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
Journal Publications
Consolazio, G.R., Cowan, D.R., Biggs, A., Cook, R.A., Ansley,
M., Bollmann, H.T., “Full-Scale Experimental Measurement
of Barge Impact Loads on Bridge Piers”, Submitted for publication,
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2004.
Consolazio, G.R., Cowan, D.R., “Numerically Efficient Dynamic Analysis
of Barge Collisions with Bridge Piers”, Accepted for publication, ASCE
Journal of Structural Engineering, (2004).
Chung, J.H., Consolazio, G.R., “Numerical Modeling of Transport Phenomena
in Reinforced Concrete Exposed to Elevated Temperatures”, Cement and Concrete
Research, 2004 (In press).
Consolazio, G.R., Hendrix, J.L., McVay, M.C., Williams, M.E., Bollmann, H.T., “Prediction
of Pier Response to Barge Impacts Using Design-Oriented Dynamic Finite Element
Analysis”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, Washington, D.C., (In Press).
Consolazio, G.R., Chung, J.H., “Numeric Simulation of Near-Surface Moisture
Migration and Stress Development in Concrete Exposed to Fire”, Computers
and Concrete, Vol.1, No.1, 2004, pp. 31-46.
Consolazio, G.R., Fung, J., Ansley, M., “M-phi-P Diagrams for Concrete
Sections Under Biaxial Flexure and Axial Compression”, American Concrete
Institute (ACI) Structural Journal, Vol. 101, No. 1, 2004, pp. 114-123.
Consolazio, G.R., Lehr, G.B., McVay, M.C., “Dynamic Finite Element Analysis
of Vessel-Pier-Soil Interaction During Barge Impact Events”, Journal of
the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2003, Transportation Research
Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1849, 2004, pp. 81-90.
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.
Consolazio, G.R., Chung, J.H., Gurley, K.R., “Impact Simulation and Full
Scale Crash Testing of a Low Profile Concrete Work Zone Barrier”, Computers
and Structures, Vol. 81, No.13, 2003, pp. 1359-1374.
Consolazio, G.R., “Iterative Equation Solver for Bridge Analysis Using
Neural Networks”, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering,
Vol. 15, No. 2, March 2000, pp. 107-119.
Consolazio, G.R., McVay, M.C., Rish, J.W. III, “Measurement and Prediction
of Pore Pressures in Saturated Cement Mortar Subjected to Radiant Heating”,
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Materials Journal, Vol. 95, No. 5, Sept-Oct.
1998, pp. 525-536.
Research Areas
- 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
(severe fire exposure and environmental heating)
- Numerical analysis of structural response
Finite element
analysis, nonlinear dynamic structural mechanics, contact/impact
analysis,
soil-structure interaction,
thermal
analysis, porous media solid and fluid mechanics, multiphase
flow, coupled solid/fluid/thermal systems
- Numerical methods
Computational mechanics,
algorithm development and implementation, computer aided
visualization
Awards Recipient of the 2003 Transportation
Research Board (TRB) K.B. Woods Outstanding Paper Award for
the paper “Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Vessel-Pier-Soil
Interaction During Barge Impact Events”, by G.R. Consolazio,
G.B. Lehr, and M.C. McVay.
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