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Ronald A. Cook, Ph.D., P.E.
 Byron D. Spangler Professor
Structural Engineering Group
Office: 475-H Weil Hall
Tel: (352) 392-9537 ext. 1507
Fax: (352) 392-1036
E-mail: rcook@ce.ufl.edu		 Mailing address:
University of Florida
Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering
P.O. Box 116580
365 Weil Hall
Gainesville, FL 
32611

 

 Research Interests

  

Anchorage to Concrete

Experimental and analytical research projects on cast-in-place and post-installed (mechanical and bonded) anchor systems with a special interest in adhesive and grouted bonded anchor systems 
 

Structural Behavior and Design

Experimental and analytical research projects to evaluate structural behavior where the goal of the projects is to present results in a form that can be adopted into structural design standards
  

Wind Engineering

Field studies and experimental research projects on the effects of wind and missile blown debris on structures

  

 Professional Information

  

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (1989)

M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee (1981)

B.S.C.E, Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee (1975)

 

Academic Experience
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 2001–Present
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1994–2001
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1989–1994
Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1982–1986
Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1985
   

Industry Experience
  Consulting Structural Engineer, Cook & Caldwell, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, 1984–1986
Technical Supervisor, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1982–1984
Civil Engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1976–1982
Project Engineer, B & S Contractors, Incorporated, Nashville, Tennessee, 1973–1974
Assistant Construction Superintendent, Fischer & Short Construction, Nashville, Tennessee, 1971–1973

  

 Professional Registration

  

Florida, Registered Professional Engineer, P.E. #45663, 06/18/92
Tennessee, Registered Professional Engineer, P.E. #13693, 03/07/80

  

 Professional Organization Membership

  

American Concrete Institute, Fellow
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society for Testing and Materials
American Society of Wind Engineers
International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
The Masonry Society

  

 Professional Committee Membership

  

International Committees
American Concrete Institute
      ACI 355, “Anchorage to Concrete,” Chairman 2001-2006
    ACI 318-B, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, Reinforcement and Development”
    ACI 349, “Building Code Requirements for Concrete Nuclear Structures”
  International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering
      Working Commission on Concrete Structures
  International Federation for Structural Concrete
      Special Activity Group, “Fastenings to Structural Concrete and Masonry
   

National Committees
American Society of Civil Engineers
      ASCE 7, “Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures," Chairman - Wind Load Committee”
  American Society for Testing and Materials
     ASTM E06.13, “Structural Performance of Connections in Building Construction”
  Concrete Anchor Manufacturers Association
     Task group on testing and design standards for bonded anchors

 

 Publications

  

Books, Sole Author
  Cook, R.A., Strength Design of Anchorage to Concrete, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1999, ISBN 0-89312-2025, First Edition, 87 pages. 
   

Books, Co-Authored
  Design of Fastenings in Concrete, Comite Euro-International du Beton (International Federation for Structural Concrete), Thomas Telford Publishing, London, 1997, 83 pages.
   

Books, Contributor of Chapter
  Notes on ACI 318-02, 05, 08 Building Code Requirement for Structural Concrete with Design Applications, Chapter 34 Anchoring to Concrete, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois.
   

Books, Edited
  The Hurricanes of 1992:  Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future, Ronald A. Cook and Mehrdad Soltani, eds., Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers Symposium, Miami, Florida, New York, 1994, 808 pages.
   

Design Standards (the publications listed below are design standards that Dr. Cook has contributed to writing)
· “Appendix D - Anchoring to Concrete,” Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-02,-05,-08), American Concrete Institute (ACI), Farmington Hills, Michigan.
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“Qualification of Post-Installed Mechanical Anchors in Concrete,” ACI 355.2-01,-04,-07, American Concrete Institute (ACI), Farmington Hills, Michigan.
· Chapter 6, “Wind Loads,” Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-98, -02,-05,-10), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, Virginia.
· Appendix B - Steel Embedments,” Code Requirements for Nuclear Safety Related Concrete Structures (ACI 349-97), ACI, Farmington Hills, Michigan, February, 1998, 18 pages.
   

