|
Lawrence C. Bank
Professor
| Home : Faculty : | |
| Lawrence C. Bank |
| Lawrence C. Bank Professor |
| 1218 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1691 |
 |
Tel: 608/262-1604 Fax: 608/262-5199 E-mail: bank@engr.wisc.edu |
1985 - Ph.D. Columbia University, New York, NY, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1984 - M.Phil. Columbia University, Engineering Mechanics
1982 - M.S. Columbia University, Civil Engineering
1980 - B.Sc. Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Civil Engineering
1975 - Architecture Student – University of Cape Town, South Africa
1974 - Civil Engineering Student – University of Cape Town, South Africa
Professional
Registration
1990 - P.E. Registered Professional Engineer in the District of Columbia
1997 - P.E. Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin
Download Current CV here PDF
Books
L.C. Bank, (2006), Composites for Construction: Structural Design
with FRP Materials, John Wiley & Sons, NY. ISBN: 0-471-68126-1. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471681261.html
Patents
“Composite Material Highway Guardrail Having High Impact Energy Dissipation Characteristics,” Lawrence C. Bank and T. Russell Gentry, US Patent No. 6,149,134, Issued November 21, 2000.
“Structural Reinforcement using Composite
Strips,” Lawrence C. Bank and Anthony J. Lamanna, US
Patent No 6,811,861, Issued
November 2, 2004.
“Reinforced Paperboard Tube,” Lawrence C.
Bank, United States Patent Application Publication No. US 2004/0052986 A1,
March 18, 2004. Filed September
17, 2002.
Selected Publications - Building Systems
B.P. Thompson and L.C. Bank, (2007), "Risk Perception in Performance-Based Building Design and Applications to Terrorism-Resistant Design," ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 61-69. PDF
B.P. Thompson and L.C. Bank, (2008), "Survey of Bioterrorism Risk for Buildings," ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 7-17. PDF
Selected Publications - Composite Reinforcements for Concrete
M. Oliva, L. Bank, H.-U. Bae, J. Barker, and S.-W. Yoo, (2007), "FRP Stay-in-Place formwork and reinforcing for concrete highway bridge decks," proceedings of FRPRCS8, 8th International Symposium on FRP in Reinforced Concrete Structures, July 16-18, Patras, GREECE, pp. 602- 603 and CD-ROM. PDF
L. Bank, M. Oliva, H-U. Bae, J. Barker and S-W. Yoo, (2007), "Pultruded FRP Plank as Formwork and Reinforcement for Concrete Structures," Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 525-535. PDF
L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva, J.S. Russell, D.A. Jacobson, M. Conachen, B. Nelson, and D. McMonigal, (2006), “Double Layer Prefabricated FRP Grids for Rapid Bridge Deck Construction: Case Study,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 204-121. PDF
A.C.
Berg, L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva, and J.S. Russell, (2006), “Construction and Cost
Analysis of an FRP Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck,” Construction and
Building Materials, Vol. 20, pp. 515-526. PDF
D.A. Jacobson, L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva and J.S. Russell, (2005), “Punching Shear Capacity of Double Layer FRP Grid Reinforced Slabs,” Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on FRP in Reinforced Concrete Structures- FRPRCS7, SP-230, American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, pp. 857-876. PDF
L. Bank, M. Oliva, J. Russell, D. Jacobson,
M. Conachen, B. Nelson, and D. McMoningal, (2004), “Super-Sized Double-Layer
Pultruded Gratings,” COMPOSITES 2004 Convention and Trade Show, American
Composites Manufactures Association, CD-ROM, October 6-8, 2004, Tampa, FL. PDF
A.C. Berg, L.C.
