Habitat Engineering & Forensics
446 - 17th Street, Suite 300
Oakland, CA  94612

Tel.  (510) 8 9 1- 0 3 0 0
  •  Civil/Structural Engineering & Construction
  •  Consulting, Design & Damage Investigations
  •  Defects, Accidents & Failure Analysis
  •  Repair, Remediation & Seismic Retrofit
  •  Insurance/Legal Support & Expert Witness Services
Selected Publications & Presentations

Fari Barzegar, Ph.D., P.E., CPEng

(a)   Journal/Magazine Articles

"Three Dimensional Modeling of Concrete Structures. I: Plain Concrete,” Journal of Structural      
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 123(10), pp. 1339-1346, October 1997 (with    
S. Maddipudi).

"Three Dimensional Modeling of Concrete Structures. II: Reinforced Concrete,” Journal of Structural
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 123(10), pp. 1347-1356, October 1997 (with
S. Maddipudi).

"Influence of Local Inertia on Seismic Response of Offshore Jackets,” Journal of Structural
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 123(1), pp. 52-61, January 1997 (with K.    
Kayvani).

"Hysteretic Modeling of Tubular Members and Offshore Platforms," Engineering Structures, Vol.
18(2), pp. 93-101, February 1996 (with K. Kayvani).

“A Study of Layering Procedures in Finite Element Analysis of RC Flexural and Torsional Elements,”   
Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 121(12), pp. 1773-
1783, December 1995 (with A. Ramaswamy and G.Z. Voyiadjis)

"Concrete Sections Under Biaxial Bending: Interactive Analysis with Spreadsheets," Concrete  
International, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 17(12), pp. 28-33, December 1995 (with T.    
Erasito).

“A Post-Cracking Formulation for Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of RC Based on Secant   
Stiffness,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 120(12),
pp. 2621-2640,  December 1994 (with A. Ramaswamy and G.Z. Voyiadjis).

"Generating Reinforcement in FE Modeling of Concrete Structures," Journal of Structural   
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 120(5), pp. 1656-1662, May 1994 (with S.
Maddipudi).    

"Analytical Formulation of the Biaxial Behavior of Concrete Repair Material," Discussion, Materials
Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 90(6), pp. 627-629, November-December 1993 (with K.
Behfarnia).

"Biaxial Testing of Repaired Concrete," Discussion, Materials Journal, American Concrete Institute,
Vol. 90(5), pp. 524-528, September-October 1993 (with K. Behfarnia).

"Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Plain Concrete Pavements with Doweled Joints," Journal of
Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 199(5), pp. 763-781,   
September-October 1993 (with C. Channakeshava and G.Z. Voyiadjis).

"Moment Transfer and Slab Effective Widths in Laterally Loaded Edge Connections," Structural
Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 88(5), pp. 615-623, September-October 1991 (with R.
Echle and M. Foroozesh).  

"Layering of RC Membrane and Plate Elements in Nonlinear Analysis," Closure, Journal of Structural
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 117(1), pp. 299-300, January 1991.

"Elasto-Plastic Cracking Analysis of Reinforced Concrete," Discussion, Journal of Structural
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 117(1), pp. 292-294, January 1991.

"Post-Cracking Analysis of RC Panels Including Tension-Stiffening," Canadian Journal of Civil
Engineering, Vol. 17, pp. 311-320, June 1990 (with W.C. Schnobrich).

"Analytical Investigation of RC Membrane Elements with Anisotropic Reinforcement," Journal of
Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 115(3), pp. 647-665, March 1989.

"Layering of RC Membrane and Plate Elements in Nonlinear Analysis," Journal of Structural
Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 114(11), pp. 2474-2492, November 1988.

(b)   Book Chapter

“Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures II,” Chapter 8, Generic Problems, J. Isenberg,  
ed.,  New York, New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993, pp. 490-569 (with J. Isenberg, et al.)

(c)   Professional Society/Conference Meeting Papers

“Strength of Reinforced Concrete Sections under Eccentric Compression,” Proceedings, FIP
Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 203-211 (with W.T. Wo).

“A Modeling Approach for 3-D Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Jackets,” Proceedings, 14th
Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Hobart, Australia, December  
1995, Vol. 1, pp. 88-93 (with K. Kayvani).

“Three Dimensional Finite Element Model for Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures,”
Proceedings, 14th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Hobart,   
Australia, December 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 278-283 (with K. Behfarnia and R.I. Gilbert).

"Local Inertia Effects on Seismic Response of Offshore Platforms," Proceedings, International
Conference on Computational Methods in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong,
December 1994, Vol. IV, pp. 1313-1318 (with K. Kayvani).

