Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career
Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Behaviour of Concrete structures
  • Construction Materials
  • Fire performance of structural elements

Available to supervise research students

Not available for media queries

About Sam Fragomeni

Sam is a Professor in Structural Engineering at Victoria University. He has over 25 years teaching and research experience in the university sector. He is author of over 100 high impact peer reviewed journal/conference papers, predominantly in the concrete structures area. Sam has undertaken various of leadership roles including Head of Engineering (current role) and Director of Engineering studies. 

His current research interests are in:

  • Behaviour of high performance concrete materials
  • Design and serviceability of concrete elements
  • Fire performance of structural elements
  • Sustainable building design.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Structures), University of Melbourne, 1996
  • BEng(Civil) (Distinction), RMIT, 1988
  • BAppSci(Mathematics) (Distinction), RMIT 1989
  • GradDipBus, Deakin 1996

Key publications

Sam has over 111 publications, with a selection listed here.


A more comprehensive list of Sam's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.

Year Citation
2020 Van, Staden., & Fragomeni, S. (200101). Moisture Damage in Asphalt Pavements at Aggregate-Asphalt InterfaceA Finite Element Study (pp. 605-613).

doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-7603-0_59

Year Citation
2020 Guerrieri, M., Fragomeni, S., Sanabria, C., Lee, W. M., & Pazmino, E. (200919). Australian Large Scale Structural Fire Test Facility for Concrete Tunnel Linings In Huang, S. -S;. (Ed.), Paper presented at Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Concrete Spalling due to Fire Exposure (pp. 122-131). Sheffield, UK: The University of Sheffield.
2020 Kamadjaja, S., Fragomeni, S., & Van, Staden. (200101). Numerical Analysis of Reinforced Corbel Width Using High Strength Concrete (pp. 745-753).

doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-7603-0_71
2020 . (200101). ACMSM25 Springer Singapore.

doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-7603-0

Year Citation
2020 Ho, N. M., Doh, J. H., Fragomeni, S., Yang, J., Yan, K., & Guerrieri, M. (201001). Prediction of axial load capacity of concrete walls with openings restrained on three sides. Structures, 27 (1860-1875).

doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.08.011
2020 Lima, M., Doh, J. H., & Fragomeni, S. (200401). New design chart for CFRP strengthened RC walls with opening in one-way action. Structures, 24 (253-265).

doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.01.011
2019 Saleh, F., Fragomeni, S., Tran, D., & Prayuda, H. (191201). Crack detection in reinforced concrete beam structures based on the highest mode shapes subjected to incremental loads. International Journal of GEOMATE, 17(64), (85-92).

doi: 10.21660/2019.64.32088
2019 Guerrieri, M., & Fragomeni, S. (191101). Spalling of Large-Scale Walls Exposed to a Hydrocarbon Fire. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 31(11),

doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002828
2017 Van, Staden., & Fragomeni, S. (170612). Finite element analysis of fire-damaged flexible pavement deterioration. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 8(2),

doi: 10.1108/JSFE-03-2017-0024
2017 Ho, N. M., Doh, J. H., & Fragomeni, S. (170501). Instability analysis of reinforced concrete walls with various support conditions. Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 26(7),

doi: 10.1002/tal.1353

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Recycled Materials Blend to Improve the Life of Sewer Pipes
From: Sustainability Victoria
Investigators: Dr Ehsan Yaghoubi
For period: 2019-2021
 Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Not available for media queries

Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
3 PhD Principal supervisor
1 PhD Withdrawn supervisor
3 PhD Associate supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (3) Principal supervisor
PhD (1) Withdrawn supervisor
PhD (3) Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
2 PhD Principal supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (2) Principal supervisor

Other supervision of research students

5 PhD Completions as Principal Supervisor, Griffith University, Queensland. 3 PhD Completions as Associate Supervisor, Griffith University, Queensland. 1 Masters Completion as Principal Supervisor, Griffith University, Queensland.

Teaching activities & experience

Sam has taught in the following specific subject areas for over a decade at Victoria University:

  • Concrete Structural Design
  • Solid Mechanics
  • Construction Materials.

He also previously taught Engineering Mathematics units to at all degree year levels for a number of years.

Careers

Details of this Researcher's career are currently unavailable.