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne), Civil Engineering (Sept. Dec. 2011).
- Former Director and Principal Investigator of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), NSF Center on Fast Hybrid Test at the University of Colorado, Boulder; 2006-2009.
- Visiting Professor, (typically 1 summer month): Universite de Toulouse (2009), Politec-nico of Catalunya, (2007, 2010); Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, (1992, 1994, 2007);
- Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Structural Engineering, 2003-2004.
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne), Civil Engineering (January-June 1990); Material Science Department, 1997-1998.
- Professor (1995 to present), Associate Professor (1988-1995), Assistant Professor (1984-1988), Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, PA, Sept. 1981-Dec. 1983.
- Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Oct. 1980 - Aug. 1981.
Relevant Committee Memberships
- Conference International Board of Reviewers for the 16th International Conference on Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), Lisbon, 2020.
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- Scientific Committee of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures Conference (FraMCoS-X), Pau 2019.
- Past-President (and Fellow) of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (IA-FraMCOs), 2013-2016.
- Chairman of the RILEM committee on Prognosis of deterioration and loss of serviceability in structures affected by alkali-silica reactions.
- Member of the Materials Aging and Degradation (MAaD) External Review Committee (ORNL, Light Water Reactor Sustainability R&D Program).
- Member of the Expanded Proactive Materials Degradation Analysis Expert Panel (PMDA) for concrete in nuclear reactors; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2010-2014.
- In connection with the VeRCoRs study (1/3 model of a reactor containment building to be tested by Electricite de France,EdF): Member of the Scientific Committee of MACENA, Managing confinement structures in the event of an accident.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of OECD/NEA/CSNI CAPS ASCET - Assessment of Structures subject to Concrete Pathologies.
Education
- Cornell University, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, September 1980.
- Cornell University, M.E. in Civil Engineering, January 1977.
- American University of Beirut, B.E. in Civil Engineering, June 1975.
- Lycee Chateaubriand, Rome, Baccalaureat Serie Scientifique, 1971.
Research Interests
- Nonlinear (static and dynamic) analysis of major structures (nuclear containers, dams) due to aging or severe load.
- Computational and experimental (fracture) mechanics.
- Modeling of concrete deterioration (Alkali Silica Reactions, Chloride Diffusion, Carbona-tion).
- Real time hybrid simulation.
- Large scale and innovative laboratory testing.
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Teaching Undergraduate: Graduate:
Statics Continuum Mechanics Strength of Material Computer Graphics Structural Analysis Finite Elements Reinforced Concrete Fracture Mechanics Computer Literacy for Undergraduates Nonlinear Structural Analysis of Frames Matrix Structural Analysis Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structural Analysis for Architects Prestressed Concrete Publications Archival Publications 101. Hariri-Ardebili, M.A., Saouma, V.E. and LePape, Y., 2018, A Probabilistic Framework to Predict the Alkali Silica Reaction from Accelerated Large Scale Experiment. [under preparation]
100. Saouma, V.E., Hariri-Ardebili, M.A., and Graham, L., 2019, A Stochastic Computational Method for Global Behavior of Alkali-Silica Reaction. [under preparation]
- 99. Hariri-Ardebili, M.A., Seyed-Kolbadi, S.M., Saouma, V.E., Salamon, J.W. and Nuss, L.K., 2019, Anatomy of the Vibration Characteristics in Old Arch Dams by Random Field Theory, Engineering Structures, Vol.179, pp.460-475. [Link]
- 98. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. (2019) 2nd Review Nuclear Engineering and Design On Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessment of an ASR Affected Nuclear Con-tainment Vessel Structure
- 97. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. (2019) Under Preparation; To be submitted to ACI Journal Shear Strength of AAR Affected Concrete
- 96. Saouma, V. and Hariri, M. (2018) 2nd Review, to ASCE J. of Structural Engineering Safety Assessment of ASR Affected Nuclear Reactors: Experimental and Nu-merical Studies
- 95. Hariri-Ardebili, M.A.. and Seyed-Kolbadi, S,M. and Saoumaa, V.E. and Salamon, J. and Rajagopalan, B. (2018) Random Finite Element Method for the Seismic Analysis of Gravity Dams, Vol. 71, pp. 405-420 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.096
- 94. Liaudata,J. and Carol, I. and Lopez, C. and Saouma, V. (2018) ASR Expansions in Concrete under Triaxial Confinement Cement and Concrete Composites, Feb., pp 160-170 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2017.10.010 3
- 93. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, and Merz, C. (2018) Risk-Informed Condition As-sessment of a Bridge with Alkali Aggregate Reaction, ACI Structures Journal, Vol. 115, pp. 475-487.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/51701106
- 92. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V (2018) Random Response Spectrum Analysis of Gravity Dam Classes: Simplified, Practical and Fast Approach, EERI Spectra.
https://doi.org/10.1193/021517EQS033M
- 91. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V (2017) Single and Multi-Hazard Capacity Func-tions for Concrete Dams, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 101, pp 234-249 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2017.07.009
- 90. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, (2018) Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of AAR Affected Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls, Engineering Structures V. 172, pp. 334-345.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.115
- 89. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Le Pape Y. and Balaji, R. (2016) Effect of Alkali-Silica Reaction on the Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Struc-tural Members. A Numerical and Statistical Study, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 310, pp. 295-310.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.10.012
- 88. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V. (2016) Seismic Fragility Analysis of Concrete Dams; A State-of-the-Art Review, Engineering Structures, Vol. 128, pp. 374-399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.09.034.
- 89. Na, O., and Xi, Y., and Ou, E. and Saouma, V. (2015) The Effects of Alkali-Silica Reaction on Mechanical Properties of Concrete with Three Different Types of Reactive Aggregates, Structural Concrete Vol. 17, pp. 74-83 http://doi:10.1002/suco.201400062.
- 88. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V. (2016) Sensitivity and Uncertainty Quantifica-tion of the Cohesive Crack Model Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 155, pp.
18-35 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2016.01.008
- 87. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V. (2016) Probabilistic Seismic Demand Model and Intensity Measure for Concrete Dams, Journal of Structural Safety, Vol. 59, pp. 67-85 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2015.12.001.
- 86. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Furgani, L. and Maghella, M., and Saouma, V. (2016) A new class of seismic damage and performance indices for arch dams via ETA method, Engineering Structures, V. 110 pp. 145-160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.11.021.
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- 85. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V. and Porter, K. (2016) Quantification of Seismic Potential Failure Modes in Concrete Dams, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamic, Vol. 45, pp. 979-997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2697.
- 84. Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Saouma, V. (2016) Collapse Fragility Curves for Concrete Dams; A Comprehensive Study, ASCE J. of Structural Engineering, Vol. 142, No.
10 http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001541.
- 83. Saouma, V.E. (2015) Applications of Fracture Mechanics to Cementitious Ma-terials; A Personal Perspective, in ACI SP-300 Fracture Mechanics Applications in Concrete, G.L. Cusatis Editor
- 82. Saouma, V.E. and Martin, R. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. and Katayama, T.(2015) A Math-ematical Model for the Kinetics of the Alkali Silica Chemical Reaction, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 68, pp. 184-195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2014.10.021.
- 81. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. (2014) A Proposed Aging Management Pro-gram for Alkali Silica Reactions in a Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Engineering and Structural Design, Vol 277, pp. 248-264.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2014.06.012
- 80. Hariri-Ardebili, M., Saouma, V. (2015) Quantitative Failure Metric for Gravity Dams Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 44, pages 461-480.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.2481.
- 79. Hariri, M. and Saouma, V. (2013) Impact of Near-Fault vs. Far-Field Ground Motions on the Seismic Response of an Arch Dam with Respect to Foundation Type Dam Engineering, Vol. XXIII, Issue 4, page 1-34
- 78. Saouma, V., Kang, D., Haussman, G. (2012), A Computational Finite-Element Pro-gram for Hybrid Simulation, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamic Jour-nal, Vol. 41, pp. 375-389.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.1134
- 77. Saouma, V., Haussmann, Kang, D.H, Ghannoum, W. (2014), Real Time Hybrid Sim-ulation of a Nonductile Reinforced Concrete Frame, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 2, pp. 04013059-1 -12 http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000813
- 76. Puatatsananon, W., Saouma, V.(2013) Chemo-Mechanical Micro Model for Alkali-Silica Reaction ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 110, No. 1, pp 67-78 http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/51684367
- 75. Saouma, V., Miura, F., Lebon, G. Yagome, Y. (2011), 3D Rock-Structure Interaction for Massive Concrete Structures, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, pp. 1387-1402.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-011-9261-7 5
- 74. Ghannoum, W., Saouma, V., Haussmann, G., Polkinghorne, K. and Eck, M. (2012)
Experimental Investigations of Loading Rate Effects in Reinforced Concrete Columns, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 138, pp. 1032-1041.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000540
- 73. Lebon, G., Saouma, V., Uchita, Y. (2010) 3D Rock-Dam Seismic Interaction, Dam Engineering, pp., 101-130.
- 72. Tussiwand, S., Saouma, V., Terzenbach, R., De Luca, L.Y. (2009) Fracture Mechanics of a Solid Rocket Motor Propellant Grains: Material Testing, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vo. 25, No. 1, pp. 60-73 https://doi.org/10.2514/1.34227
- 71. Puntel, E., Saouma, V. (2008), Experimental Behavior of Concrete Joints Under Cyclic Loading, ASCE J. of Structural Engineering, Vol. 134, No. 9, pp. 1558-1568.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2008)134:9(1558)
- 70. Puatatsananon, W., Saouma, V., and Slowik, V., Numerical Modeling of Heteroge-nous Material Computers and Concrete, 2008, Vol. 5, No. 3.
