Consolazio

Gary R. Consolazio

Associate Professor
Division: Structures

Specializations: Characterization extreme-event loading conditions for civil infrastructure systems:Dynamic contact/impact loads, barge impact loading on bridges, vehicle impact loading, blast loading, thermal loading
Center & Institute Affiliation: Bridge Software Institute
Office Phone: (352) 392-9537 ext. 1510
Location: 475J Weil
Email Address: grc@ce.ufl.edu
Personal Page: www.ce.ufl.edu/~grc
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Education

Ph.D.,University of Florida 1995
M.E., University of Florida 1990
B.S.C.E.,University of Florida 1989


Years of Service on this Faculty

Aug 2004-present: Associate Professor, University of Florida
Aug 1998-Aug 2004: Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Aug 1995-Aug 1998: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, New Jersey




Principal Publications

 

Consolazio, G.R., M.T. Davidson and D.R. Cowan, "Barge Bow Force-Deformation Relationships for Barge-Bridge Collision Analysis",  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2009, (In press).

Consolazio, G.R. and M.T. Davidson, "Simplified Dynamic Analysis of Barge Collision for Bridge Design",  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2050, 2008, pp. 13-25.

Consolazio, G.R., D.R. Cowan, A. Biggs, R.A. Cook, M. Ansley, M., and H.T. Bollmann, "Full-Scale Experimental Measurement of Barge Impact Loads on Bridge Piers",  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1936, 2005, pp. 81-93.

Consolazio, G.R., and D.R. Cowan, "Numerically Efficient Dynamic Analysis of Barge Collisions with Bridge Piers" ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 8, 2005, pp. 1256-1266.

Consolazio, G.R., Cowan, D.R., “Nonlinear Analysis of Barge Crush Behavior and its Relationship to Impact Resistant Bridge Design”, Computers and Structures, Vol. 81, Nos.8-11, 2003, pp. 547-557.