14th November, Professor MIKAEL WIMPFFEN BRÆSTRUP from Denmark came to our company to give an academic lecture——theory of plasticity applied to structural concrete an overview.
At the meeting, Dr. BRÆSTRUP explained the theory of plasticity applied and introduced yield line theory, limit state design method, mohr-coulomb,s failure criterion and amended mohr-coulomb,s failure criterion. Combined with the example of concrete beam, concrete slab and concrete shell, he introduced the usage ranges of the main theories.
RESUME of MIKAEL WIMPFFEN BRÆSTRUP
Dr Mikael W Braestrup holds a Ph D degree in structural engineering, and is an internationally recognised expert on analysis and design of concrete structures applying the theory of plasticity. He has broad experience in design, fabrication and installation of submarine pipelines, planning and design documentation of large infrastructure projects, as well as project management in general. Dr Braestrup has repeatedly been seconded to clients’ organisations, assignments including technical documentation for radio base stations of a Belgian mobile phone network, and design supervision of Norwegian export pipelines. He is currently Senior Pipeline Specialist at the Department of Pipelines and Subsea.
For a period of two years Dr Braestrup served as a volunteer, seconded to the Peruvian Government as resident engineer responsible for rehabilitation and construction of low-cost mountain roads in the part of Peru affected by the May 1970 earthquake.
His experience in research and teaching includes ten years at the Department of Structural Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, and one year as visitor at the Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK. Dr Braestrup is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and professional societies worldwide, and an active participant in international conferences. He has served in a number of Danish and international professional societies and code committees, and is author/editor of a handbook on marine pipeline technology.
In 1979 Dr Braestrup joined the Danish consulting engineering company Ramboll, where he worked for five years on design and construction of marine pipelines for the Danish National Gas Transmission System, following which he became the first head of Ramboll’s Department of Pipelines and Underwater Technology. Subsequently he headed the Department of Knowledge and Development, managing a variety of R&D projects. In 1992 Dr Bræstrup became attached to the Ramboll Department of Bridges, where he was in charge of the Technical Design Basis, involving application of the draft Eurocodes, for the 16 km Øresund Link strait crossing between Denmark and Sweden, opened for road and rail traffic in July 2000. In November 2005 he returned to Ramboll Oil & Gas, a separate business unit since January 2007, working on feasibility studies and detailed design of offshore pipelines and satellite field developments.
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