- 69. Saouma, V., Perotti, L., Shimpo, T. Stress Analysis of Concrete Structures Sub-jected to Alkali Aggregate Reactions, American Concrete Institute Structural Jour-nal, Vol. 104, No. 5, pp. 532-541, September-October, 2007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/18855
- 68. Saouma, V. Perotti, L., Constitutive Model for Alkali Aggregate Reactions, Amer-ican Concrete Institute, Materials Journal, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp. 194-202, May-June, 2006.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14359/15853
- 67. Puntel, E., Bolzon, G. Saouma, V., A Fracture mechanics Based Model for Joints Under Cyclic Loading, November 2006, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 132, No. 11, pp. 1151-1159.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2006)132:11(1151)
- 66. Pham, H.B., Al-Mahaidi, R., Saouma, V., Modelling of CFRP-Concrete Bond Us-ing Smeared and Discrete Cracks, Journal of Composite Structures, September 2006, Vol. 75, No. 1-4, pp. 145-150
- 65. Saouma, V., Fava, G., On Fractals and Size Effects, International Journal of Fracture Mechanics; Special Issue Prof. Bazants 70th Birthday, Vol. 137, No. 1-4, pp. 231-249, Jan. 2006.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-005-3060-6
- 64. Puatatsananon, W., Saouma, V., Reliability Analysis in Fracture Mechanics Using the First Order Reliability Method and Monte-Carlo Simulation, Fatigue &
Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 29, No. 11, pp. 959-975, Nov.
2006.
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- 63. Saouma, V., Chang, S.Y., and Sbaizero, O., Numerical Simulation of Thermal Residual Stress in Mo- and FeAl - Toughened Al2 O3 , Composites Part B: Engi-neering, Vol. 37, pp. 550-555, 2006.
- 62. Uchita, Y., Noguchi, Y. and Saouma, V. Seismic Dam Safety Research International Water Power & Dam Construction, pp. 16-22, Dec. 2005.
- 61. Saouma, V.E., Uchita, Y., Gillan, C., Shimpo, T., Centrifuge Tests of Concrete Gravity Dams Subjected to Hydrostatic and Uplift Forces, International Water Power & Dam Construction, July 2005, pp. 38-41
- 60. Saouma, V.E. Reliability Based Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics Analysis of a Dam, Dam Engineering Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 219-241, Nov. 2005.
- 59. Uchita, Y., Shimpo, T., Saouma, V., Dynamic Centrifuge Tests of Concrete Dams, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 34, pp. 1467-1487, Oct. 2005.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eqe.493
- 58. Puatatsananon, W. and Saouma, V., Nonlinear Coupling of Carbonation and Chlo-ride Diffusion in Concrete, ASCE J. of Materials Engineering, May/June 2005, pp.
264-275.
- 57. Camata, G., Spacone, E., Al-Mahaidi, R. and Saouma, V., Analysis of Test Specimens for Cohesive Near-Bond Failure of FRP-Plated Concrete, ASCE J. of Composites for Construction, pp. 528-538 Vol. 8, No. 6, December 2004
- 56. Chandra, K. and Saouma, V., Fracture of Rock-Concrete Interfaces: Laboratory Tests and Applications, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 101, No. 3, May-June 2004
- 55. ACI Committee 446 (Including Saouma), Report on Dynamic Fracture of Concrete, American Concrete Institute Report ACI 446.4R-04, 2004.
- 54. Hansen, E., Saouma, V. 3 D Nonlinear Finite Element/Fracture Mechanics Anal-ysis of a Pressurized Nuclear Reactor Container Ring, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vo. 225, pp. 1-10, 2003
- 53. Hansen, E., Saouma, V.E. Hybrid Models for 3D Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Revue Francaise de Genie Civil, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp.647-658, 2003.
- 52. Saouma, V., Natekar, D. and Hansen, E., Cohesive Stresses and Size Effects in Elasto-Plastic and Quasi-Brittle Materials, International Journal of Fracture, Vol.
119, pp. 287-298, 2003.
- 51. Saouma, V., Hansen, E., Rypl, D., 3D Nonlinear Analysis of an Arch Dam, Dam Engineering, Vol. XIV, Issue 1, June 2003.
- 50. Galvez, J.C., Cervenka, J., Cendon, D.A, Saouma, V. A Discrete Crack Approach to Normal/Shear Cracking in Concrete, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 32, pp.
1567-1585, 2002.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0008-8846(02)00825-6 7
- 49. Saouma, V. Natekar, D. and Sbaizero, O. Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis and Size Effect Study of a Metal-Reinforced Ceramics-Composite, Materials Science and Engineering A, A323, pp. 129-137, 2002.
- 48. Saouma, V.E. and Natekar,D., Cohesive Stresses and Size Effect in Quasi-Brittle Material, Sadhana, Journal of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Vol. 27, No.
126, Aug. 2002, pp. 461-466.
- 47. Denarie, E., Saouma, V., Iocco, A, and Varelas, D., Concrete Fracture Process Zone Characterization with Fiber Optics, ASCE J. of Eng. Mechanics, Vol. 127, No. 5, May 2001, pp. 494-502.
- 46. Slowik, V. and Saouma, V. Water Pressures in Propagating Concrete Cracks, ASCE J. of Structural Division, Vol. 126, No.2, pp. 235-242, Feb, 2000
- 45. Slowik, V. and Saouma, V. Water Pressures in Propagating Concrete Cracks, ASCE J. of Structural Division, Vol. 126, No.2, pp. 235-242, Feb, 2000
- 44. Hansen, E. and Saouma, V., Numerical Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Deteri-oration; Part II: Steel Corrosion and Concrete Cracking, ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 96, No. 3, pp. , 1999.
- 43. Hansen, E. and Saouma, V., Numerical Simulation of Reinforced Concrete Dete-rioration; Part I: Chloride Diffusion, ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 96, No. 2, pp.
173-180, 1999.
- 42. Slowik, V., Kishen, C. and Saouma, V., Mixed Mode Fracture of Cementitious Bi-material interfaces; Part I: Experimental Results, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol 60, No. 1, pp. 83-94, May 1998.
- 41. Cervenka, J., Kishen, C. and Saouma, V., Mixed Mode Fracture of Cementitious Bimaterial interfaces; Part II: Numerical Simulation, Engineering Fracture Me-chanics, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp.95-107, May 1998.
- 40. Saouma, V. and Morris, D., Application of Fracture Mechanics to Concrete Dams; A Detailed Case Study, to Dam Engineering, Vol. IX, No. 4, pp. 321-344, 1998
- 39. Saouma, V. Anderson, D., Ostrander, K., Slowik, V., Application of Fiber Braggg Gratings in Local and Remote Infrastructure Health Monitoring, pp. 259-266, May 1998 Materials and Structures; RILEM,
- 38. Cervenka, J. and Saouma, V., Numerical Evaluation of 3D SIF for Arbitrary Finite Element Meshes, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 57, No. 5, July 1997, pp.541-563.
- 37. Shinmura, A. and Saouma, V. Fluid Fracture Interaction in Pressurized Rein-forced Concrete Structures, Materials and Structures; RILEM, Vol 30, N0. 196, March 1997, pp. 72-80.
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- 36. Saouma, V. and Morris, D., Improving Concrete Dam Safety Evaluation: A Look at Recent Contributions. Hydro Review, Vol. 16, No. 7, Dec. 1997, pp. 65-73
- 35. Slowik, V., and Saouma, V.E., Large Scale Direct Tension Test of Concrete Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 949-954, 1996.
- 34. Slowik, V., Plizzari, G., and Saouma, V.E., Fracture of Concrete Under Variable Amplitude Fatigue Loading, ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 93, No. 3, pp. 272-283, May-June 1996.
- 33. Saouma, V.E., Milner, D., On Why Fracture Mechanics should be Used in Dam Safety Evaluation, Dam Engineering, Vol 7, No. 3, pp. 215-231, Oct. 1996.
- 32. Bruhwiler, E., and Saouma, V.E., Water Fracture Interaction in Cracked Concrete; I Fracture Properties, ACI Materials Journal Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 296-303, 1995
- 31. Bruhwiler, E., and Saouma, V.E., Water Fracture Interaction in Cracked Concrete; II Hydrostatic Pressure in Cracks, ACI Materials Journal. Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 383-390, 1995
- 30. Bruhwiler, E., and Saouma, V.E., Water Fracture Interaction in Cracked Concrete; I Fracture Properties, ACI Materials Journal Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 296-303, 1995
- 29. Bruhwiler, E., and Saouma, V.E., Water Fracture Interaction in Cracked Concrete; II Hydrostatic Pressure in Cracks, ACI Materials Journal. Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 383-390, 1995
- 28. Plizzari, G., Waggoner, F. and Saouma, V., Centrifuge Modeling and Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 121, No. 10, pp. 1471-1479, Oct. 1995.
- 27. Dewey, R., Reich, R., and Saouma, V.E., Uplift Modelling for Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams, ASCE Journal of Structural Division, Vol. 120, No. 10, pp. 3025-3044, Oct. 1994.
- 26. Reich, R., Saouma, V. and Chasten, C., Mississipi River: Dam 27 by Pass Canal.
Fracture Mechanics Based Analysis of a Gravity Lock Monolith, Int. J. of Dam Engineering, Volume 5, No. 3, October 1994.
- 25. Saouma, V.E., and Barton, C., Fractals, Fractures and Size Effects in Concrete, ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 120, No. 4, April 1994.
- 24. Waggoner, F., Plizzari, G. and Saouma, V., Centrifuge Tests of Concrete Gravity Dams, Int. J. of Dam Engineering, Vo. IV, No. 3, pp. 145-171, 1993.
- 23. Saouma, V.E., Broz, J., and Boggs, H.L., Effect of Aggregate and Specimen Size on Fracture Properties of Dam Concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil En-gineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 204-218, Aug. 1991.
- 22. Broz, J., Saouma, V.E., Bruhwiler, E., and Boggs, H., Fracture Mechanics Experi-ments in a Centrifuge, Centrifuge-91, pp. 575-582, Balkema, 1991.
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- 21. Saouma, V.E., Broz, J., and Boggs, H.L., Bruhwiler, E., In-situ Field Testing for Frac-ture Properties of Dam Concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 219-234, Aug. 1991.
- 20. Bruhwiler, E., Broz, J., and Saouma, V.E., Fracture Model Evaluation of Dam Concrete, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 235-251, Oct. 1991.
- 19. Ayari, M.L., and Saouma, V.E. Static and Dynamic Contact/Impact Problems Using Fictitious Forces, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 623-644, Aug. 1991.