Refereed Publications Excluding Refereed Proceedings
· Cook, R.A., Eligehausen, R., and Appl. J. “Overview - Behavior of Adhesive Bonded Anchors,” Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, Ernst & Sohn, V. 102, Issue S1, September, 2007, pp.16-21.
· Eligehausen, R., Cook, R. A., and Appl. J. “Behavior and Design of Adhesive Bonded Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute (ACI), V. 103, No. 83, November-December 2006, pp. 822-831.
· Consolazio, G.R., Cowan, D.R., Biggs, A.E., Cook, R.A., Ansley, M., Bollmann, H.T., “Full-scale experimental measurement of barge impact loads on bridge piers”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2005.
· Subramanian, N. and Cook, R. A., “Behavior of Grouted Anchors,” The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 78, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 25-33.
· Lybas, J. M., Hoffman, V. L., and Cook, R. A., “Effects of Strand Anchorage devices on Shear Strength of Pretensioned Concrete Beams,” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), V. 48, No. 6, November/December 2003, pp. 106-115.
· Zamora, N. A., Cook, R. A., Konz, R., and Consolazio, G. R., “Behavior and Design of Single, Headed and Unheaded, Grouted Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, V. 100, No. 2, March-April 2003, pp. 222-230.
· Subramanian, N. and Cook, R. A., “Installation, Behavior and Design of Bonded Anchors,” Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 47-56.
· Cook, R. A., Bloomquist, D., Richard, D. S., and Kalajian, M. A., “Damping of Cantilevered Traffic Signal Structures,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, V. 127, No. 12, December 2001, pp. 1476-1483.
· Cook, R. A., and Konz, R., “Factors Influencing the Bond Strength of Adhesive Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute (ACI), V. 98, No. 1, January-February 2001, pp. 76-86.
· Kunz, J., Cook, R. A., Fuchs, W. and Spieth, H, “Tragverhalten und Bemessung von chemischen Befestigungen (Load Bearing Behavior and Design of Adhesive Anchors),” Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 93 (1998), H.1, S. 15-19, H. 2, S. 44-49 (paper split into two publications).
· Cook, R. A., Kunz, J., Fuchs, W., and Konz, R., “Behavior and Design of Single Adhesive Anchors Under Tensile Load in Uncracked Concrete,” ACI Structural Journal, ACI, V. 95, No. 1, January-February 1998, pp. 9-26.
· Cook, R. A., Bloomquist, D., Agosta, A. M., “Truck Induced Dynamic Wind Loads on Variable Message Signs,” Transportation Research Record (TRR) 1594, Transportation Research Board (TRB), 1997, pp. 187-193.
· Cook, R. A., Fagundo, F. E., and Richardson, D. E., “The Effect of External Elevated Temperatures on the Bond Performance of Epoxy-Coated Strands (ECS),” PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), V. 42, No. 1, January/February 1997, pp. 68-75.
· Cook, R. A., Hatfield, J. T., Brannen, W. F., and Joseph, T. D., “Thermal Effects on the FP&L Turkey Point Unit #2 Chimney,” CICIND Report, International Committee on Industrial Chimneys, Zurich, Switzerland, V. 55, No. 12, September, 1996, pp. 27-30.
· McVay, M. C., Cook, R. A., and Krishnamurthy, K., “Pullout Simulation of Post-Installed Chemically-Bonded Anchors,” Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), V. 122, No. 9, September, 1996, pp. 1016-1024.
· Hoit, M. I., Cook, R. A., and Christou, P.*, “An Integrated Technique for the Analysis of Traffic Lights and Signs Supported by the Dual Cable System,” Computers and Structures, Pergamon Press, V. 55, No. 6, June 1995, pp. 979-987.
· Cook, R. A. and Fagundo, F. E., “Scale Model for the Evaluation of a Continuous Prestressed Flat-Slab Bridge System,” Experimental Techniques for Assessing Structural and Material Performance of Concrete SP 143, David J. Stevens and Mohsen A. Issa, eds., ACI, 1994, pp. 81-96.
· Cook, R. A., “Lifelines,” Hurricane Hugo: Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Charleston, South Carolina, September 17-22, 1989, National Disaster Studies Series, National Research Council, V. 6, 1994, pp. 258-269.
· Cook, R. A., Doerr, G. T., and Klingner, R. E., “Bond Stress Model for Design of Adhesive Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, ACI, V. 90, No. 5, September-October 1993, pp. 514-524.
· Cook, R. A., “Behavior of Chemically Bonded Anchors,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, V. 119, No. 9, September 1993, pp. 2744-2762.
· Cook, R. A., Fagundo, F. E., Rozen, A. D., and Mayer, H., “Service, Fatigue, and Ultimate Load Evaluation of a Continuous Prestressed Flat-Slab Bridge System,” TRR 1393, TRB, 1993, pp. 104-111.
· Cook, R. A., Fagundo, F. E., and Biller, M. H., “Tensile Behavior and Design of Adhesive-Bonded Anchors and Dowels,” TRR 1392, TRB, 1993, pp. 126-133.
· Cook, R. A., “Hurricanes - Protection and Restoration of Park Facilities,” Trends, U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service, V. 30, No. 2, 1993, pp. 13-17.
· Cook, R. A., Collins, D. M., Klingner, R. E., and Polyzois, D., “Load-Deflection Behavior of Cast-in-Place and Retrofit Concrete Anchors,” ACI Structural Journal, ACI, V. 89, No. 6, November-December 1992, pp. 639-649.
· Cook, R. A. and Klingner, R. E., “Ductile Multiple-Anchor Steel-to-Concrete Connections,” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, V. 118, No. 6, June 1992, pp. 1645-1665.
· Cook, R. A. and Klingner, R. E., “Behavior of Multiple-Anchor Steel-to-Concrete Connections with Surface Mounted Baseplates,” Anchors in Concrete - Design and Behavior SP 130, George A. Senkiw and Harry B. Lancelot III, eds., ACI, 1991, pp. 61-122.
· Headstrom, E. G., Tarhini, K. M., Thomas, R. D., Dobovoy, V. S., Klingner, R. E., and Cook, R. A., “Flexural Bond Strength of Concrete Masonry Prisms Using Portland Cement and Hydrated Lime Mortars,” The Masonry Society Journal, The Masonry Society, V. 9, No. 2, February, 1991, pp. 8-23.
   

