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Professor Andy Buchanan

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Department: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Email: andy.buchanan@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

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Earthquake engineering
Fire engineering
Timber engineering

Researcher Summary

Main research is the development of innovative structural timber building systems, using post-tensioned large spans in single storey and multi-storey timber buildings. Related research interests include fire resistance of timber structures, connections in timber structures, structural fire design methods and earthquake engineering.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Engineering and Technology: Design ; Earthquake Engineering ; Fire Engineering ; Structural ; Timber
Resilience: Physical: Buildings ; Infrastructure

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)

Authored Books

Buchanan AH. and Abu AK. (2017) Structural design for fire safety. (Second Edition ed.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. i-416.

Chapters

Fleischmann C., Buchanan A. and Abu A. (2016) Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete Members. In Hurley MJ; Gottuk DT; Hall JR; Harada K; Kuligowski ED; Puchovsky M; Torero JL; Watts JM; Wieczorek CJ (Ed.), SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (5th ed.): 1949-1978. New York: Springer Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2565-0_54.

Journal Articles

Iqbal A., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A. (2019) A General Design Approach for Post-tensioned Timber Subassemblies. Journal of Earthquake Engineering http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2019.1659880.

Buchanan AH., Dunn A., O'Neill J. and Pau D. (2018) Fire safety of CLT buildings in New Zealand and Australia. Wood and Fiber Science 50: 96-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.22382/wfs-2018-043.

Iqbal A., Fragiacomo M., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A. (2018) Seismic resilience of plywood-coupled LVL wall panels. Engineering Structures 167: 750-759. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.09.053.

Moroder D., Smith T., Dunbar A., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A. (2018) Seismic testing of post-tensioned Pres-Lam core walls using cross laminated timber. Engineering Structures 167: 639-654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.02.075.

Buchanan A. and Moroder D. (2017) Log house performance in the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 50(2): 225-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.50.2.225-236.

Lago BD., Dibenedetto C., Palermo A., Pampanin S., Giorgini S., Buchanan AH. and Carradine D. (2017) Structural behavior of longitudinally posttensioned timber beams under serviceability gravity loading. Journal of Structural Engineering (United States) 143(8) http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001800.

Moroder D., Pampanin S., Palermo A., Smith T., Sarti F. and Buchanan A. (2017) Diaphragm connections in structures with rocking timber walls. Structural Engineering International 27(2): 165-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/101686617X14881932435574.

Holden T., Devereux C., Haydon S., Buchanan A. and Pampanin S. (2016) NMIT Arts & Media Building—Innovative structural design of a three storey post-tensioned timber building. Case Studies in Structural Engineering 6: 76-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csse.2016.06.003.

Iqbal A., Smith T., Pampanin S., Fragiacomo M., Palermo A. and Buchanan AH. (2016) Experimental Performance and Structural Analysis of Plywood-Coupled LVL Walls. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering: Special Issue on Seismic Resistant Timber Structures 142(2) 4015123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001383.

Smith T., Watson C., Moroder D., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A. (2016) Lateral performance of a Pres-Lam frame designed for gravity loads. Engineering Structures 122: 33-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.05.005.

Iqbal A., Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan AH. (2015) Performance and design of LVL walls coupled with UFP dissipaters. Journal of Earthquake Engineering 19(3): 383-409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2014.987406.

Iqbal A., Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan A. (2014) Behaviour of Post-tensioned Timber Columns under Bi-directional Seismic Loading. Bulletin of New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 47(1): 41-53.

O'Neill JW., Abu AK., Carradine DM., Moss PJ. and Buchanan AH. (2014) Modelling the fire performance of structural timber-concrete composite floors. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering 5(2): 113-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2317.5.2.113.

Smith T., Ponzo F., Di Cesare A., Pampanin S., Carradine D., Buchanan A. and Nigro D. (2014) Post-Tensioned Glulam Beam-Column Joints with Advanced Damping Systems: Testing and Numerical Analysis. Journal of Earthquake Engineering 18(1): 147-167.

Conference Contributions - Published

Buchanan AH.. (2016) The challenges for designers of tall timber buildings. In WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering.

Iqbal A., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A.. (2016) Ductile connections for seismic design of timber structures. In WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering.