- 18. Dungar, R., Saouma, V., Whittman, F., Conference Report: The Application of Fracture Mechanics to Dam Engineering Dam Engineering, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 3-20, 1991.
- 17. Saouma, V.E., Bruhwiler, E., and Boggs, H.L., A Review of Fracture Mechanics Applied to Concrete Dams, Int. J. of Dam Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 41-57, Jan. 1990.
- 16. Ayari, M., and Saouma, V.E., A Fracture Mechanics Based Seismic Analysis of Cracked Concrete Gravity Dams Using Discrete Cracks, Engineering Fracture Mechanics Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1990.
- 15. Saouma, V.E., Barton, C., and Gamal-El-Din, N., Fractal Characterization of Frac-ture Surfaces in Concrete, Engineering Fracture Mechanics Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1990.
- 14. Sikiotis, E.S., Saouma, V.E., Long, M., and Roggers, W., Finite Element Based Op-timization of Complex Structures on a Cray/XMP Supercomputer, Computers and Structures, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 901-911, 1990.
- 13. Saouma, V.E., Doshi, S., and Jones, M., Architecture of an Expert System Based Code Checker, Int. J. for Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2, PP. 49-56, 1989.
- 12. Sikiotis, E.S., and Saouma, V.E., Parallel Structural Optimization on a Network of Computer Workstations, Computers and Structures, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 141-150, 1988.
- 11. Jones, M., and Saouma, V.E., A Prototype Hybrid Expert System for Structural Design, ASCE J. of Computing, V. 2, No. 2, pp. 136-143, 1988.
- 10. Sikiotis, E.S., and Saouma, V.E., Optimum Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames Using Interactive Computer Graphics, Engineering with Computers, V. 3, pp. 101-110, 1987.
- 9. Saouma, V.E. Ayari, M., and Leavell, D., Mixed Mode Crack Propagation in Ho-mogeneous Anisotropic Body, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.
171-184, 1987.
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- 8. Saouma, V.E., and Sikiotis, E.S., Stress Intensity Factors in Anisotropic Bodies Using Singular Isoparametric Elements, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 115-121, 1986.
- 7. Saouma, V.E., and Sikiotis, E.S., Interactive Graphics Nonlinear Constrained Op-timization, Computer and Structures, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 759-769, 1985.
- 6. Saouma, V.E., and Sikiotis, E.S., Computer Graphics Aided Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Concrete International, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 25-30, June 1985.
- 5. Saouma, V.E., and Murad, R., Partially Prestressed Concrete Beam Optimization, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol, 110, ST3, pp. 589-604, 1984
- 4. Ingraffea, A.R., Gerstle, W.H. Gergely, P., and Saouma, V.E., Fracture Mechanics of Bond in Reinforced Concrete, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 110, ST4, pp. 871-890, 1984
- 3. Saouma, V.E., and Zatz, I.J., An Automated Finite Element Procedure for Fa-tigue Crack Propagation Analysis, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 321-333, 1984.
- 2. Saouma, V.E., and Schwemmer, D., Numerical Evaluation of the Quarter Point Singular Element, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering Vol. 20, pp. 1629-1641, 1984.
- 1. Saouma, V.E., Ingraffea, A.R., and Catalano, D., Fracture Toughness of Concrete; Kic Revisited, Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE, Vol. 108, No.
EM6, pp. 1152-1166, 1982.
Major Conference Organizer
- 9th International Conference of the International Association of Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, IA-FraMCoS, Berkeley, CA, June 2016 (235 partici-pants, 205 presentations, 32 countries) http://framcoss.org/FraMCoS-0.php Special Reviewed Publication
- 26. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. Long Term Assessment of Dams Suffering from Alkali Aggregate Reaction State of the Art Review Under Preparation for the US Bureau of Reclamation
- 25. Saouma, V. and Hariri-Ardebili, M. Road Map for the Structural Assessment of Concrete Dams Suffering from ASR; Application to Seminoe Dam 11
- 24. Saouma, V. (Editor) &, Fournier, B. and Katayama, T. and Leemann, A. and Lothenbach, B. and Martin, R.P. and Menendez, E. and Sanchez, L. and Sellier, A. and Wood, J.
Diagnosis & Prognosis of AAR in Existing Structures Technical Report to be Published by RILEM
- 23. Saouma, V., Spark, R. and Graff, D. (2017) Design of an AAR Prone Concrete Mix for Large Scale Testing, NRC Grant NRC-HQ-60-14-G-0010.
- 22. Saouma, V., Howard, D., Graff, D., and Hariri, M. (2017) AAR Expansion; Effect of Reinforcement, Specimen Type, and Temperature, NRC Grant NRC-HQ-60 G-0010.
- 21. Saouma, V., Graff, D., Howard, D. and Hariri, M. (2017) Effect of AAR on Shear Strength of Panels, NRC Grant NRC-HQ-60-14-G-0010.
- 20. Saouma, V. and Hariri, M.(2017) Risk Based Assessment of the Effect of AAR on Shear Walls Strength, NRC Grant NRC-HQ-60-14-G-0010.
- 19. Saouma, V. and Hariri, M. (2017) Probabilistic Based Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Nuclear Containment Vessel Structures with AAR, NRC Grant NRC-HQ 14-G-0010.
- 18. Saouma, V. (2017) Structural Modeling of Nuclear Containment Structures, Spe-cial publication by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
- 17. Hariri-Ardebili, M., Saouma, V., LePape, Y. (2016) Independent Modelling of the Alkali-Silica Reaction: Mock-up Test Block, Report ORNL/TM-2016/537
- 16. Saouma, V., Hariri-Ardebili, Puatatsananon, W., and Le Pape, Y. (2015) . Prelim-inary Results on the Alkali-Silica Reaction in Massive Reinforced Concrete Structures: Numerical Simulations of Coupled Moisture Transport and Heat Transfer and Structural Significance of Internal Expansion, ORNL/TM-2014/489
- 15. Saouma, V., Hariri-Ardebili, M., and Le Pape, Y. (2015) Effect of Alkali-Silica Reac-tion on Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Structural Members, ORNL/TM-2015/588.
- 14. Saouma, V.E. (2013) Numerical Modeling of AAR, 320 pages, Taylor& Francis;
- 13. Graves, H., Le Pape, Y., Naus, D., Rashid, J., Saouma, V., Sheikh, A., Wall, J. Expanded Material Degradation Assessment (EMDA), Volume 4: Aging of Concrete Technical Re-port NUREG/CR7153, Vol. 4; ORNL/TM-2013/532.
- 12. Saouma, V.E. and Sivaselvan, M.V. (Eds.) (2008) Hybrid Simulation; Theory, Im-plementation and Applications, Taylor & Francis.
- 11. Bourdarot, E., Mazars, J., and Saouma, V.E. (Eds.), Fracture and Failure of Concrete Dams, Balkema, 1994.
- 10. Reich, R. and Saouma, Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Gravity Lock Monolith, Engineering Technical Letter, No. ETL 1110-2-344, US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works, Engineering Division, Nov. 1992.
- 9. Plizzari, G., Saouma, V.E., and Waggoner, F., Sperimentazione in Centrifuga di Dighe a Gravita in Calcestruzzo, Studi e Ricerche, Vol. 13, Scuola di Specializzazione in Costruzioni in C.C., Fratelli Pesenti, Politecnico di Milano, pp. 359-394, 1992.
- 8. Saouma, V.E., and Bruhwiler, E., Engineering and Design Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Concrete Hydraulic Structures, Engineering Technical Letter, No. ETL 1110-2-8003, US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works, Engineering Division, Nov. 1991.
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- 7. Saouma, V.E., Dungar, R., and Morris, D., (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Dam Fracture, GS-7491, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo-Alto, Sept. 1991.
- 6. Saouma, V.E., Innovative Analysis and Design Procedures for Concrete and Arch Dams, in Jubillee Volume commemorating the retirement of Prof. L. Serafim, Coimbra, Portugal, Oct. 1991.
- 5. Saouma, V.E., Ayari, M.L., and Boggs, Static and Dynamic Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, in Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, From Theory to Applications, L. Elfgren Editor, pp. 336-354, Chapman and Hall, 1989.
- 4. Computer Application in Concrete Technology, ACI, SP106, 1988.
- 3. Saouma, V.E., Ayari, M.L., and Boggs, H., Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, in Fracture of Concrete and Rock, S. Swartz, and S. Shah Editors, pp. 311-333, Springer-Verlag, 1989, (Translated into Chinese).
- 2. Saouma, V.E., Sikiotis, E.S., On the Optimization of Partially Prestressed Con-crete Beams, in Partial Prestressing, From Theory to Practice M.Z. Cohn, Ed., PP.
411-425, Martinus Nijohoff Publ., 1986.
- 1. Ingraffea, A.R., Saouma, V.E., Numerical Modelling of Discrete Crack Propaga-tion in Reinforced and Plain Concrete, in fracture Mechanics of Concrete, Structural Application and Numerical Calculation, G.C. Sih, and A. de Tomaso, Editors, Martinus Nijhoff Publ., 1984.
Funded Research Principal Investigator Jan. 2018- Long Tern Assessment of Dams Suffering US Bureau of Recla- $592,327 Dec. 2020 from Alkali Aggregate Reaction mation May. 16- Independent Modeling of the Alkali-Silica Oak Ridge National $ 60,000 Sept. 16. Reaction Mock-Up Test Block Laboratory Oct. 14 - Experimental and Numerical Investiga- Nuclear Regulatory $ 703,197 Sept. 17 tion of Alkali-Silica Reactors Commission May Report on Numerical Modeling of Nuclear Electric Power Re- $35,000 16-Dec 16 Structures search Institute Jan. 15 - Alkali-Silica Reaction in Nuclear Power Oak Ridge National $ 36,000 Aug. 15 Plants Laboratory Jan. 14 - Alkali-Silica Reaction in Nuclear Power Oak Ridge National $ 138,000 Jan. 14 Plants Laboratory Oct 12 - Developing Corporate Performance-Based Enerjisa, Turkey $48,500 Dec 12 Seismic Design Guideline Works Oct. 09 - Unconventional Fracture Tests for Crystal Progress Energy $130,000 Dec. 10 River Project Oct. 08- Development of Finite Element Code Mer- NEESinc $120,000 Nov. 09 cury 13
Jul. 08 - 3D Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Dams; Tokyo Electric Power $1,000,000 Mar. 10 Software Development and Technical Sup- Service Company port.
