STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor David Law
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399250321
Email:
david.law@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Current Research and Consultancy
- Condition Assessment
- Predictive Modelling of Corrosion of Reinforced Concrete Structures
- Geopolymer Concrete
- Sulphate Attack of Concrete
- Controlled Permeability Formwork
- Effect of Corrosion on Bond
- Electrochemical Monitoring (LPR, galvanostatic pulse)
- Electrochemical Protection
- Leaching of Freshly Placed Concrete
- Whole Life Costing
Current Collaborative Research Projects
- Max Frank – Controlled Permeability Formwork research
- AECOM, Monash University and Portof Geelong, Port of Sydney Authorities – ARC Linkage - “Improved Management of Australian Port Infrastructure by Development of Predictive Ageing Simulation“
- Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria – “Life Expectancy of Concrete Septic Tanks under Biogenic Sulphuric Acid Corrosion“
- Roadtek “Methods of minimising water pollution caused by freshly placed concrete“
- Zhengzhou University, China – sulphate attack of cementitious materials
- Heriot Watt University – Exchange program, NDT of concrete, durability
A wide range of experience in the rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures. This has included the design, specification, installation and monitoring of repair technologies such as Cathodic Protection, Desalination, Re-alkalisation, Patch Repairs, Coatings, Replacement Materials and Durability Assessment.
Courses taught include: Infrastructure Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering Materials, Infrastructure Planning, General Engineering Skills, Transport Materials, Structural Materials.
- BSc, Joint Honours, Maths and Chemistry, Salford University
- MSc, Analytical Chemistry, Salford University
- PhD, Physical Chemistry, Reading University
Member of professional associations
- Member, Concrete Institute of Australia
Reviewer
- Construction & Building Materials
- Gunasekara, C.,Lokuge, W.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2022). Mix design of fly ash based alkali activated concrete In: Advances on Alkali-activated Concrete, Elsevier, United Kingdom
- Fernando, K.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Nasvi, M.,Setunge, S.,Dissanayake, R. (2022). Engineering properties of waste-based alkali activated concrete brick containing low calcium fly ash and rice husk ash: A comparison with traditional Portland cement concrete brick In: Journal of Building Engineering, 46, 1 - 13
- Fernando, K.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Nasvi, M.,Setunge, S.,Dissanayake, R.,Ismail, M. (2022). Investigation of the reaction mechanism of blended fly ash and rice husk ash alkali-activated binders In: Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 22, 1 - 15
- Sandanayake, M.,Law, D.,Sargent, P. (2022). A new framework for assessing the environmental impacts of circular economy friendly soil waste-based geopolymer cements In: Building and Environment, 210, 1 - 11
- Krishnya, S.,Herath Mudiyanselage, C.,Elakneswaran, Y.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2022). Modelling of hydration products and strength development for high-volume fly ash binders In: Construction and Building Materials, 320, 1 - 10
- Wijeyawardana, P.,Nanayakkara, N.,Gunasekara, C.,Karunarathna, A.,Law, D.,Pramanik, B. (2022). Improvement of heavy metal removal from urban runoff using modified pervious concrete In: Science of The Total Environment, 815, 1 - 15
- Myadaraboina, H.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D. (2022). Engineering properties of very high volume fly ash composite In: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, , 1 - 14
- Fernando, K.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Nasvi, M.,Setunge, S.,Dissanayake, R.,Robert, D. (2022). Environmental evaluation and economic analysis of fly ash-rice husk ash blended alkali-activated bricks In: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 95, 1 - 12
- Homer, R.,Law, D.,Molyneaux, T. (2021). A sensitivity analysis of predictive modelling for chloride diffusion in reinforced concrete structures In: Magazine of Concrete Reserach, , 1 - 9
- Myadaraboina, H.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2021). Very high volume fly ash concrete utilizing microash and hydrated lime, with silica fume In: Advances in Cement Research, , 1 - 29
- ARC Research Hub for Transformation of Reclaimed Waste Resources to Engineered Materials and Solutions for a Circular Economy (TREMS). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub 2018 onwards from (2021 to 2026)
- Recycled cardboard trusses for housing construction. Funded by: Sustainability Victoria - Recycling Victoria Research & Development Fund from (2021 to 2023)
- Nano science based construction materials manufacturing (Administered by Monash Uni). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub grant 2016 from (2017 to 2022)
- Deterioration modeling of bridge structures using visual inspection data (Administered by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub grant 2016 from (2017 to 2019)
- The use of brown coal ash as a replacement of cement in concrete masonry bricks (Administered by Monash Uni). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub grant 2016 from (2016 to 2021)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
14 PhD Completions and 5 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions
Durability of Materials (Concrete, steel, reinforced concrete). Controlled Permeable formwork. Non destructive Testing techniques (Corrosion rate, LPR). Geopolyers. Corrosion Modelling and Lifetime Mangement of Structures. Sulphate attach of concrete.