Refereed Proceedings
· Halcovage, K. M., Cook, R. A., Ansley, M. H., “Anchor Embedment Requirements for Signal/Sign Structures,” Proceedings of the International fib/ACI/ASCE Symposium on Connections Between Steel and Concrete, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2007, Edited by R. Eligehausen, pp. 151-160.
· Consolazio, G.R., Cook, R.A., Cowan, D.R., Bollmann, H.T., “Assessing Bridge Pier Response to Barge Collision Loads”, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium on Structures and Extreme Events, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2005.
· Cook, R. A., and Konz, R. C., “Anchoring with Bonded Fasteners,” Proceedings of the International RILEM Symposium on Connections Between Steel and Concrete, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2001, Edited by R. Eligehausen, pp. 361-369.
· Cook, R. A., Zamora, N. A. and Konz, R. C., “Behavior of Grouted Anchors,” Proceedings of the International RILEM Symposium on Connections Between Steel and Concrete, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2001, Edited by R. Eligehausen, pp. 381-389.
· Cook, R. A., Bloomquist, D., and Kalajian, M. A., “Mechanical Damping System for Mast Arm Traffic Signal Structures,” Proceedings, 1999 New Orleans Structures Congress, “Structural Engineering in the 21st Century,” R. Richard Avent and Mohamed Alawady, eds., ASCE, New York, 1999, pp. 1099-1102.
· Cook, R. A., “Design Guidelines for Adhesive Anchors,” Proceedings, Structural Engineer’s World Congress, “Structural Engineering World Wide 1998,” San Francisco, California (July 19-23), Paper No. T141-4, ISBN: 0-08-042845-2, Elsevier Science, Ltd., 1998, 8 pages.
· Suarez, C., and Cook, R. A., “Tecnologia de la Mamposteria Reforzada Aplicada a la Construccion de Viviendas do Bajo Costo en Venezuela (Reinforced Masonry Technology Applied to the Construction of Low Cost Housing in Venezuela),” 9th Annual Rinker International Conference on Building Construction, “International Conference on Urbanization and Housing 98,” Barquisimeto, Venezuela, October, 1998, pp. 401-408.
· Hoit, M. I., Cook, R. A., and Christou, P., “Coupled Force Density and Direct Stiffness Method for Cable-Beam Systems,” Proceedings, 10th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference, Boulder, Colorado (May 21-24, 1995), ASCE, New York, 1995, pp. 285-288.
· Fagundo, F. E., Cook, R. A., Munson, B. A., and Schafer, B. M., “Flat Plate Continuous Prestressed Bridge System,” Proceedings, International Federation of Prestressed Concrete (FIP) Symposium '92, Budapest, Hungary, May, 1992, pp. 763-770.
· Cook, R. A., “Loss and Recovery of Critical Lifelines Following Recent Hurricanes,” Proceedings, Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, “Lifeline Earthquake Engineering,” Michael A. Cassaro, ed., ASCE, New York, 1991, pp. 1071-1078.

  

 Courses 

  

CES 3102 - Mechanics of Engineering Structures

CES 4702 - Analysis and Design in Reinforced Concrete

CES 5801 - Behavior and Design of Timber Structures
  CES 5835 - Behavior and Design of Masonry Structures

 

   


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