The School of Civil Engineering and Surveying

Profile

Academic Qualifications

BSc Civil Engineering (First Class CNAA 1984)
PhD Civil Engineering  - Advanced strain measurement techniques for monitoring structures, (Portsmouth 1992)

Professional Affiliation

M.ASCE

Teaching

• Structures 1
• Structural Analysis & Design in Practice
• M.Eng Integrated Design Project

Research

• Bridge engineering
• Monitoring Structures
• Structural Mechanics
• Advanced non-linear finite element analysis

Other Activity

• Convener of the Annual International Bridge Seminar –Imperial College, London
• Consultant to:
  • TNO Diana, The Netherlands on Advanced FE Analysis of Bridges
  • HYDER, UK/UAE on the FE Analysis of Soil Structure Interaction of Ultra High Rise buildings
  • KOGAS, Korea on the Seismic Analysis of the First 5 million gallon above ground Liquified Natural Gas tank
  • Member of the Concrete Bridge Design Group

Selected Publications

1. Begg, D. W. (2005) Stress and Thermal Analysis of a New Design of Marine Lading Arm, LNG Journal, Summer 2005
2. Begg, D. W. & Liu, X. (1999) On simultaneous op
timisation of smart structures - Part II: Algorithms and numerical examples, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 184(1) 25-37
3. Begg, D. W. (1996) Fibre optic sensors for monitoring flexible pipelines and risers, HSE Offshore Technology Series Report -OTO/OTN 2718,., HSE,
4. Jarosevic, A., Fabo, P. Chandoga, M., & Begg, D. W. (1996) Elastomagnetic method of force measurement in prestressing steel, Inzinierske stavby, Vol. 44(7) 262-267