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
- Bhuiyan, S.,Law, D.,Nicholls, P.,Christodoulou, C. (2018). Investigation of the residual protection of steel following application of protective current In: Construction & Building Materials, 162, 505 - 511
- Law, D.,Molyneaux, T. (2017). Impact of corrosion on bond in uncracked concrete with confined and unconfined rebar In: Construction and Building Materials, 155, 550 - 559
- Wardhono, A.,Law, D.,Sutikno, .,Dani, H. (2017). The effect of slag addition on strength development of Class C fly ash geopolymer concrete at normal temperature In: Proceedings of the Green Construction and Engineering Education (GCEE) Conference 2017, East Java, Indonesia, 8-9 August 2017
- Gunasekara, M.,Law, D.,Setunge, S.,Burgar, I.,Brkljaca, R. (2017). Effect of element distribution on strength in fly ash geopolymers In: ACI Materials Journal, 114, 795 - 808
- Dirgantara, R.,Gunasekara, C.,Law, D.,Molyneaux, T. (2017). Suitability of Brown Coal Fly Ash for Geopolymer Production In: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 29, 1 - 10
- Rahman, M.,Law, D.,Patnaikuni, I. (2017). Factors affecting the performance of 100% clay based geopolymer concrete In: Proceedings 28th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia (Concrete 2017), Adelaide, Australia, 22-25 October 2017
- Khodr, M.,Law, D.,Gunasekara, M.,Setunge, S. (2017). Initial development of brown coal fly ash geopolymer concrete bricks In: Proceedings 28th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia (Concrete 2017), Adelaide, Australia, 22-25 October 2017
- Govinnage Don, D.,Law, D.,Gravina, R.,Setunge, S. (2017). A review of concrete sealers against chloride ingress In: Proceedings 28th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia (Concrete 2017), Adelaide, Australia, 22-25 October 2017
- Law, D. (2017). The effect of exposure time on leaching from concrete In: Proceedings of the 1st International ICT Conference on Cement and Concrete Technology - Concrete for the Modern Age, Developments in Materials and Process, Muscat, Oman, 20-22 November 2017
- Law, D.,Molyneaux, T.,Aly, T. (2017). Long-term performance of controlled permeability formwork In: Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 15, 117 - 125
- 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.