Bank, M.G. Oliva, J.S. Russell, (2004), “Construction of a FRP Reinforced
Bridge Deck on US Highway 151 in Wisconsin,” Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Transportation Research Board
Meeting, CD-ROM, Washington, DC, January 11-14. PDF
D.A. Jacobson,
L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva, J.S. Russell, (2004), “Punching Shear in Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bi-layer
Grid-Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks,” Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting,
CD-ROM, Washington, DC, January 11-14. PDF
F.A. Tavarez, L.C. Bank and M.E. Plesha, (2003), “Analysis of FRP Composite Grid Reinforced Concrete Beams,” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 100, No. 2, pp 250-258. PDF
D.A. Dieter, J.S. Dietsche, L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva and J.S. Russell, (2002), “Concrete Bridge Decks Constructed with FRP Stay-in-Place Forms and FRP Grid Reinforcing,” Transportation Research Record No.1814, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp. 219-226. PDF
L.C. Bank and M. Ozel, (1999), “Shear Failure of Concrete Beams Reinforced with 3-D Fiber Reinforced Plastic Grids,” in the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium - Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Reinforced Concrete Structures, (C.W. Dolan, S.H. Rizkalla, and A. Nanni, eds.), SP-188, American Concrete Institute, pp. 145-156.
A. Katz, N. Berman and L.C. Bank, (1999), “Effect of High Temperature on the Bond Strength of FRP Rebars,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 73-81. PDF
L.C. Bank, M. Puterman, and A. Katz, (1998), "The Effect of Material Degradation on Bond Properties of FRP Reinforcing Bars in Concrete," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 95, No. 3, pp. 132-143. PDF
A. Shapira and L.C. Bank, (1997), "Constructibility and Economics of FRP Reinforcement Cages for Concrete Beams," ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 82-89.
L.C. Bank, Y. Frostig, and A. Shapira, (1997), "Three-dimensional FRP Grating Cages for Concrete Beams: A Pilot Study," ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 94, No. 6, pp. 643-652.
L.C. Bank and Z. Xi, (1995), "Punching Shear Behavior of Pultruded FRP Grating Reinforced Concrete Slabs," Non-metallic (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (ed. L. Taerwe), RILEM Proceedings 29, E&FN Spon, London, pp. 360-367.
L.C. Bank and Z. Xi, (1993), "Pultruded FRP Grating Reinforced Concrete Slabs," in Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic for Concrete Structures - International Symposium (A. Nanni and C.W. Dolan, eds.), SP-138, American Concrete Institute, pp. 561-583.
L.C. Bank, (1993), "Properties of FRP Reinforcements for Concrete," in Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) for Concrete Structures: Properties and Applications, (ed. A. Nanni), Elsevier Science Publishers, NY, pp. 59-86. PDF
Selected Publications – Specifications and Reviews for
Composite Materials for Construction
L.C. Bank, (2006), “Application of FRP Composites to Bridges in the USA,” Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Application of FRP to Bridges, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), January 20, pp. 9-16. PDF
L.C. Bank, T.R. Gentry, B.P. Thompson and J.S. Russell, (2003), “A Model Specification for FRP Composites for Civil Engineering Structures,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 17, No. 6-7, pp. 405-437. PDF
C.E. Bakis, L.C. Bank, V.L. Brown, E. Cosenza, J.F. Davalos, J.J.
Lesko, A. Machida, S.H. Rizkalla, and T.C. Triantifilliou, (2002),
“Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Construction - State-of-the-Art
Review,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.
