Structural Assets Newsletter

The Structural Assets Newsletter is issued two to three times a year and are available below in pdf.

Current issue

• Newsletter #30 - December 2011
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Reuben Richardson
  • PDG - Structural Assets Group
  • Eccentric Connections in Light Bracing
  • Position Changes

Previous issues

• Newsletter #29 - April 2011
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Charles Li
  • Why is a Third Party Independent Design Review Necessary for New Mobile Bulk Materials Handling Machines?
  • Structural Condition Assessment of Strip Galvanising Plant Tower Structure for OneSteel Australian Tube Mills
  • Position Changes
    
    
• Newsletter #28 - December 2010
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Dr. Narayan Pokharel
• Bolt Failures in Corrugated Multi-plate Arch Tunnel Structures
• Base Plates and the Lower Portion of Columns
  
  
• Newsletter #27 - March 2010
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: George Epitropakis
  • Condition Assessment System
  • Sustainable Future for Hatch
  • Update on Preventing Structural Failures
    
    
• Newsletter #26 - December 2009
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Mr. Riandy Bhaskara
  • A Tale of Two Stacks
  • Paper presented in RSA
  • Sustainable Future for Hatch
  • New Team Member
    
    
• Newsletter #25 - March 2009
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Gregory P. Gabb, esq.
  • Sustainable Future for Hatch
  • Assessment of Rail Wagons
  • Update on Preventing Structural Failures
    
    
• Newsletter #24 - December 2008
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Dr. Travis Langbecker
  • Structural Assets Wins Prestigious Award
  • The Need for Structural Design Reviews
  • Sustainable Future for Hatch
    
    
• Newsletter #23 - March 2008
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: John Loader
  • Sustainable Future for Hatch
  • Roaster Offtakes Remediation
  • Calciner Vessel Design for Alumar Refinery Unit #2 Expansion Project
  • Design of 3100 mm Diameter De-Dusting Duct for Bluescope Steel
    
    
• Newsletter #22 - December 2007
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Team Profile: Dr. Sabarathnam (Logan) Loganathan
  • Project Profile: Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
  • Sustainable Future for Hatch
  • Fabrication Defects
  • Structural Condition Assessment CSA Mine, Cobar
    
    
• Newsletter #21 - April 2007
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Life Extension for Bucketwheel Reclaimer
  • FAARMS Reborn
  • QNI Off-gas Ducts
    
    
• Newsletter #20 - December 2004
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Getting More Value from Condition Assessment of Assets
  • Joint Design - A Trap for Young Engineers
    
    
• Newsletter #19 - July 2004
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Achieving Reliability of Structures for the Mining and Resource Industries
  • Addendum to Previous Article Entitled "Recent Changes to the Australian Loading Codes"
    
    
• Newsletter #18 - March 2004
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Recent Changes to the Australian Loading Codes
  • Heavy Lift for the No. 6 Kiln Hood Upgrade at Blue Circle Southern Cement in Berrima NSW
    
    
• Newsletter #17 - December 2003
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Facilities and Asset Risk Management (FAARMS)
  • Wollongong Team
    
    
• Newsletter #16 - October 2002
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Quality Assurance of Engineering Work
  • Detailing of Structures for Vibration
  • Machine Guarding
    
    
• Newsletter #15 - June 2002
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Welding - Defects and Discontinuities - What Really is Acceptable?
  • The Standards We Use
    
    
• Newsletter #14 - February 2002
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Organisational Factors in Structural Failures - Implications for Risk Management
  • Legislation, Regulations, Standards and Structures
    
    
• Newsletter #13 - November 2001
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Organisational Factors in Structural Failures - A Case Study
  • Disaster Recovery Plans
    
    
• Newsletter #12 - September 2001
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Loading of Ships
  • Strength of Damaged Steel Sections
    
    
• Newsletter #11 - May 2001
  • Group Director's Introduction
  • Bulk Carriers
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Structural Vibration Design
    
    
• Newsletter #10 - December 2000
  • Group Director's Introduction
  • Crane Rail Mountings
  • Structures Subject to Dynamic Loads - Acceptance Criteria
    
    
• Newsletter #9 - August 2000
  • Group Director's Introduction
  • Wire Rope Maintenance and Inspection
  • Structures Subject to Dynamic Loads - Sources of Dynamic Excitation
  • Deterioration of Concrete
  • Degradation Study
    
    
• Newsletter #8 - March 2000
  • Group Director's Introduction
  • Structural Subject to Dynamic Loads
  • Overload Protection on Stacker Reclaimers
    
    
  • Use of Grout
• Newsletter #7 - December 1999
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Fatigue strength of large structures
  • Life Cycle Costing - How is it done?
    
    
• Newsletter #6 - September 1999
  • Group Leader's Introduction: Helping Customers Make Decisions
  • What you always wanted to know about structural engineering but were afraid to ask
  • Life cycle costing (LCC) - What is it?
    
    
• Newsletter #5 - June 1999
  • Group Leader's Introduction: "Keep it simple"
  • Strength of Concrete Beams and Slabs with Exposed Reinforcement
  • Of Bolts & Nuts & Other Mysteries
  • And He Blew the House Down
    
    
• Newsletter #4 - March 1999
  • Group Leader's Introduction
  • Premature Failure of Slew Bearings
  • Preventing Structural Failures
  • The Value of Finite Element Analysis
  • Scaffolding - The SCAFFTAG System
  • Inorganic Zinc Primer - Blessing or Curse?
    
    
• Newsletter #3 - December 1998
  • Group Leader's Report
  • If you think structures don't fall down ... think again
  • Demolition of Structures
  • Static Lines
  • Aspects of Fire Safety
  • Weight and Stability of Machines
    
    
• Newsletter #2 - September 1998
  • Group Leader's Report
  • Steel Deterioration
  • Marine Fenders and Mooring Systems
  • Machine Book
  • Structural Failures
  • Seismic Strengthening of Steel Structures
  • Wollongong team
    
    
• Newsletter #1 - June 1998
  • Gladstone Port Concrete Repairs
  • P&O Shiploader Audit
  • Hong Kong Machine Audit