Jul. 07 - AAR Expansion in Concrete under Triax- Tokyo Electric Power $120,000 Mar. 10 ial Confinement. Service Company September NEESinc Workshop Organiza- $7,500 07 tion at CU-NEES Jul. 06 - AAR Expansion in Concrete under Triax- Tokyo Electric Power $64,000 Mar. 07 ial Confinement. Service Company Jul. 06 - Life Prediction of AAR Affected Struc- Tokyo Electric Power $20,000 Mar. 07 tures Service Company Jul. 06 - 3D Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Dams; Tokyo Electric Power $150,000 Mar. 07 Software Development and Technical Sup- Service Company port.
Jul. 06 Integration of Fast Hybrid Testing with a University of Colorado $28,000 Cluster of 124 CPU (Prof. Cai, Co-Pi)
Jan. 06- Operation and Maintenance of the Col- National Science Foun- $949,063 Sep. 09 orado NEES Site dation Nov. 05 - Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics of Solid Bayern-Chemie -
Mar. 06 Rocket Propellant GmbH, Aschau/Inn, Germany Jun. 05 - Nonlinear Simulation of an AAR Affected Tokyo Electric Power $20,000 Mar. 06 High Voltage Transmission Tower Service Company Dec-04 - Numerical Simulation AAR Deterioration Tokyo Electric Power $ 10,000 Mar. 05 in a High Voltage Transmission Tower Service Company Jan. 03 - Cyclic Response of Concrete Joints Italian Ministry of Re- 38,000 Dec. 04 search Euro Mar. 02 - Generation of a 3D Finite Element Mesh Electricite de France 10,000 Dec.02 for a Nuclear Reactor Panel Euro Jan Numerical Investigation of Alkali- FOWG, Switzerland CHF Dec-04 Aggregate Reactions in Dams 100,000 Aug. 02 - Static and Dynamic Dam Safety Investi- Tokyo Electric Power $ 891,599 Mar. 07 gation Using Fracture Mechanics Service Company Aug. 00 - Static and Dynamic Dam Safety Investi- Tokyo Electric Power $ 635,423 Jul. 02 gation Using Fracture Mechanics Service Company Jun. 00 - Deterioration of Reinforced Concrete; A National Science Foun- $ 128,000 May 02 Fracture Mechanics Approach dation Jan.94 - Mixed Mode Testing of Rock/Concrete In- Electric Power Re- $ 57,000 Aug. 94 terfaces search institute Aug. 93 - Development of Instructional Work- Univ. of Colorado $ 20,000 Jul. 94 benches for Small Scale Structural Testing 14
Jan. 93 - Large Scale Mixed Mode Testing of Electric Power Re- $ 171,312 Dec. 93 Rock/Concrete Interfaces search Institute Jan. 90 - Uplift Pressure in Dam Cracks under Seis- Electric Power Re- $ 150,000 Dec. 91 mic Loading, and 3D Fracture Analysis of search Institute, Concrete Gravity Dams and Pacific Gas and Electric Jun. 89 - Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams: Electric Power Re- $ 592,000 May 92 Part II From Theory to Applications; search Institute Static Case.
May 89 - Effect of Uplift Pressure on Fracture Electric Power Re- $ 41,857 Aug. 90 Characterization of Concrete: Design and search Institute Evaluation of Testing Procedure Jul. 88 Donation of two Apollo DN3500 worksta- Apollo Computer $ 54,000.
tions Feb. 88 - Design and Checking Automation of Re- U.S. Army Corps of $ 60,037.
Jan. 89 inforced Concrete Structures Engineers Feb. 88 - Load Module Development for 3DSAD U.S. Army Corps of $ 42,493.
Jan. 89 Engineers Dec. 87 - Integrated Computer Aided Design of General Dynamics, $ 21,000.
Feb. 88 Complex Structures Advanced Analysis Group Dec. 87 - Implementation of a Distributed Finite Cray Research Computer Jun. 88 Element Based Structural Optimization and Tech-Program on a CRAY/XMP nical Support Jun. 87 - Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams Electric Power Re- $ 131,809 Nov. 88 search Institute Dec. 86 - Elasto-Plastic Fracture Mechanics of National Bureau of $ 9,594.
Sep. 87 Welded Plates Standards Sep. 86 - Instructional Expert System for ACI Code University of Colorado $ 3,998.
Jun. 87 Provisions Sep. 86 - Expert System Development for R/C U.S. Army Corps of $ 99,820.
Aug. 87 Beam Design Checking; Part I. Engineers Aug. 86 - Finite Element Simulation of Rock Hy- U.S. Army Corps of $ 7,200.
Dec. 86 drofracture near a Subsurface Cavity Engineers Sep. 85 - Engineering Research Equipment National Science Foun- $ 76,400.
Aug 86 Grant: Network of High Performance dation Computational Workstations (Co P.I.
K. Willam. C. Gustafson)
Matching Fund University of Colorado $ 50,000.
Feb. 86 - An Automated Model for the Load Defini- U.S. Army Corps of $ 13,000.
Sep. 86 tion Module of the 3DSAC CDAMS Pro- Engineers gram 15
Oct. 85 - Implementation of an Integrated Fatigue General Dynamics, $ 47,000.
Sep. 86 Life Prediction Program on a Cray Fort-Worth, TX Sep. 85 - Application of Artificial Intelligence to CRCW, Univ. of Col- $ 2,500.
May 86 Reinforced Concrete Design orado Sep. 85 - Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams Bureau of Reclamation $ 9,995.
Aug. 86 Aug. 85 - Numerical and Experimental Studies on PCS Mining, Sas- $ 17,000.
Dec. 85 Bitt Cutter Performance katchewan Oct. 83 - Partially Prestressed Concrete Beam Op- National Science Foun- $ 47,967.
Nov. 85 timization dation; Research Initi-ation Grant Co-Principal Investigator Apr 89 - Brittle-Ductile Failure Mechanics of Mor- US-AFOSR $ 137,971.
Mar 91 tar and Concrete (Co P.I. K. Willam & S.
Sture)
Personal Contribution 33.3% $45,990 Jul. 88 - Load Prediction and Structural Response Federal Highway $ 800,000.
Jan. 91 of Bridges (Co-P.I. G. Goble, D. Fran- Agency gopol, J. Dow)
Personal Contribution 10% $80,000 Jun. 88 - Simulation of Progressive Failure in Solids National Science Foun- $ 191,000.
May 89 and Structures (Co-P.I. K. Willam, S. dation Sture)
Matching Fund University of Colorado $ 15,000.
Personal Contribution 25% $51,500 Oct. 87 - Simple Load Capacity Tests for Bridges to Pennsylvania Depart- $ 220,572.
Sep. 89 Determine Load Posting Levels (Co P.I. ment of Transporta-G. Goble, D. Frangopol) tion Personal Contribution 33% $72,788 Aug. 87 - Brittle-Ductile Failure Mechanics of Mor- US-AFOSR $ 50,000.
Jul. 88 tar and Concrete (Co P.I. K. Willam & S.
Sture)
Personal Contribution 15% $7,500 Wrote final proposal for the establishment of the Bechtel Computer Aided Design Labo-ratory, $1,000,000.
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Short Courses
- 1. Fracture Mechanics; University of Rome (Roma 3), July 2011
- 2. Fracture Mechanics; Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Summer 2010.
- 3. Short course on AAR, Paris, October 2009.
- 4. Workshop on Dam Research Needs, Boulder Sept. 2007
- 5. Workshop on Fast Hybrid Simulation, Boulder Aug. 2007
- 6. Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Massive Concrete Structures; Boulder, CO, April 2007
- 7. Workshop on Fast Hybrid Simulation, Boulder Nov. 2006
- 8. Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Massive Concrete Structures; Boulder, CO, April 2005
- 9. Alkali Aggregate Reactions; and Dynamic Analysis of Dams;International Center for Structure mechanics (CISM), Udine, December 2004.
- 10. Nonlinear Dynamics of Concrete Dams, 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> in a Course at the Politecnico of Milan on Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Structures, July 2004.
- 11. Recent Advances in Engineering for Concrete Dams, with Dungar, R., and Boggs, H.; 58 Participants from 14 countries, Sept. 9-10 1991 Boulder CO.
Invited Papers
- 18. Saouma V. and Hariri, M. (2018) Probabilistic Cracking, Ageing and Shaking of Concrete Dams, International Symposium on Dam Safety, Istanbul Turkey.
- 17. Saouma, V. (2016) Size Effect: From Irwin to Bazant and Mandelbrot, invited paper to the first Bazant Workshop at the 9th triennial Conference organized by the International Association for Fracture of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Berkeley, June 2016.
- 16. Saouma, V. (2013) Application of the Cohesive Crack Models to Concrete, Ce-ramics and Polymers Keynote Lecture at the 8th triennial Conference organized by the International Association for Fracture of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Toledo, April 2013.
- 15. Saouma, V. and Puatatsananon, W. Chemo-Mechanical Model for Alkali-Silica Reaction, 1st International Conference on Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete, Aix-en-Provence, May 2012.
- 14. Saouma, V., Uchita, Y., Yagome, Y. Research needs in Seismic Safety of Dams, Proceedings of the 4th US-Japan Workshop on Advanced Research on Dams, Technical Memorandum No. 4075, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, pp. 279-293 May, 2007.
- 13. Saouma, V. Advanced Joint Modelling, in NW-IALAD, European network on Dam Engineering, Barcelona, November, 2004.
- 12. Saouma, V. Nonlinear Dynamics of Concrete Joints; from Theory to Dam Ap-plications, in NW-IALAD, European network on Dam Engineering, Zurich, Sept. 2004.