73-87, 150th Anniversary Paper. PDF
A. Mirmiran, L.C. Bank, K.W Neale, J.T. Mottram, T. Ueda, and J.F.
Davalos, (2003), “A World Survey of Civil Engineering Programs on FRP
Composites for Construction,” ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in
Engineering Practice and Education, Vol. 129, No. 3, pp. 155-160. PDF
Selected Publications - Composite Materials for Structural Strengthening
L.C. Bank and D. Arora, (2007), "Analysis and Design of RC Beams with Mechanically Fastened FRP (MF-FRP) Strips," Composite Structures, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 180-191. PDF
A. Rizzo, N. Galati, A. Nanni, and L.C. Bank, (2005), “Strengthening Concrete Structures
with Mechanically Fastened Pultruded Strips,” COMPOSITES 2005 Convention and
Trade Show, American Composites Manufacturers Association, September 28-30,
Columbus, OH. CD-ROM. PDF
L.C. Bank, (2004), “Mechanically Fastened FRP
(MF-FRP) Strips for Strengthening RC Structures – A Viable Alternative,” Proceedings of CICE 2004, 2nd
International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering,” December
8-10, 2004, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA. PDF
L.C. Bank, A. Nanni, A. Rizzo, D, Arora and
D. Borowicz, (2004), “Pultruded
FRP Strips, Mechanically Fastened, Give Concrete Bridges Strength,” Composites
Fabrication Magazine, pp. 32-40, September, 2004. PDF
A.J. Lamanna, L.C. Bank and D.W. Scott, (2004), “Flexural Strengthening of RC Beams by Mechanically Attaching FRP Strips,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 203-210. PDF
D.T. Borowicz, L.C. Bank, A. Nanni, D. Arora, U. Desa, A. Rizzo, (2004), “Ultimate Load Testing and Performance of Bridge Strengthened with Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials and Powder-Actuated Fasteners,” Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, CD-ROM, Washington, DC, January 11-14. PDF
A.J. Lamanna, L.C. Bank and D.W. Scott, (2001), “Flexural Strengthening of RC Beams using Fasteners and FRP Strips,” ACI Structures Journal, Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 368-376. PDF
A.J. Lamanna, L.C. Bank and D.W. Scott, (2001), “Rapid Strengthening of RC Beams using Powder Actuated Fasteners and FRP Strips,” in Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of FRP in Reinforced Concrete Structures, Cambridge, UK, July 16-18, pp. 389-397.
Selected Publications - Composite Structures and Mechanics
S. Charoenphan, L.C. Bank, and M.E. Plesha, (2004), “Progressive Tearing Failure in Pultruded Composite Material Tubes,” Composite Structures, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 45-52. PDF
S. Charoenphan, M.E. Plesha, and L.C.
Bank, (2004), “Simulation of Crack Growth in Composite Material Shell
Structures,” The International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering,
Vol. 60, pp. 2399-2417. PDF
L.C. Bank and J. Yin, (1996), "Buckling of Orthotropic Plates with Free and Rotationally Restrained Unloaded Edges," Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 83-96. PDF
E. Cofie and L.C. Bank, (1995) "Analysis of Thin-Walled Anisotropic Frames by the Direct Stiffness Method," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 235-249. PDF
L.C. Bank, (1990), "Modifications to Beam Theory for Bending and Twisting of Open-Section Composite Beams," Composite Structures, Vol. 15, pp. 93-114. PDF
L.C. Bank and C.H. Kao, (1989), "The Influence of Geometric and Material Design Variables on the Free Vibration of Thin-Walled Composite Material Beams," ASME Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress and Reliability in Design, Vol. 111, pp. 290-297.
L.C. Bank, (1987), "Shear Coefficients for Thin-Walled Composite Beams," Composite Structures, Vol. 8, pp. 47-61. PDF
Selected Publications - Pultruded Structures
L.C. Bank, T.R. Gentry, K.H. Nuss, S.S. Hurd, A. Lamanna, S. Duich, and B. Oh, (2000), “Construction of a Pultruded Composite Structure: A Case Study,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 4., No. 3, pp. 112-119. PDF
S.J. Smith, L.C. Bank, T.R. Gentry, K.H. Nuss, S.S. Hurd, S. Duich, and B. Oh, (2000), “Analysis and Testing of a Prototype Pultruded Composite Causeway Structure,” Composite Structures, Vol. 49, 141-150.
