STAFF PROFILE
Dr David Law
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Phone:
+61 3 9925 0321
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
- Gunasekara, M.,Bhuiyan, S.,Law, D.,Setunge, S.,Ward, L. (2017). Corrosion resistance in different fly ash based geopolymer concretes In: Proceedings of the 11th High performance Concrete and 2nd Concrete Innovation Conference, Tromso, Norway, 6-8 March 2017
- Wardhono, A.,Gunasekara, M.,Law, D.,Setunge, S. (2017). Comparison of long term performance between alkali activated slag and fly ash geopolymer concretes In: Construction and Building materials, 143, 272 - 279
- Gunasekara, M.,Setunge, S.,Law, D. (2017). Long-term mechanical properties of different fly ash geopolymers In: ACI Structural Journal, , 743 - 752
- Gunasekara, M.,Setunge, S.,Law, D. (2017). Correlations between mechanical properties of low calcium fly ash geopolymer concretes In: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, , 1 - 9
- Zhao, M.,Li, J.,Law, D. (2017). Effects of flowability on SFRC fibre distribution and properties In: Magazine of Concrete Research, 157, 1 - 12
- Spark Eichenbaum, A.,Cole, I.,Best, A.,Law, D.,Ward, L. (2017). (In Press) The effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens on buried steel pipeline corrosion In: Environmental Science and Technology, , 1 - 18
- Rahman, M.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2017). Effect of curing temperature on the properties of 100% Clay based geopolymer concrete In: Proceedings of the Ninth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Valencia, Spain, 24-29 July 2017
- Spark, A.,Cole, I.,Law, D.,Ward, L. (2016). Agar as an analogue for soil in corrosion studies: Where to next? In: Proceedings of Corrosion and Prevention 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-16 November 2016
- De Silva, S.,Setunge, S.,Patnaikuni, I.,Law, D. (2016). 100% cement replaced high volume fly ash concrete In: Concrete in Australia, 42, 37 - 41
- Dirgantara, R.,Law, D. (2016). Effects of elevated temperature curing of brown coal fly ash geopolymer In: Proceedings of the 2016 Mechanics of Structures and Materials Conference: Advancements and Challenges, Perth, Australia, 6-9 December 2016
- 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
6 PhD Current Supervisions7 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions
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.