STAFF PROFILE
Dr David Law
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Phone:
99250321
Email:
david.law@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne 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
- Roychand, R.,De Silva, S.,Setunge, S.,Law, D. (2019). A quantitative study on the effect of nano SiO2, nano Al2O3 and nano CaCO3 on the physicochemical properties of very high volume fly ash cement composite In: European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, , 1 - 12
- Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Bhuiyan, S.,Setunge, S.,Ward, L. (2019). Chloride induced corrosion in different fly ash based geopolymer concretes In: Construction and Building Materials, 200, 502 - 513
- Gunasekara, C.,Setunge, S.,Law, D. (2019). Creep and Drying Shrinkage of Different Fly Ash-Based Geopolymers In: ACI Materials Journal, 116, 39 - 49
- Mohajerani, A.,Suter, D.,Jeffrey-Bailey, T.,Song, T.,Arulrajah, A.,Horpibulsuk, S.,Law, D. (2019). Recycling waste materials in geopolymer concrete In: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, , 1 - 23
- Law, D.,Nicholls, P.,Christodoulou, C. (2019). Residual protection of steel following suspension of Impressed Current Cathodic Protection system on a wharf structure In: Construction and Building Materials, 210, 48 - 55
- Khodr, M.,Law, D.,Gunasekara, C.,Setunge, S. (2019). Preliminary studies on brown coal fly ash as a cement replacement for geopolymer brick applications In: Proceedings International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS 2019) New Generation of Construction Material, Rovinj, Croatia, 20 - 22 March, 2019
- Gunasekara, C.,Setunge, S.,Law, D.,Willis, N.,Burt, T. (2018). Engineering Properties of Geopolymer Aggregate Concrete In: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 30, 1 - 11
- Sandanayake, M.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Zhang, K.,Setunge, S. (2018). Greenhouse gas emissions of different fly ash based geopolymer concretes in building construction In: journal of cleaner production, 204, 399 - 408
- Zhao, M.,Ding, X.,Li, J.,Law, D. (2018). Numerical Analysis of Mix Proportion of Self-Compacting Concrete Compared to Ordinary Concrete In: Key Engineering Materials, 789, 69 - 75
- Gunasekara, M.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2018). Effect of geopolymer aggregate on strength and microstructure of concrete In: ACI Materials Journal, 115, 899 - 908
- 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)
- PhD top up scholarships for Rahmat Dirgantara - Development of brown coal geopolymer concrete. Funded by: Brown Coal Innovation Australia Limited Scholarship from (2014 to 2016)
- The influence of controlled permeability formwork on the durability of concrete in Australasian conditions.. Funded by: Max Frank Research Grant pre-2014 from (2010 to 2013)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
7 PhD Completions and 5 Masters by Research Completions9 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research 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.