L.C. Bank and J. Yin, (1999), “Analysis of Progressive Failure of the Web-flange Junction in Post-Buckled Pultruded I-Beams,” ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 177-184. PDF
L.C. Bank, J. Yin and M. Nadipelli, (1995), "Local Buckling of Pultruded Beams - Nonlinearity, Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity," Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 325-331. PDF
B.S. Ye, A.L. Svenson, and L.C. Bank, (1995), “Mass and Volume Fraction Properties of Pultruded Glass Fiber-Reinforced Composites,” Composites, Vol. 26, No. 10, pp. 725-731. PDF
L.C. Bank, A.S. Mosallam and G.T. McCoy, (1994), "Design and Performance of Connections for Pultruded Frame Structures," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 199-212. PDF
L.C. Bank, M. Nadipelli, and T.R. Gentry, (1994), “Local Buckling and Failure of Pultruded Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Beams,” ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 116, pp. 233-237. PDF
A.S. Mosallam and L.C. Bank, (1992), "Short Term Behavior of a Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Plastic Frame," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 118, No. 7, pp. 1937-1954. PDF
L.C. Bank and A.S. Mosallam, (1992), “Creep and Failure of a Full-Size Fiber Reinforced Plastic Pultruded Frame,” Composites Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 213‑227. PDF
L.C. Bank, (1989), "Flexural and Shear Moduli of Full-Section Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Pultruded Beams," ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 40-45. PDF
Selected Publications - Composite Material Durability
E.J. Helmueller, L.C. Bank, D.A. Dieter, J.S. Dietsche, M.G. Oliva and J.S. Russell, (2002), “The Effect of Freeze-Thaw on Bond between FRP Stay-in-Place Deck Forms and Concrete,” Proceedings of CDCC 2002, 2nd International Conference on Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction, Montreal, CANADA, May 29-31, pp. 141-152.
L.C. Bank, T.R. Gentry, A. Barkatt, L. Prian, F. Wang, and S.R. Mangla, (1998), "Accelerated Aging of Pultruded Glass/Vinylester Rods," in Fiber Composites in Infrastructure (eds. H. Saadatmanesh and M.R. Ehsani), Proceedings of ICCI'98, Tucson, AZ, 5-7 January, pp. 423-437.
T.R. Gentry, L.C. Bank, A. Barkatt, and L. Prian, (1998), "Accelerated Test Methods to Determine the Long-Term Behavior of Composite Highway Structures Subject to Environmental Loading," ASTM Journal of Composites Technology and Research, Vol. 20, No. 1 pp. 38-50.
L. Prian, R. Pollard, R. Shan, C.W. Mastropietro, T.R. Gentry, L.C. Bank and A. Barkatt, (1997), "Use of Thermogravimetric Analysis to Develop Accelerated Test Methods to Investigate Long-term Environmental Effects on Polymer Composites," in High Temperature and Environmental Effects on Polymeric Composites: 2nd Volume, ASTM STP 1302, (eds. T.S. Gates and A. Zureick), ASTM, pp. 206-222.
L.C. Bank, A. Barkatt and T.R. Gentry, (1995), "Accelerated Test Methods to Determine the Long-term Behavior of FRP Composite Structures: Environmental Effects," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 559-587. PDF
Selected Publications - Highway Safety Structures
L.C. Bank and T.R. Gentry, (2001), “Development of a Pultruded Composite Material Highway Guardrail,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 32, pp. 1329-1338. PDF
T.R. Gentry and L.C. Bank, (1998), “Finite Element Modeling and Model Verification of Steel W-Beam Guardrails subject to Pendulum Impact Loading,” Transportation Research Record, No. 1647, pp. 147-157.
D.W. Palmer, L.C. Bank and T.R. Gentry, (1998), “Progressive Tearing Failure of Pultruded Composite Box Beams: Experiment and Simulation,” Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 1353-1359.
Outstanding
Instructor Award, Awarded by the Polygon Engineering Students Organization of the
College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the most
outstanding instructor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
for 2005-2006.
Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, “GRIDFORM – Prefabricated Modular FRP Stay-in-Place Reinforcement for
Accelerated Construction of Bridge Decks.” FRP system developed by Bank and
colleagues at the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison and Missouri-Rolla selected
as one of two finalists by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation, American
Society of Civil Engineers, 2006.
