Research Areas/Interests
- Retrofitting of structural concrete members to improve on their strength and enhance sdtiffness properties;
- Bond characteristics of reinforcing steel bars in flexural concrete members;
- Mechanical properties of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) bars,
- Reinforced concrete members reinforced with GFRP bars
- Flexural cracking and deflection characteristics of reinforced concrtete members;
- Shear behavior in concrete beams comprising conmventional and innovative materials of concrete and reinforciong bars;
- Innovative tecniques of "prestressing" structural concrete beams using medium to high-yield reinforcing steel bars;
- Influence of aggregate chasrtacteristic on cement matrix bonding properties in concrete mixes
- Use of innovative, locally available, non-conventional buildiong materials in concrtete structures and technology;
- Investigation and Application of non-ferrous locally available and sustainable reinforcing materials in structural concrete
- Fiber reinforcement of concrete using sustainable, ferrous, non-ferrous, organic materials, and polyesterene plastics;
- Recycling of plastic waste materials as bindert/cementitious material to produce building blocks/bricksd for construction;
- Durability of concrete matrials and reinforcement in concrete members
- Corriosion and protection of reinforcing steel bars and Structural steel; remedial actions and rehabilitation of corroded steel;
- Appraisal/Study of engineering properties of lesser-known, lesser-used, non-commercial timber species for structural application;
- Admixtures and their full potential effects on concrete mixes;
- Potential of locally available, innovatiove pozzolanas in concrete technology
- Impact resistance of concrete slabs of floors in structural buildings and walkway/roadway pavements;
- Fatique resiatance in structurtal concrete members subjected to cyclic and reversed loads
- Assessment of structural integrity of structural elements in buildings and bridges
- Forensic studies of collapsed or over-stressed distressed reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, structuiral steel and timber structures
- Structural Concrete deformations (cracking, deflection, shrinkage, creep)