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Overview

Nawawi Chouw is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand, with a primary research focus in Engineering. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction, Polymers and Plastics, Computational Mechanics, and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their research encompasses diverse topics, with a specific emphasis on the following:

  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nawawi Chouw include:

  • "A critical review on the properties of natural fibre reinforced concrete composites subjected to impact loading", 2023, Journal of Building Engineering
  • "A comparative study of impact behaviour between natural flax and glass FRP confined concrete composites", 2020, Construction and Building Materials
  • "Experimental findings of the suppression of rotary sloshing on the dynamic response of a liquid storage tank", 2020, Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • "Effect of earthquake-induced transverse poundings on a 32 m span railway bridge isolated by friction pendulum bearings", 2021, Engineering Structures
  • "Shake table investigation of nonlinear soil-structure-fluid interaction of a thin-walled storage tank under earthquake load", 2021, Thin-Walled Structures

Nawawi Chouw frequently publishes in several academic venues, such as:

  • Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
  • International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics
  • Engineering Structures
  • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • Construction and Building Materials

They have collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Ziqi Yang
  • Tam Larkin
  • Yang Lv
  • Wenjie Wang
  • Zonglai Mo

Best Publications

  • Flax fibre and its composites – A review

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw;Krishnan Jayaraman

  • Mechanical and dynamic properties of coconut fibre reinforced concrete

    Majid M. Ali;Anthony Liu;Hou Sou;Nawawi Chouw

  • Improving the mechanical properties of natural fibre fabric reinforced epoxy composites by alkali treatment

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw;Xiaowen Yuan

  • Effect of alkali treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of coir fibres, coir fibre reinforced-polymer composites and reinforced-cementitious composites

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw;Liang Huang;Bohumil Kasal

  • Crashworthiness characteristics of flax fibre reinforced epoxy tubes for energy absorption application

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw

  • Effect of water, seawater and alkaline solution ageing on mechanical properties of flax fabric/epoxy composites used for civil engineering applications

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw

  • Effect of UV and water spraying on the mechanical properties of flax fabric reinforced polymer composites used for civil engineering applications

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw;Krishnan Jayaraman

  • Study of SSI and non-uniform ground motion effect on pounding between bridge girders

    Nawawi Chouw;Hong Hao

  • Experimental investigations on bond strength between coconut fibre and concrete

    Majid Ali;Xiaoyang Li;Nawawi Chouw

  • Effect of triggering and polyurethane foam-filler on axial crushing of natural flax/epoxy composite tubes

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw;Krishnan Jayaraman

  • Microstructure, flexural properties and durability of coir fibre reinforced concrete beams externally strengthened with flax FRP composites

    Libo Yan;Shen Su;Nawawi Chouw

  • Pounding Damage to Buildings and Bridges in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake

    Nawawi Chouw;Hong Hao

  • Significance of SSI and non-uniform near-fault ground motions in bridge response II: Effect on response with modular expansion joint

    Nawawi Chouw;Hong Hao

  • Lateral crushing of empty and polyurethane-foam filled natural flax fabric reinforced epoxy composite tubes

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw;Krishnan Jayaraman

  • Experimental testing of a rocking timber shear wall with slip‐friction connectors

    Wei Yuen Loo;Chern Kun;Pierre Quenneville;Nawawi Chouw

  • Experimental study of flax FRP tube encased coir fibre reinforced concrete composite column

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw

  • The behaviour of coconut fibre reinforced concrete (CFRC) under impact loading

    Wenjie Wang;Nawawi Chouw

  • Influence of ground motion spatial variation, site condition and SSI on the required separation distances of bridge structures to avoid seismic pounding

    Kaiming Bi;Hong Hao;Nawawi Chouw

  • Behavior and analytical modeling of natural flax fibre reinforced polymer tube confined plain concrete and coir fibre reinforced concrete

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw

  • Natural FRP tube confined fibre reinforced concrete under pure axial compression: A comparison with glass/carbon FRP

    Libo Yan;Nawawi Chouw

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Hao
Hong Hao Curtin University
Libo Yan
Libo Yan Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut
Kaiming Bi
Kaiming Bi Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ikuo Towhata
Ikuo Towhata University of Tokyo
Jason Ingham
Jason Ingham University of Auckland
Bruce L. Kutter
Bruce L. Kutter University of California, Davis
Michel Bruneau
Michel Bruneau University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sri Sritharan
Sri Sritharan Iowa State University
Bohumil Kasal
Bohumil Kasal Technische Universität Braunschweig
Wei-Xin Ren
Wei-Xin Ren Shenzhen University

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