Vilas
Associate Award, Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006.
Popular
Science “Best of What’s New 2005” Selection, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bridge system
developed by Bank and colleagues selected as one of the five top engineering
innovations of 2005 by Popular Science Magazine. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown2005/engineering/index.html
Best Paper
Award, “Mechanically Fastened FRP Strengthening of Large
Scale RC Bridge T Beams,” by A.J., Lamanna, L.C., Bank and D.T. Borowicz,
Journal Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 525-538, 2004.
Best Paper Award – Best Basic Research Paper, “Flexural Strengthening of RC Beams by Mechanically Attaching FRP Strips,” by A.J. Lamanna, L.C. Bank and D.W. Scott, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 203-210, 2004. Awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Grand Award Winner, “FRP Cage Reinforced Deck.” Awarded by the
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Wisconsin Section to Alfred
Benesch & Co for implementing an FRP grid systems developed by Bank and
colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, 2005.
Fellow, International
Institute of FRP in Construction, Hong Kong, China, 2004.
Best Pultrusion Technical Paper, “Pultruded Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic and
Paperboard Composite Tubes,” by E.M. Fink and L.C. Bank. Awarded by the American Composites Manufactures Association at
the COMPOSITES 2004 Convention and Trade Show, October 6-8, 2004, Tampa, FL.
Charles
Pankow Award for Innovation, “HYDECK – A Durable and Efficient Hybrid Bridge Deck System.” Selected as finalist by the Civil
Engineering Research Foundation, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
UPS Foundation Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Stanford University, California, 2003.
Best Paper Award - Honorable Mention Applied
Research Paper, “Fiber-Reinforced
Polymer Composites for Construction—State-of-the-Art Review” by C.E. Bakis,
L.C. Bank, V.L. Brown, E. Cosenza, J.F. Davalos, J.J. Lesko, A. Machida, S.H.
Rizkalla, and T.C. Triantafillou, Journal of Composites for Construction, May
2002, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 73-87, 2002. American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002, for “Construction of a Pultruded Composite Structure: A Case Study,” by L.C. Bank, T.R. Gentry, K.H. Nuss, S.S. Hurd, A. Lamanna, S. Duich, and B. Oh, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 4., No. 3, pp. 112-119, 2000.
Richard R. Torrens Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001.
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001.
Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999.
Honorable Mention Basic Research Paper “Effect of High Temperature on the Bond Strength of FRP Rebars” by A. Katz, N. Berman and L.C. Bank. Journal of Composites for Construction, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 73-81, 1999.
Lady Davis Foundation Visiting Professorship Award Awarded by the Lady Davis Foundation Trust to spend the 1994-1995 academic year on sabbatical as a visiting faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering, The Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Best Design Paper, and Best Overall Paper "Local Buckling of Pultruded FRP Beams - Analysis and Design" by L.C. Bank, T.R. Gentry, and M. Nadipelli. Awarded at the 49th Annual Conference of the Composites Institute/Society for the Plastics Industry, 1994.
Best Design Paper, Best Commercial Innovation Paper, and Best Overall Paper "Design and Performance of Connections for Pultruded Frame Structures" by L.C. Bank, A.S. Mosallam and G.T. McCoy. Awarded at the 47th Annual Conference of the Composites Institute/Society for the Plastics Industry, 1992.
Faculty Research Associate US Army Summer Faculty Research and Engineering Program Summer.
Recent Graduate Student Theses
David J. Merkes, “Investigation of a
Connection System for a Pultruded GRFP Highway Guardrail System,” MS,
1999. PDF
Jason R. Smith,
“Parametric Study of the Behavior of Composite Box Beams Subjected to Impact
Using LS-DYNA,” MS, 2000.
Engineering Mechanics Program. PDF
Stephanie I.
Gagne, “Fiber Reinforced Plastic Joists for the Construction Industry - A
Feasibility Study,” MS, 2000. PDF
Federico A.
