Visiting Fellowship Professor Wail Al-Rifaie

拟议的访问奖学金是为了使伊拉克巴格达理工大学的Wail Al-Rifaie教授能够在诺丁汉大学工作。Wail Al-Rifaie教授在钢筋混凝土结构的理论和应用方面做出了杰出的贡献。钢筋混凝土结构由水泥砂浆组成，并用连续的钢丝网进行加固。参观者将与Rudd合作建模，Sansour合作结构分析，Ford合作设计。我们计划与Wail Al-Rifaie教授合作建立材料模型，然后评估和应用这些规范，以便我们可以模拟建筑物的结构如何应对复杂的负载（包括灾难性事件）。此次合作将在三个学科之间的界面上产生重要的科学效益，但也将有助于提高铁混凝土的渗透，作为受灾地区住房和避难所的低影响建筑策略。

The proposed Visiting Fellowship is to enable Professor Wail Al-Rifaie of Baghdad University of Technology, Iraq to work at University of Nottingham. Professor Wail Al-Rifaie has made outstanding contributions to the theory and application of ferrocement structures - these consist of cement mortar which is reinforced with continuous wire mesh. The Visitor will collaborate with Rudd on modelling, Sansour on structural analysis and Ford on design. We plan to work with Professor Wail Al-Rifaie to establish material models and then to assess and apply these codes iso that we can simulate how the structure of a building responds to complex loadings (including catastrophic events). The collaboration will have important scientific benefits at the interfaces between the 3 disciplines represented but will also help to improve the penetration of ferrocement as a low impact construction strategy for housing and shelter in disaster-stricken regions.