- 11. Saouma, V. and Chang, S.Y., Numerical Simulation of Reinforced Concrete De-terioration due to Steel Corrosion, Freezing-Thawing and Mechanical Load Effects in Life-Cycle Performance of Deteriorating Structures: Assessment, Design and 17
Management, Special Publication of ASCE, Eds., D.M. Frangopol, E. Bruhwiler, M.H.
Faber, and B. Adey, 2003
- 10. Saouma, V.E. and Uchita, T., 3D Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Concrete Dams, ICANCEER International Conference on Advances and New Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research, Harbin, PRC, Aug. 2002
- 9. Saouma, V.E., Numerical Simulation of Concrete Deterioration, NSF Workshop, Prague, July 2002
- 8. Saouma V. E., Cervenka J., Finite Element Analysis of R/C Strucutres A Hybrid Approach, US Japan Seminar on Post-Peak Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Seismic Loads Lake Yamanaka, Oct. 25-29, 1999.
- 7. Saouma V. E., Cervenka J., Slowik V., & Chandra Kishen J. M., Mixed mode fracture of rock-concrete interfaces, US-Europe Workshop on Fracture and Damage of Quasi-Brittle Materials: Experiment, Modeling and Computer Analysi, Prague, Czech Republic, Sep. 21-23, 1994.
- 6. Saouma, V.E., Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, Keynote Speaker at the Fracture Mechanics for Hydroelectric Power Systems Symposium, Vancouver, September 1994.
- 5. Saouma, V.E., Size Effects and Fractal Analysis of Concrete; Byproducts of a Dam Fracture Research Project; Int. Conference on Size Effect Sendai Japan, Nov.
1993.
- 4. Reich, R., Cervenka, J., Plizzari, G., and Saouma, V., Implementation and Validation of a Nonlinear Fracture Model in a 2D/3D Finite Element Code, First Bolomey Workshop, ETH, Zurich, July 1992.
- 3. Saouma, V., Cervenka, J., Keating, S., Reich, R., and Waggoner, F., Fracture Mechan-ics of Concrete Dams, Int. Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Breckenridge, CO, June 1992.
- 2. Saouma, V.E., Reich, R., Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Lock and Dam 27, US Army Corps of Engineers Structures Conference, Jacksonville, July 1991.
- 1. Saouma, V.E., Ayari, M., and Boggs, H., Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, Fracture of Dams, Session, International Conference on Fracture of Concrete and Rock, Houston, June 1987, Springer-Verlag, pp.311-333.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
- 50. Y. Le Pape, V. Saouma, Z. J. Ma, J. V. Cabage, M. Guimaraes, K.G. Field, C.H. Mattus, D.J. Naus, J.T. Busby, Significance of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Nuclear Safety-Related Concrete Structures, Fontevraud 8 - Contribution of Materials Investigations and Operating Experience to LWRs Safety, Performance and Reliability France, Avignon
- 2014, September 14-18
- 49. Puntel, E. and Saouma, V. Experimental Behaviour of Concrete Joint Interfaces Under Reversed Cyclic Loading, in Analytical Models and New Concepts in Concrete and Masonry Structures, AMCM2008, Lodz, Poland, June 2008.
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- 48. Uruchida, S., Yagome, Y., Kubota, K., Uchita, Y., Saouma, V., Experimental Investi-gation of Dynamic Uplift in Concrete Gravity Dams, rm ICOLD Annual Meeting Symposium, St Petersburg, June 2007
- 47. Al-Mahaidi, R., Pham, H.B., Saouma, V., Discrete-Smeared Crack Finite Element Mechanisms in RC Members, 8th International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Poly-mer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, FRPRCS-8, Patras, July 2006
- 46. Pham, H.B., Al-Mahaidi, R., Saouma, V., Modelling of CFRP-Concrete Bond Us-ing Smeared and Discrete Cracks, International Symposium on Bond Behaviour of FRP in Structures (BBFS 2005), Chen and Teng (eds.), 2005
- 45. Saouma, V., Perotti, L. Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Dams; Stress Analysis and Long Term Predictions, American State Dam Safety Official (ASDSO) Conference on Dam Safety, New Orleans, Sept. 2005.
- 44. Uruchida, S., Shimpo, T., Uchita, Y., Yagome, Y., Saouma, V. Dynamic Centrifuge Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dam, 73rd Annual Meeting of ICOLD, Teheran, IRAN, paper No. 085-04, 2005
- 43. Puntel, E., Bolzon, G., Saouma, V., Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Joints Subjected to Cyclic Loading, International Conference on Fracture Mechanics, Torino, page 396, March 2005.
- 42. de Sanctis, F., Saouma, V. Viggiani, G. and Denarie, E. Fracture Mechanics Charac-terization of Fine-Grained Tuff EURO-Conference on Rock Physics and Geomechan-ics, Postdam, 20-23 Sept. 2004.
- 41. Noguchi, H., and Saouma, V., An Investigation of Freeze-Thaw in Dam Concrete; Experimental and Numerical Study, in Proceedings of Concrete Under Severe Con-ditions, Oh, B.H. Editor, Korea Concrete Institute, pp. 506-513, 2004
- 40. Camata G., Spacone E. and Saouma V., Nonlinear modeling of debonding failure of RC structural members srengthened with FRP laminates, Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-6), Singapore, July, 2003.
- 39. Camata G., Spacone E. and Saouma V., Modeling FRP strengthened reinforced concrete structural members using nonlinear finite elements, fib-Symposium Concrete Structures in Seismic Regions, May 6-9, Athens, 2003.
- 38. Camata G., Spacone E. and Saouma V., Nonlinear Fracture mechanics analysis of brittle failure modes of post-strengthening aged/damaged Reinforced Con-crete structural members with Fiber Reinforced Polymer materials, proceedings of Bond in Concrete - from research to standards, Budapest, November 2002.
- 37. Hansen E.J. and Saouma, V.E., Numerical Simulation of Reinforced Concrete De-terioration, FRAMCOS-3 Proceedings, pp 1655-1668, Mihashi and Rokugo Eds., AED-IFICATIO publishers, 1998.
- 36. Shinmura, A. and Saouma, V.E., The Study of Water Leakage Through Fracture in Reinforced Concrete, FRAMCOS-3 Proceedings, pp 1677-1686, Mihashi and Rokugo Eds., AEDIFICATIO publishers, 1998.
- 35. Plizzari, G., Saouma, V.E, and Slowik, V., Comportamento del Calcestruzzo Fes-surato in Presenza di Carichi Ciclici di Ampiezza Variabile, Gruppo Italiano Frattura, (IGF 11), pp. 297-306, Brescia, 1995.
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- 34. Slowik, F., Kishen, C., Saouma, V., and Morris, D., Rock/Concrete Cracks; Myths and Realities, WaterPower 1995, San-Francisco, July 1995.
- 33. Cervenka, J., Saouma, V. and Morris, D., MERLIN: a 2D/3D Finite Element Pro-gram for Safety Assessment of Cracked Dams, WaterPower 1995, San-Francisco, July 1995.
- 32. Plizzari, G., and Saouma, V., Linear or Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics of Con-crete? Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fracture Mechanics for Con-crete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS2), Wittmann, F.H. (Ed.), Zurich, July 1995.
- 31. Slowik, F. and Saouma, V., Transient Fluid Fracture Interaction, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS2), Wittmann, F.H. (Ed.), Zurich, July 1995.
- 30. Cervenka, J., and Saouma, V., Discrete Crack Modeling in Concrete Structures, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fracture Mechanics for Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS2), Wittmann, F.H. (Ed.), Zurich, July 1995.
- 29. Cervenka, J., Boggs, H., Plizzari, G., and Saouma, V., Non-Linear Analysis of Joint Behavior Under Thermal and Hydrostatic Loads for an Arch Dam, Third Bench-mark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams, ICOLD, Paris, Spetember, 1994, Vol 1, pp. 255-277.
- 28. Cervenka, J., Boggs, H., Plizzari, G., and Saouma, V., Evaluation of Critical Uniform Temperature Decrease of a Cracked Buttress Dam. Third Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams, ICOLD, Paris, Spetember, 1994, Vol 2, pp. 467-485.
- 27. Reich, R., Cervenka, J., and Saouma, V., MERLIN: A Computational Environment for 2D/3D Discrete Fracture Analysis, Proceedings of the EURO-C 1994 Conference on Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures, 1994.
- 26. Slowik, V., and Saouma, V., Investigation on Cracking of Concrete with Applica-tions to the Seismic Safety of Dams, Proceedings of the EURO-C 1994 Conference on Computational Modeling of Concrete Structures, 1994.
- 25. Saouma, V.E., Boggs, H., and Morris, D., Safety Assessment of Concrete Dams Using Fracture Mechanics, Q.68, R.84, Proceedings of the 18th ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dam) Conference, pp. 1415-1435, Durban 1994.
- 24. Perrone, C., Songer, A.D., and Saouma, V., A Hypermedia-Based Framework for an Integrated Civil Engineering Curriculum, American Society of Engineering Ed-ucation, Gulf-Southwest Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 1993
- 23. Songer, A.D., Perrone, C., and Saouma, V., aHyper CE: Computer Aided Instruc-tion for the Introduction to Civil and Architectural Engineering, American Society of Engineering Education, Gulf-Southwest Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 1993
- 22. Saouma, V., Cervenka, J., Keating, S., Reich, R., and Waggoner, F., Fracture Mechan-ics of Concrete Dams, Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Elsevier Applied Science, pp. 404-412, 1992.
- 21. Reich, J., Cervenka, J., and Saouma, V., Computational Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, ASCE Specialty Conference in Computational Mechanics, Texas, 1992.
- 20. Reich, R., Cervenka, and Saouma, V.E., Numerical Techniques for 2D and 3D Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics Based Analysis of Dams, Proceedings of the Int.
Conf. on Dam Fracture, pp. 163-182, Boulder CO. Published by Electric Power Research 20
Institute, GS-7491, Palo-Alto, Sept. 1991.
- 19. Saouma, V.E., Bruhwiler, E., Keating, S., Ryan, J., and Schulz, J., Innovative Fracture Testing Techniques for Dam Engineering, Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Dam Fracture, pp. 459-475, Boulder CO. Published by Electric Power Research Institute, GS-7491, Palo-Alto, Sept. 1991.