Tavarez, “Simulation of the Behavior of Composite Grid Reinforced Concrete
Beams using Explicit Finite Element Methods,” MS, 2001. PDF
Anthony J.
Lamanna, “Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with
Mechanically Fastened Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strips,” PhD, 2002. PDF
Melda Ozel, “Behavior
of Concrete Beams Reinforced with 3-D Fiber Reinforced Plastic Grids,” PhD,
2002. PDF
David T.
Borowicz, “Rapid Strengthening of Concrete Beams with Powder Actuated
Fasteners and Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Materials,” MS,
2002. PDF
Joshua S.
Dietsche, “Characterization of FRP Materials for a Fiber Reinforced
Composite Bridge Deck,” MS, 2002. PDF
David A. Dieter,
“Experimental and Analytical Study of Concrete Bridge Decks Constructed with
FRP Stay-in-Place Forms and FRP Grid Reinforcing,” MS, 2002. (Co-advisor) PDF
Saiphon
Charoenphan, “Computer Methods for Modeling the Progressive Damage of
Composite Material Plates and Tubes,” PhD, 2002. (Co-advisor). Engineering Mechanics Program. PDF
Eric M. Fink, “Investigation
of the Properties of Hybrid Paperboard and Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tubes,”
MS, 2003. PDF
Andrew L.
Kuether, “Longitudinal Tensile and Transverse Crushing Behavior of a
Prototype Multi-cellular FRP Composite Materials Highway Guardrail System,”
MS, 2003. PDF
Dushyant Arora,
“Rapid Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Bridge with Mechanically
Fastened – Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strips,” MS, 2003. PDF
Oncu Gonenc, “Durability
and Service Life Prediction of Concrete Reinforcing Materials,” MS, 2003. PDF
K. Owen Mertens,
“Experimental Studies of the Progressive Tearing Failure of Pultruded FRP
Tubes in Flexure,” MS, 2003. PDF
Adam C. Berg, “Analysis
of A Bridge Deck Built on U.S. Highway 151 with FRP Stay-In-Place Forms, FRP
Grids, and FRP Rebars,” MS, 2004. PDF
David A.
Jacobson, “Experimental and Analytical Study of Fiber Reinforced Polymer
(FRP) Grid Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decking,” MS, 2004. PDF
Scott M. Markowski, “Experimental
and Analytical Study of Full-Depth Precast / Prestressed Concrete Deck Panels
For Highway Bridges, MS, 2005. (Co-advisor). PDF
Mack J. Conachen, “Modular 3-D FRP Reinforcing System for a Bridge Deck in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,” MS, 2005. PDF
Thomas E. Ringelstetter, “Investigation of Modular FRP Grid Reinforcing Systems with Integral
Stay-In-Place Form for Concrete Bridge Decks, MS, 2006. PDF
Forrest G. Ehmke, “Analysis of a Bridge Deck
Built on Interstate Highway 39/90 with Full-Depth, Precast, Prestressed
Concrete Deck Panels,” MS 2006. (Co-advisor). PDF
Huldah J. Gronvall, “Exploring Techniques of Measuring
Moisture-Content in Paperboard Tubes,” MS, 2006. PDF
Steven J. Preston, “Portals
to an Architecture,” MS, 2006. PDF
Joseph P. Hanus,
“Investigation of a Deployable Military Bridge System with a Fiber
Reinforced Concrete Deck,” PhD, 2007. PDF
Ajaya P. Malla, “Development
of a Specification for Thin Stay-in-Place Forms for Bridge Deck Construction,”
MS 2007. PDF
Andrew J.
Spottiswoode, “An Investigation into the use of Paperboard Tube Segments for
Bridge Deck Formwork,” MS 2007.