"Seismic Response of Offshore Platforms: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis," Proceedings,  
Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 1994, The Institution
of Engineers, Australia, Publication NCP No. 94/8, Vol. 1, pp. 439-444 (with K. Kayvani).

"Finite Element Analysis of a Reinforced Concrete Cooling Tower Subjected to Wind and Thermal
Loadings," Proceedings, Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia,     
September 1994, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Publication NCP No. 94/8, Vol. 2,
pp. 937- 942 (with R. Veysi).

"Generic Problems in Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures," Proceedings,
Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, April 1992,
pp. 951-953 (with J. Isenberg et al.).

"3-D Finite Element Modeling of RC Columns," Proceedings, Structures Congress, American Society  
of Civil Engineers, San Antonio, Texas, April 1992, pp. 177-180 (with S. Maddipudi).

"A Secant Post-Cracking Model for Reinforced Concrete with Particular Emphasis on Tension
Stiffening," Proceedings, Second International Conference on Computer Aided Analysis and Design
of Concrete Structures, Austria, April 1990, Pineridge Press, Vol. II, , pp. 1001-1016 (with A.  
Ramaswamy).

"Modeling Tension Stiffening in Finite Element Analysis of RC Panels," Proceedings, Annual  
Conference of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Calgary, Canada, May 1988, Volume III, pp.  
277-303 (with W.C. Schnobrich).

"Skew Anisotropic Reinforcement in 2-D Reinforced Concrete Elements," Proceedings, International
Conference on Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials: Theory and Applications, Tucson,
Arizona, January 1987, Elsevier Publishing Company, Vol. II, pp. 813-820 (with W.C. Schnobrich).

(d)   Technical Reports

“Constitutive Models for Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures,“
UNICIV Report No. R-346, School of Civil Engineering, The University of New South Wales,  
ISBN No.  858413132, 74 pages, July 1995.

"A Study on the Effect of Local Inertia on Seismic Response of Steel Offshore Platforms" UNICIV
Report No. R-340, School of Civil Engineering, The University of New South Wales, ISBN No.  
858413078, 67 pages, December 1994 (with K. Kayvani).

"Modeling of Tubular Members in Offshore Steel Jackets under Severe Cyclic Loading," UNICIV
Report No. R-324, School of Civil Engineering, The University of New South Wales, ISBN No.  
858412918, 51 pages, December 1993 (with K. Kayvani).

"Engineering Properties of Brittle Repair Materials," Final Report, Louisiana Transportation Research
Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, two parts, 712 pages, April 1992  (with G.Z. Voyiadjis et al.).

"Final Report:  Experimental Studies on Engineering Properties of Brittle Repair Materials," Louisiana
Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 124 pages, February 1991 (with G.Z.
Voyiadjis and T.M. Abu-Lebdeh).

"3-D Response of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column- Slab Connections," 2nd Annual Report on a
Research Project Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Dept. of Civil Engineering,   
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 75 pages, August 1990.

"Report No. 2B:  Engineering Properties of Brittle Repair Materials - Analytical Studies," Louisiana
Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 51 pages, June 1990 (with C.
Channakeshava and G.Z. Voyiadjis).

"Report No. 2A:  Engineering Properties of Brittle Repair Materials - Experimental Studies," Louisiana
Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 25 pages, June 1990 (with G.Z. Voyiadjis
and T.M. Abu-Lebdeh).  

"A Study on Edge Connections of Flat Plate Structures Subjected to Lateral Loading," Dept. of Civil
Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 157 pages, April 1990 (with R.
Echle).

"Report No. 1:  Engineering Properties of Brittle Repair Materials," Louisiana Transportation Research
Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 21 pages, December 1989 (with G.Z. Voyiadjis and T.M. Abu-Lebdeh)

"3-D Response of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column- Slab Connections," 1st Annual Report on a
Research Project Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Dept. of Civil Engineering,    
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 90 pages, June 1989.

"Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete under Short Term Monotonic Loading,"
Civil Engineering Studies, SRS 530, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 137 pages (also available
through University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Microfilm #NF 087-11773),   
November 1986 (with W.C. Schnobrich).

"User's Manual for Program ROOF," Prepared for Union Carbide Company, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 88 pages, August 1984
(with R.B. Haber).

"Evaluation of Selected Grouts for Installation of Load Transfer Devices," Prepared for Dayton
Superior Company, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Urbana, Illinois, 22 pages, January 1983 (with E.J. Barenberg).

Presentations

Invited Speaker, "Generic Problems in Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures,"   
International Workshop on Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete, Columbia
University, New York, June 1991.

Presented a short course on “Bridge Dynamics,” training course for bridge engineers from Vietnam, School  
of Civil Engineering (UNSW), 1996.

Presented a short course on “Finite Element Method for Engineers and Scientists,” Infrastructure Research
Institute, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1997.