- 18. Bruhwiler, E., and Saouma, V.E., Water Fracture Interaction in Cracked Concrete Dams, Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Dam Fracture, pp. 551-567, Boulder CO.
Published by Electric Power Research Institute, GS-7491, Palo-Alto, Sept. 1991.
- 17. Saouma, V.E., Bruhwiler, E., Boggs, H., and Morris, D., A Comprehensive Inves-tigation of Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, Workshop on Application of Fracture Mechanics to Dam Engineering, Locarno, Sept. 17-18, 1990
- 16. Bruhwiler, E., and Saouma, V.E., Fracture Testing of Rock by the Wedge Splitting Test, Proceedings of the 31st US Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 1990, Golden CO, pp. 287-294
- 15. Saouma, V., Dambowy, J., and Commander, B., Automated Design of R/C Struc-tures from Graphics to Expert Systems, Proceedings of the second Int. Conference on Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures, pp. 479-489, Zell-Am-See, Pineridge Press, Vol. 1, N. Bicanic and H. Mang Ed.
- 14. Saouma,V.E., Broz, J.J., Boggs, H.L., and Bruhwiler, E. A Comprehensive Investi-gation of Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, International Symposium on An-alytical Evaluation of Dam Related Safety Problems, Theme A: Concrete Dams-Fracture Problems, ICOLD 57th Executive Meeting, Copenhagen, July 1989.
- 13. Saouma, V.E., Doshi, S., Jones, M.S., Sikiotis, E.S., Research in Computer Aided Design of Reinforced Concrete at the University of Colorado, Proceedings of the ACI Symposium on Usage of Computers, San Antonio, 1987.
- 12. Saouma, V.E., Droz, P., Mixed Mode Blunt Crack Instability Using a Path Inde-pendent Contour Integral, Proceedings of the 8th Int. Conf. on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Brussels, Aug. 1985.
- 11. Saouma, V.E., Computer Graphics Aided Simulation of Crack Propagation, Pro-ceedings of the XIII International Finite Element Congress, Baden Baden, W. Germany, Nov. 19-20, 1984.
- 10. Saouma, V.E., and Sikiotis, E.S., Interactive Computer Graphics in the Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures, pp. 937-950, Pineridge Press, 1984.
- 9. Saouma, V.E., Jones, M.S., Jones, R.A., CAI of Structural Analysis and CAE Lab-oratory Development, Proceedings of the National Conference on University Programs in Computer Aided Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing, Lehigh University, 1984, pp. 179-185.
- 8. Saouma, V.E., and Sikiotis, E.S., Application of Partial Prestressing Optimization, NATO/ARW Partial Prestressing: From Theory to Practice, M.Z. Cohn, Editor, Paris 1984.
- 7. Saouma, V.E., and Sikiotis, E.S., Interactive Graphics Nonlinear Constrained Op-timization, NASA CP 2335, Research in Structures and Dynamics, 1984, pp. 143-157.
- 6. Saouma, V.E., and Kleinosky, M.J., Finite Element Simulation of Rock Cutting:
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a Fracture Mechanics Approach, Proceedings of the 25th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, June 1984, pp. 792-799.
- 5. Saouma, V.E., Computer Graphics Simulation of Crack Propagation, Proceed-ings of the Third International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fracture Mechanics, Swansea, U.K., pp. 219-233, March, 1984, Pineridge Press.
- 4. Saouma, V.E., and Zatz, I.J., An Automated Finite Element Procedure for Fa-tigue Crack Propagation Analyses, paper No. AIAA 83-0841, Proc. of the 24th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHSSDM Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 1983, pp. 196-204.
- 3. Saouma, V.E., and Ingraffea, A.R., Discrete Crack Modelling in Reinforced Con-crete, Proc. of the Engineering mechanics Specialty Conference, ASCE, Purdue Univer-sity, June 1983, pp. 1005-1008.
- 2. Saouma, V.E., and Hoelzeman, R. Computer Graphics Aided Instruction of Struc-ture, Proc. of the Eighth Conference on Electronic Computation, Houston, Texas, Feb.
1983, pp. 209-222.
- 1. Saouma, V.E., and Ingraffea, A.R., Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Discrete Crack-ing, Proc. of the IABSE Colloquium on Advanced Mechanics of Reinforced Concrete, Delft, 1981.
Lectures, Conference Presentations
- 96. Risk & Reliability Assessment of NCVS Subjected to AAR & Seismic Excitation; A Holistic Approach. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oct. 2017.
- 95. Aging and Shaking of Nuclear Containment Structures; Advanced Modelling. University of Grenoble/EdF Nov. 2017
- 94. Numerical Modeling of Alkali Silica Reaction, National Institute of Standards and Tech-nology, Gaithesburg, April, 2015.
- 93. Ageing, Shaking and Cracking of Concrete Infrastructures, Swiss Federal Institute of technology, Lausanne, March 2015.
- 92. On Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, June, 2014.
- 91. Real Time Hybrid Simulation; Do we Still Need Shake table Tests; Universite de Grenoble, June 2014
- 90. Real Time Hybrid Simulation; Do we Still Need Shake table Tests; ETH Zurich, June 2014
- 89. Modeling of Alkali Silica Reaction; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2013.
- 88. Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Dams, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota Colombia. May 2013
- 87. Real Time Hybrid Simulation, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota Colombia. May 2013
- 86. Potential Applications of Real Time Hybrid Simulation in Aerospace Industry, presenta-tion at Dassault Systemes, Paris, France, 2012
- 85. Potential Applications of Real Time Hybrid Simulation to Electricite de France, Cachan, May 2012 22
- 84. Aging, Shaking, and Cracking of Infrastructures: Dams and Nuclear Containment Vessels.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Nov. 2011.
- 83. On Nonlinear Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Containment Vessels; Food for Thought. Nu-clear Regulatory Commission, October 2011.
- 82. Numerical Simulation of Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, October 2011.
- 81. Real Time Hybrid Simulation, Workshop on Adaptive Discretization and Applications, Roma 3, Italy, June 2011
- 80. Nonlinear Analysis of Dams, Special Seminar in Roma 3, Italy, June 2011
- 79. Dynamic Analysis of Reinforced and Massive Concrete Structures; Universita Federico II, Naples, Italy, May 2011
- 78. Real Time Hybrid Simulation vs Shake Table Tests, UCLA, Jan. 2011.
- 77. Real Time Hybrid Simulation vs Shake Table Tests, University of Washington, April 2011.
- 76. Real Time Hybrid Simulation in Reinforced Concrete; Mecanique de lEndomagement Appliquee au beton et aux structures en beton; Workshop en lhonneur de Jacky Mazars, June 2010.
- 75. Real Time Hybrid Simulation vs. Shake Table Test National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST), Nov. 2010.
- 74. Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling of Concrete dams, XXXIV Jornadas Sudamericana de In-genieria Estructural, San Juan, Argentina, Sept. 2010.
- 73. Cracking of Concrete; From Material Characterization to Structural Analysis; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; 1st Annual Coordinated Nuclear Materials Research Meeting; July 2010.
- 72. Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Dams, Vattenfall, Sweden, May 2009.
- 71. Hybrid Simulation of reinforced Concrete Structures, University of Toulouse, May 2009
- 70. Nonlinear analysis of concrete Dams, Univesity of Roma (3), March 2009.
- 69. Numerical Modelling of alkali-Aggregate Reactions, University of Toulouse, March 2009.
- 68. CU-NEES Fast Hybrid Testing Facility, 6th NEES Annual Meeting in Portland, June 2008.
- 67. Concrete Dams; Aging, Cracking and Shaking. Delft Technical University, May 2008
- 66. Hybrid Simulation Research at CU-NEES, presented at the French Atomic Energy Com-mission, Saclay, France 2007
- 65. Modelling AAR with Merlin, ICOLD Workshop on Chemical Expansion in Concrete, Granada, 2007
- 64. Modeling of Alkali-Aggregate Reactions in Concrete, Swiss Federal Institute of Technol-ogy, Lausanne, July 2007.
- 63. Hybrid Testing at CU-NEES, LMS Corporation, Louvin, Belgium, July 2006.
- 62. Hybrid Testing Perspective, Central Research Institute of the Power Industry (CRIEPI),
Abiko, Japan June 2006.
- 61. Seismic Analysis of Concrete Dams, Shimizu Laboratory, Tokyo, June 2006
- 60. Discrete Crack Models in Fracture Mechanics, Ecole des Mines, Sophia-Antepolis, France, July 2005.
- 59. 3D Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis of Concrete Dams. EPFL, Lausanne, March 2005.
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- 58. Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Concrete Dams, US Bureau of Reclamation, March 2005
- 57. Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling of CFRP; SIKA Research Group, Zurich, November 2004.
- 56. Advanced Analysis of Dams; ENDESA, Barcelona, November 2004.
- 55. Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Dams; Korean Water Company (KOWACO), Seoul, June, 2004.
- 54. Dynamic Analysis of Arch Dams; From Theory to Applications. Ministry of Water Re-sources, Teheran, Iran, June 2004.
- 53. Theory of Dynamic Analysis of Arch Dams. Sharif University, Teheran, June 2004.
- 52. Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Dams; Department of Applied Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano (MOX), May, 2004
- 51. Numerical Simulation of Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Concrete Dams, US Bureau of Reclamation, April 2004.
- 50. Dam Engineering Challenges; Seismic and AAR Analysis; Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome March 2004
- 49. Dam Engineering Newest Challenges; University of Rome, La Sapienza Oct. 2003
- 48. Numerical Simulation of Concrete Deterioration, Italcementi, Bergamo, July 2003.
- 47. Fracture Mechanics of FRP Reparation, University of Lecce, July 2003.
- 46. 3D Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Dams, University of Grenoble, March 2003.
- 45. Deterioration of Reinforced and Massive Concrete; University of Grenoble, March 2003.
- 44. Numerical Simulation of Concrete Deterioration, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, July 2002
- 43. 3D Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Concrete Dams, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC, Aug. 2002
- 42. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, China Yangtze Three Gorges Project Development Corp., and China Three Gorges University, Yichang, PRC, Aug. 2002
- 41. 3D Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Concrete Dams, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Beijing, PRC, Aug. 2002
- 40. Numerical Simulation of Concrete Deterioration, University of Venice, June 2001.