Linda M. Vanevehoven, “LRFD Factors for FRP Pultruded Wide-Flange Columns,”
MS 2007. PDF
L.C. Bank, A.J. Lamanna, J.C. Ray and G.I. Velazquez, (2002), “Rapid Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Mechanically Fastened, Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites Materials,” Report ERDC/GSL TR-02-5, US Army Corps of Engineers. PDF
L.C. Bank, D.T. Borowicz, A.J. Lamanna, J.C. Ray and G.I. Velazquez, (2002), “Rapid Strengthening of Full-Size Concrete Beams with Powder-Actuated Fastening Systems and Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Materials, ” Report ERDC/GSL TR-02-12, US Army Corps of Engineers. PDF
L.C. Bank, J.S. Russell, T.R. Gentry, and B.P. Thompson, (2002), “Accelerated Test-Based Material Specifications for Fiber Reinforced Plastics for Highway Structures,” Final Report, Contract No. DTFH61-00-C-00021, FHWA. PDF
L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva, D. Arora, and David T. Borowicz, (2003), “Rapid Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Bridges,” Report WHRP 03-06, Wisconsin Highway Research Program. PDF
L.C. Bank, D.T. Borowicz, D. Arora, A.J. Lamanna, J.C. Ray and G.I. Velazquez, (2004), “Strengthening of Concrete Beams with Fasteners and Composite Material Strips – Scaling and Anchorage Issues,” Report ERDC/GSL TR-04-5, US Army Corps of Engineers. PDF
L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva, J.S. Russell, D.A. Dieter, J.S. Dietsche, A.C. Berg, F.G. Ehmke, J. Carter, R. Henke, R. Hill. and B. Gallagher, (2005), “Bridge B-20-133 on US-151 with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Concrete Deck,” Final Report, No. 1000-02-03, Wisconsin Department of Transportation. PDF
L.C. Bank, M.G. Oliva, J.S. Russell, D.A.
Jacobson, M. Conachen, T. Ringelstetter, A. Spottiswoode, J. Carter, and R.
Henke, (2006), “Bridge B-20-148 on US-151 with Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Reinforced Concrete Deck,” Final Report, No. 1009-03-10, Wisconsin Department
of Transportation, PDF
Lawrence C. Bank is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is a Fellow and currently a Vice President of the International Institute for FRP Composites in Construction (IIFC).
Dr. Bank's primary research is in
the area of the mechanics and design of composite material structures with an
emphasis on applications to civil engineering. He has authored numerous
technical publications on composite materials and structures. He is the
author of the textbook "Composites
for Construction: Structural Design with FRP Materials" (Wiley, 2006).
In 1999, Dr. Bank was awarded the ASCE's Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering
Research Prize for his research and contributions to the field of fiber
reinforced plastic/advanced composite materials and their application in civil
engineering construction. In
2001, Dr. Bank was awarded the Richard R. Torrens Award from ASCE for exemplary
work as the founding editor of the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction
and in 2002 he was awarded the Thomas
Fitch Rowland Prize by ASCE.
In 2005, his work on FRP grid
reinforcements for concrete bridge decks was recognized by Popular Science as
one of "Best
of What's New 2005."
Dr. Bank received his BSc degree cum‑laude from the Technion in Israel in 1980, and his MS and PhD degrees from Columbia University in New York City in 1982 and 1985, respectively. Prior to studying at the Technion, Dr. Bank studied in the Schools of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town in South Africa before emigrating from South Africa in 1976. He has previously been employed as a Structural Engineer with the firm of Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson (now Leslie Robertson and Associates) in New York City (1980‑1981) and as a faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1985‑1988) and The Catholic University of America (1988‑1997). In the summer of 1987, Dr. Bank was a Visiting Faculty Associate at the U.S. Army Materials Technology Laboratory in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1994‑1995 Dr. Bank was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Technion in Israel, and in 2003-2004 he was the UPS Foundation Visiting Professor at Stanford University.
|
|
Copyright 2008 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Date last modified: 15-Jun-2008 Content by: bank@engr.wisc.edu Accessibility Web services Thank you for visiting http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cee/faculty/bank_lawrence.html |