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Overview

Kent A. Harries is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with a specialization in civil and structural engineering, building and construction, plant science, polymers and plastics, and mechanical engineering.

The main areas of study covered in their work include:

  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Bamboo properties and applications
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Concrete Corrosion and Durability
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials

Kent A. Harries has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mingqian Wang
  • Zhuolin Wang
  • Qingfeng Xu
  • Yubing Leng

Their publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Journal of Composites for Construction
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Engineering Structures

Selected recent publications include:

  • Life cycle assessment (LCA) of natural vs conventional building assemblies, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Study of effects of sleeve grouting defects on the seismic performance of precast concrete shear walls, 2021, Engineering Structures
  • Effects of grout sleeve defects and their repair on the seismic performance of precast concrete frame structures, 2021, Engineering Structures
  • Chemical modification of Dendrocalamus asper bamboo with citric acid and boron compounds: Effects on the physical-chemical, mechanical and thermal properties, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Experimental study on mechanical properties of laminated bamboo beam-to-column connections, 2020, Engineering Structures

Kent A. Harries has contributed to book publications with:

  • Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2022), published by European Organization for Nuclear Research, 2022
  • CICE 2023 SINGLE VOLUME PROCEEDINGS, published by University of Castilla-La Mancha, 2023

Best Publications

  • Axial Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns Confined with FRP Jackets

    Stephen Pessiki;Kent A. Harries;Justin T. Kestner;Richard Sause

  • Guide for the Design and Construction of Structural Concrete Reinforced with FRP Bars

    Tarek Alkhrdaji;Edward R. Fyfe;James Korff;Morris Schupack

  • Environmental durability of externally bonded FRP materials intended for repair of concrete structures

    J.R. Cromwell;K.A. Harries;B.M. Shahrooz

  • Fatigue Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with GFRP Sheets

    Christos G. Papakonstantinou;Michael F. Petrou;Kent A. Harries

  • Shape and gap effects on the behavior of variably confined concrete

    Kent A. Harries;Shawn A. Carey

  • Fatigue Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Bridge Girders

    John Aidoo;Kent A. Harries;Michael F. Petrou

  • Modeling of timber beams strengthened with various CFRP composites

    Yail J. Kim;Kent A. Harries

  • BEHAVIOR AND MODELING OF CONCRETE SUBJECT TO VARIABLE CONFINING PRESSURE

    Kent A. Harries;Gayatri Kharel

  • Axial Behavior and Modeling of Confined Small-, Medium-, and Large-Scale Circular Sections with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Jackets

    Shawn A Carey;Kent A Harries

  • Enhancing stability of structural steel sections using FRP

    Kent A. Harries;Andrew J. Peck;Elizabeth J. Abraham

  • SEISMIC RESPONSE OF STEEL BEAMS COUPLING CONCRETE WALLS

    Kent A. Harries;Denis Mitchell;William D. Cook;Richard G. Redwood

  • Fatigue behavior of damaged steel beams repaired with CFRP strips

    Yail J. Kim;Kent A. Harries

  • Acoustic emission monitoring of CFRP reinforced concrete slabs

    Sandeep Degala;Piervincenzo Rizzo;Karthik Ramanathan;Kent A. Harries

  • Bamboo reinforced concrete: a critical review

    Hector F Archila;Sebastian Kaminski;David Trujillo;Edwin Zea Escamilla

  • Seismic Design of Hybrid Coupled Wall Systems: State of the Art

    Sherif El-Tawil;Kent A. Harries;Patrick J. Fortney;Bahram M. Shahrooz

  • Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete, Steel, and Steel‐Concrete Coupling Beams

    Kent A. Harries;Bingnian Gong;Bahram M. Shahrooz

  • Comparison of Three Flexural Retrofit Systems under Monotonic and Fatigue Loads

    Joshua B. Quattlebaum;Joshua B. Quattlebaum;Kent A. Harries;Kent A. Harries;Michael F. Petrou;Michael F. Petrou

  • Combustion and charring properties of five common constructional wood species from cone calorimeter tests

    Qingfeng Xu;Lingzhu Chen;Kent A. Harries;Fuwen Zhang

  • A Nonlinear Acoustic Technique for Crack Detection in Metallic Structures

    Debaditya Dutta;Hoon Sohn;Kent A. Harries;Piervincenzo Rizzo

  • The Effect of the Presence of Water on the Durability of Bond between CFRP and Concrete

    Baolin Wan;Michael F. Petrou;Kent A. Harries

Frequent Co-Authors

Hoon Sohn
Hoon Sohn Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jian-Guo Dai
Jian-Guo Dai City University of Hong Kong
Richard Sause
Richard Sause Lehigh University
Sherif El-Tawil
Sherif El-Tawil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James M. Ricles
James M. Ricles Lehigh University
Denis Mitchell
Denis Mitchell McGill University
Charles E. Bakis
Charles E. Bakis Pennsylvania State University
Holmer Savastano
Holmer Savastano Universidade de São Paulo
Yahya C. Kurama
Yahya C. Kurama University of Notre Dame
Andrea Prota
Andrea Prota University of Naples Federico II

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