Iqbal A., Pampanin S., Fragiacomo M. and Buchanan A.. (2016) Response of plywood-coupled post-tensioned LVL walls to repeated seismic loading. In WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering.

Jessop D., Abu A., Wade C., Spearpoint MJ., Gerlich H. and Buchanan A.. (2016) Full-scale fire test of a laterally loaded light timber-framed compartment. In.

Moroder D., Sarti F., Pampanin S., Smith T. and Buchanan AH.. (2016) Higher mode effects in multi-storey timber buildings with varying diaphragm flexibility. In.

Moroder D., Sarti F., Smith T., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A.. (2016) The influence of diaphragm stiffness on the dynamic behaviour of multi-storey timber buildings. In WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering.

Moroder D., Smith T., Pampanin S. and Buchanan AH.. (2015) An equivalent truss method for the analysis of timber diaphragms. In.

Moroder D., Smith T., Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan AH.. (2015) Design of floor diaphragms in multi-storey timber buildings. In.

O'Neill J., Abu A., Carradine D., Moss P. and Buchanan A.. (2015) A simplified design method for estimating the fire performance of structural timber floors. In PLSE 2015 Proceedings: 1013-1022.

Smith T., Moroder D., Sarti F., Pampanin S. and Buchanan AH.. (2015) The Reality of Seismic Engineering in a Modern Timber World. In.

Costello A., Abu A., Moss P. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Simplified Calculation for Fire Performance of Post-Tensioned Timber Box Beams. In http://www.iafss.org/publications/fss/11/640.

Costello R., Abu A., Moss P. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Shear strength of LVL box beams in fire conditions. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Costello R., Abu A., Moss P. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Shear strength of LVL box beams in fire conditions. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Costello R., Abu A., Moss P. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Shear strength of LVL box beams in fire conditions. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Dunbar A., Moroder D., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Timber core-walls for lateral load resistance of multi-storey timber buildings. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Dunbar A., Moroder D., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Timber core-walls for lateral load resistance of multi-storey timber buildings. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Dunbar A., Moroder D., Pampanin S. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Timber core-walls for lateral load resistance of multi-storey timber buildings. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Moroder D., Sarti F., Palermo A., Pampanin S. and Buchanan AH.. (2014) Seismic design of floor diaphragms in post-tensioned timber buildings. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Moroder D., Sarti F., Palermo A., Pampanin S. and Buchanan AH.. (2014) Seismic design of floor diaphragms in post-tensioned timber buildings. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Moroder D., Sarti F., Palermo A., Pampanin S. and Buchanan AH.. (2014) Seismic design of floor diaphragms in post-tensioned timber buildings. In WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings.

Moroder D., Sarti F., Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan A.. (2014) Experimental investigation of wall-to-floor connections in post-tensioned timber buildings. In.

Moroder D., Smith T., Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan AH.. (2014) Design of Floor Diaphragms in Multi-Storey Timber Buildings. In.

Moroder D., Smith T., Pampanin S., Palermo A. and Buchanan AH.. (2014) Design of floor diaphragms in multi-storey timber buildings. In.

Moroder D., Smith T., Simonetti M., Ponzo FC., Di Cesare A., Nigro D., Pampanin S. and Buchanan AH.. (2014) Experimental Behaviour of Diaphragms In Post-Tensioned Timber Frame Buildings. In.

Conference Contributions - Other

Buchanan A. (2015) Fire resistance of multi-storey timber buildings. Tsukuba, Japan: 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (10th AOSFST), 5-7 Oct 2015.

Intellectual Property

Buchanan A., Pampanin S. and Palermo A. (2015) An engineered wood construction system for high performance structures.Patent No. CA2660466, Canada.

Buchanan A., Pampanin S. and Palermo A. (2015) Engineered wood construction system for high performance structures.Patent No. US 8935892 B2, U.S.A.

Affiliations

Canterbury Structural Group (Professional Organisation): Committee Member
Engineers for Social Responsibility (ESR) (Professional Organisation): Member
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) (Professional Organisation): Distinguished Fellow (D.FIPENZ)
New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) (Professional Organisation): Fellow
New Zealand Timber Design Society (Professional Organisation): Past President
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) (Professional Organisation): Fellow
Structural Engineering Society (SESOC) (Professional Organisation): Member
Structural Timber Innovation Company Ltd (STIC) (Industry): Research Director

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