- 39. Fracture Mechanics of Dams, Politecnico of Milan, June 2001.
- 38. Fracture Mechanics of Dams, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Tokyo, Japan, October 1999.
- 37. Reflections on, and Applications of Fracture Mechanics in Concrete. Politecnico di Mi-lano, Dec. 1998.
- 36. Fiber Optics Based Determination of Strains Around the Fracture Process Zone in Con-crete WST. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne December 1998.
- 35. Dynamic Uplift Pressures in Dams under Earthquakes, Swiss Federal Institute of Tech-nology, Zurich June 1998.
- 34. Numerical Simulation of Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration, Prof. Z. Bazants 60th Birthday Anniversary Workshop in Prague, March 1998
- 33. Applications of Fracture Mechanics in Structural Engineering, University of Leipzig, Nov.
1997.
- 32. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, ENEL/CRIS Milan Italy, Nov. 1997.
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- 31. Numerical Simulation of Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration, Ecole Normale Superieur de Cachan, France, Oct. 1997.
- 30. 4th International Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams, (Organized by ICOLD), Madrid, Sept. 1996 (Round Table)
- 29. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, Central Research Institute of the Japanese Electric Power Industry, Chiba, Japan, Nov. 5. 1993.
- 28. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, Obayashi Construction Company, Tokyo, Japan, Nov.
4, 1993.
- 27. Water Fracture Interaction in Concrete, Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Trond-heim, Norway, July 1993.
- 26. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, University of Rome, La Sapienza, July 1992.
- 25. Fracture Mechanics Research on Dam Cracking; B.C. Hydro, Vancouver; Oct. 16, 1992.
- 24. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, July 1992.
- 23. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, Paris, France, March 1992.
- 22. Int. Conference on Fracture of Concrete, Breckenridge, CO 1992.
- 21. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, ISMES, Bergamo, July 1990.
- 20. Fracture of Dams, Tsinghua University, Beijing, April 1990.
- 19. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power Research, Beijing, April 1990.
- 18. Fracture of Concrete, Swiss Cement Industry Research institute, Wildegg, March 1990.
- 17. Fracture Mechanics of Dams, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, March 1990.
- 16. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, ACRES International, Niagara Falls, Canada, Dec. 7-8 1989.
- 15. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 6 1989.
- 14. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete, Colorado State University, April 1989.
- 13. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, March 1989.
- 12. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, Northwestern University, March 1989.
- 11. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, EPRI Electric Power Advisory Group, Chattanooga, TN, March 1989.
- 10. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, Polytechnic of Madrid, November, 1987.
- 9. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, CRIS/ENEL, July 1987, Milan, Italy.
- 8. Fracture Mechanics of Anisotropic Rock cutting, Dowell-Schlumberger Research labora-tory, Tulsa, OK.
- 7. Computer Graphics in Structural Design, King Faisal University, Saudia-Arabia, march 18-23, 1986.
- 6. Some Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics, Waterways Experimental Station, Vicksburg, MS. Sept. 20-24, 1985.
- 5. Development of a mixed smeared and discrete crack model for concrete and geomaterial, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 1-15, 1983, June 1-15, 1984.
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- 4. Finite Element Simulation of Crack Propagation, Eidgenoessisches Institut fuer Reaktor-forschung (EIR), Shaufhausen, Switzerland, July 30, 1982.
- 3. Finite Element Modeling of R/C using fracture mechanics, Instituto Sperimentale Modelli e Strutture (ISMES), Bergamo, Italy, July 1982.
- 2. Finite Element Simulation of Crack Propagation Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, lausanne, Switzerland, July 9, 1982.
- 1. Automated Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete; a Fracture Me-chanics Approach, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, June 21, 1981.
Supervised Dissertations Ph.D.:
- 12. Bhat, J. Seismic Response of Wind Turbine Tower Damaged by AAR. 2018-2020.
- 13. Hariri, Mohammad Innovative Numerical Modeling of Concrete Dams, 2012-2015
- 12. Kang, Dae-Hung Computational Environment for Real Time Hybrid Simulation, 2010.
- 11. Puntel, Eric Experimental and numerical investigation of the monotonic and cyclic behaviour of concrete dam joints, Politecnico di Milano 2004.
- 10. Puatatsananon, Wiwat Numerical Simulation of Coupled Chemical-Mechanical Deterioration of Concrete, 2002
- 9. Chandra, K., Interface Cracks: Fracture Mechanics Studies leading towards Safety Assessment of Dams, May 1996.
- 8. Cervenka, J., Discrete Crack Modeling in Concrete Structures, 1994.
- 7. Reich, R., On the Marriage of Fracture Mechanics and Mixed Finite Element Methods: An Application to Concrete Dams, 1993.
- 6. Prinaris, A., Flow Processes in Nonlinear Material Modelling Synthesis and Homogenization, 1990.
- 5. Gamal-El-Din, Fractal Dimensions and Fracture Properties of Cracked Con-crete, 1990.
- 4. Ayari, M., Static and Dynamic Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Gravity Dams, 1988
- 3. Sikiotis, E., Innovative Techniques in Structural Optimization, 1987 M.S.:
- 34. Graff, D. Shear Strength of AAR Affected Concrete, 2017
- 33. Spark R. Shear Strength Deterioration due to ASR, 2016
- 32. Prusinski, K. Pushover Analysis of a Bridge Pier, 2015
- 31. Sonavane, T. Analysis of Arches, 2014
- 30. Georg, R. Historical Analysis of Arches and Modern Shells, 2014
- 29. Stanko, Scott Contributions to Real Time Hybrid Simulation Modeling, 2012.
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- 28. Segura, Christopher Hybrid Simulation; Modeling and Testing, 2011.
- 27. Basbolat, E. Post-Processor to the Mercury Software for Hybrid Simulation, Dec. 2010.
- 26. Nasr, K. Coupled Fracture and Combustion in Solid Rocket Propellants, May 2010.
- 25. Perotti, L. Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Concrete Dams, Politecnico di Milano, June 2004.
- 24. Ruolo, Dora Interface Crack Joints Under Cyclic Loads, Politecnico di Milano, Jan.
2004
- 23. Chang, P., Finite Element/Fracture Mechanics Simulation of Heterogeous Ma-terials, 2002.
- 22. Gillan, Chad Centrifuge Testing of Concrete Dams, Aug. 2002
- 21. Puatatsananon, Wiwat Probabilisitc Fracture Mechanics, Aug. 1998
- 20. Hansen, Eric, Rate Deterioration Investigation of Bridge Decks Based on Dif-fusion/Fracture Mechanics Numerical Study, Aug. 1997.
- 19. Fox, Kristen, Fracture Mechanics Analyses of Anchor Bolts, Aug. 1996.
- 18. Ostrander, Keith, Applications of Fiber Optics in the Strain Measurement of Structures, Aug. 1996.
- 17. Shinmura, A., Fluid Fracture Interaction in Pressurized Reinforced Concrete Vessels , 1995
- 16. Roh, Y., Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flows in Cracked Concrete, 1995
- 15. Winkler, L. Development of a Workbench of Mechanics, Materials and Struc-tures Experiment, 1994
- 14. Hermanrud, J. (CS) , Development of a Three Dimensional Finite Element Post-Processor, 1993
- 13. Wigner, W., Three Dimensional Fracture Mechanics Analysis of an Arch Dam, 1993.
- 12. Dewey, R. Uplift Modelling for Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Concrete Grav-ity Dams, 1993.
- 11. Waggoner, F., Centrifuge Testing of Concrete Gravity Dams, M.S. Aug., 1992.
- 10. Ryan, J., Effect of Bi-Axial Confinements on Fracture Properties of Concrete, Laboratory and Field Tests.
- 9. Broz, J. Experimental Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Dams, 1989.
- 8. Commander, B., An Improved Method of Bridge Evaluation: Comparison of Field Test Results withComputer Analysis, 1989.
- 7. Dambowy, J., A Knowledge Based Expert System for the ACI Building Code, 1989.
- 6. Doshi, S., Knowledge Based Expert System for Reinforced Concrete Design Checking, 1987.
- 5. Jones, M., A Prototype Hybrid Expert System for Structural Design, 1987.
- 4. Sikiotis, E., Computer Graphics Aided Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames, 1983.
- 3. Flango, R., Graphical PreProcessor for Steel and Concrete Orthogonal Building 27
Frames, 1983.
- 2. Murad., M., Partially Prestressed Concrete Beam Optimization, 1983
- 1. Schwemmer, S., Numerical Evaluation of the Quarter Point Singular Element, 1983 Foreign Jury Member
- 1. Andreea Carpiuc-Prisacari (2016) (PhD Candidate; Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (France), Experimental database with full-field measurements for mixed-mode crack prop-agation in concrete: comparison between experimental and numerical results.
- 2. Kharazi, M. PhD Candidate; Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (France); Rapporteur of her PhD Thesis Une methodologie de modelisation pour l evaluation de l etancheite des enceintes de confinement des centrales nucleaires (A Model for the permeability as-sessment of nuclear reactor confinement vessel), 2014
- 3. Ragueneau, Frederic These dhabilitation a la Recherche, France, Oct. 2006.
- 4. Berthet-Rambaud, Philippe, Structures Rigides Soumises aux Avalanches et Chutes de Blocs: Modelisation du Comportement Mecanique et Caracterisation de lInteraction Alea-Ouvrage, Doctoral Thesis, Universite de Grenoble, July 2004.
- 5. Bournazel, Jean Pierre, Contribution a lEtude du Caractere Thermomecanique de la Maturation du Beton, Doctoral Thesis, Ecole Normale Superieure, Cachan, July 1992.
- 6. Jouhari, M., Dynamic Crack Growth with Internal Uplift Pressures, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, France, 1992.
Lecture Notes Manuscripts
- 1. Structural Engineering; Analysis & Design, 664 pages
- 2. Structural Concepts and Systems for Architects, 265 pages
- 3. Reinforced Concrete 175 pages
- 4. Computer Literacy for Undergraduates, 233 pages
- 5. Finite Element Analysis of Frames, 280 pages
- 6. Finite Element Analysis, 280 pages
- 7. Advanced Mechanics of Materials, 280 pages
- 8. Fracture Mechanics, 474 pages Those notes can be downloaded from my personal web page http://civil.colorado.edu/~saouma/Lecture-Notes Technical Reports Over 100 Technical Reports written to sponsors.
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Software Development Mercury An Optimized Nonlinear Finite Element Code for Real Time Hybrid Simulation.
MERLIN 3D Nonlinear Finite Element Program, (1991-Present), Funded by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Tokyo Electric Power Service Company (TEPSCO).
Spider , a general purpose Windows/Open-GL based finite element graphical postprocessor.
(1991-Present), Funded by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Tokyo Electric Power Service Company (TEPSCO).
KumoNoSu a general purpose 3D finite element generator particularly suited for cracked structures, reinforced concrete, and dam structures, (1999-present), Funded by Tokyo Electric Power Service Company (TEPSCO).
Beaver Program for the automation of the layout of double curvature arch dams PARSIFAL (Particle Simulator for Analysis), a 2D/3D generator for heterogeneous materials with particle collision detection,(2002-Present), Funded by National Science Foundation SIMSAR (Simulation of Silica Aggregate Reactions) in concrete, (2002-2003), Funded by Swiss Dam Safety Agency.
CDAP (Concrete Deterioration Analysis Program), coupled nonlinear multiphysics simulation of heat, moisture, chloride and carbon diffusion in concrete, (2002-Present), Funded by National Science Foundation.
Consulting Editor Dam Engineering, A Quarterly Journal affiliated with International Water Power & Dam Construction.
Consulting Activities
- 1. Pressurized cracks in concrete offshore structures, Shell Norway (through Reinertsen).
- 2. Review of Detensioning Plans for CR-3 (Progress Energy) through Structural Integrity.
- 3. Cracking of Crystal River nuclear reactor containment vessel (Progress Energy) through Performance Improvement International, San Diego.
- 4. Weidlinger & Assoc., New-York.
- 5. Tokyo Electric Power Service Company, Tokyo, Japan.
- 6. New-York City Department of Environmental Protection (through Gannett Flemming),
Gilboa Dam.
- 7. Cracking in solid rocket propellants, Bayern-Chemie GmbH, Aschau/Inn, Germany
- 8. Iran Water Power Company (Karun 4 dam), Tehran, Iran.
- 9. Edison Elletricita, Turin, Italy.
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- 10. Electricite de France, Paris
- 11. Obayashi Corporation, Japan
- 12. Tokyo Electric Power Service Company, Japan
- 13. US Bureau of Reclamation
- 14. Hilti Corporation, Lichtenstein.
- 15. Schnabel Engineering, Denver, CO
- 16. Swiss Dam Safety Authority, Berne, Switzerland
- 17. ISMES, Bergamo, Italy
- 18. ESI, Paris, France
- 19. PCS Mining, Saskatoon, Canada.
- 20. ACS Martin, L. A., CA
- 21. Hanna Mining, Cleveland, OH
- 22. General Dynamics, Fort-Worth TX
- 23. TERRA-TEK INC., Salt-Lake City, UT
- 24. CTICM, Paris, France
- 25. Southern Utility Company
- 26. US Army Corps of Engineers Society Membership
- 1. Fellow and President (2013-2016) of the International Association for Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Structures (FRAMCOS)
- 2. (Founding member) Swiss Society of Living Organ Donors (Association Suisse des Don-neurs Vivants dOrgane)
- 3. American Concrete Institute Committee Member
- 1. ACI 349 Concrete Nuclear Structures
- 2. ACI 446 Fracture mechanics of Concrete
- 3. ACI-ASCE Committee 447, Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures.
- 4. RILEM TC-259-ISR Committee; Prognosis of Deterioration and Loss of Serviceability in Structures Affected by Alkali-Silica Reactions (Chair).
- 5. RILEM TC-258-AAA Avoiding alkali aggregate reactions in concrete - Performance based concept
- 6. Member International Association of Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures (IA-FraMCoS), President.
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Reviewer for
- 1. National Science Foundation
- 2. American Concrete Institute
- 3. ASCE, J. of Engineering Mechanics
- 4. ASCE J. of Structural Engineering
- 5. ASCE J. of Engineering Materials
- 6. ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
- 7. International Journal of Solids and Structures
- 8. International J. of Numerical Methods in Engineering
- 9. Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- 10. Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
- 11. Cement and Concrete Research
- 12. Int. Journal of Fracture Mechanics
- 13. Engineering Fracture Mechanics
- 14. National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
- 15. Italian Ministry of Research and University (MIUR)
- 16. European Journal of Earthquake Engineering
- 17. European Journal of Mechanics
- 18. Indian Society of Earthquake Technology Journal
- 19. Swiss National Research COuncil Session Chairman
- 1. Chairman session Structural applications and sustainability: Nuclear structures and storages, International Conference on Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures (SSCS), 2012 in Aix en Provence, France;
- 2. Chairman Plenary Lecture session (P. Rossi), International Conference on Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures (SSCS), 2012 in Aix en Provence, France;
- 3. Chairman of the Thermal and vapor effects and cracking session in the Conference on Concrete Structures Under Severe Conditions (CONSEC07), Tours, June 2007.
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- 4. 39th US Japan Joint Panel Meeting on Wind and Seismic Effects (by Invitation only),
Tsukuba, Japan, 2007.
- 5. Co-Chairman, WG-3 Dissemination of Knowledge, Education and Training in a Dis-tributed Environment, 2nd World Forum on Collaborative Research in Earthquake En-gineering An Invitational Workshop, Ispra, March 2007.
- 6. Chairman, Session 4, CONSEC 04 Fourth International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions of Environment and Loading, Seoul, June 2004
- 7. Chairman, Session 8, Size Effect, Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Cachan May, 2001.
- 8. Chairman Session VIII, , Europe-US Workshop on Fracture and Damage in Quasibrittle Structures, Prague Sept. 1994.
- 9. Chairman, Session 2-B, International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Breckenridge, CO, June 1992.
- 10. Chairman, Session on Fracture of Dams, ACI Convention, 1991.
- 11. Chairman, Session II, International Workshop on Application of Fracture Mechanics to Dam Engineering, Lucarno Switzerland, Sept. 1990.
- 12. Chairman, Session Xb, Int. Conf. on Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures, Zell-Am-See, Austria, April 1990.
- 13. Chairman, Session H2, Fracture and Strain Softening I, 8th Int. Conf. on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Brussels, August 1985.
- 14. Chairman, Process Zone Session, International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Con-crete and Rock, Vienna, July 1988.
Conference Advisory Panels
- 1. Member of the Scientific Committee for CONSEC 2016 (Concrete under Severe Condi-tions).
- 2. International Conference on Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures (SSCS), 2012 in Aix en Provence, France; Member of the scientific Committee.
- 3. FramCos-8, Toledo (Spain) 2013, Member of Scientific Board.
- 4. FramCos-7, Seoul 20010, Member of Scientific Board.
- 5. Fifth International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions Environment and Loading, Tours, France, (2007) Member of the Scientific Committee.
- 6. FramCos-6, Cagliari 2007, Member of Scientific Board.
- 7. ICFXI International Conference on Fracture mechanics, Torino, 2005.
- 8. CONSEC 04 Fourth International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions of Environment and Loading, Seoul, June 2004
- 9. Third International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures (FRAMCOS-3), Gifu Japan, Oct. 1998.
- 10. Fracture Mechanics for Hydroelectric Power Systems Symposium, Vancouver September 1-2, 1994 32
- 11. International Workshop on Dam Fracture and Damage, Chambery, France, March 16-18, 1994, Co-Organizer with Mazars and Bourdarot.
- 12. International Workshop on Size Effect in Concrete Structures, Sendai, Japan, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1993.
- 13. International Conference on Computational Contact Mechanics, Southampton, UK, Sept.
1993.
- 14. International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Coordinator, Breckendridge, CO 1992.
- 15. International Conference on Dam Fracture, Co-Organizer with R. Dungar, Boulder CO, Sept. 11-13, 1991. 100 Participants from 18 countries.
- 16. International Workshop on Application of Fracture Mechanics to Dam Engineering, Co-Organizer with R. Dungar and F. Whittmann, Lucarno Switzerland, Sept. 17-18, 1990.
- 17. International Conference on Micromechanics of Failure of Quasi-Brittle Materials, New-Mexico, June 1990.
- 18. Second International Conference on Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures, Zell Am See (Austria), April 1990.
- 19. International Conference on Fracture of Rock and Concrete, Houston, June 1987.
Host for External Visitors
- 1. Antoine Tixier, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, February-July 2010
- 2. Etienne Burdet, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, April-July 2009.
- 3. Gregory Lebon, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, April-July 2006.
- 4. Al-Mahaidi, Riadh, Monash University Australia, 9 months, 2000-2001.
- 5. Linner, Jens, Chalmers University, 2 months 1995.
- 6. Slovik, V., ETH, Zurich, 2 years, 1992-94
- 7. Dave Dollar, US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver (1991-1992, part time)
- 8. Plizzari, G., University of Brescia/ISMES, Italy, Research Associate, 12 Months, 1991-1992
- 9. Thiel, F., Ecole Central/Framatome, Paris, France, VSN, 16 months, 1991-1992.
- 10. Bruhwiler, E., ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Research Associate 2 years, 1989-1990.
- 11. Kim, I., Pusan University, S. Korea, Sabbatic leave, 1 year, 1988.
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Contents Personal Data 1 Professional Experience 1 Relevant Committee Memberships 1 Education 2 Research Interest 2 Teaching 3 Publications 3 Reviewed Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Major Conference Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Books and Special Reviewed Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Funded Research 13 Short Courses 17 Invited Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Refereed Conference Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Invited Lectures 22 Supervised Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lecture Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Technical Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Consulting Editor 29 Consulting Activities 29 Society Membership 30 Past Committee Membership 30 Reviewer 31 Session Chairman 31 Conference Advisory Panel 32 Host for External Visitors 33 34