Associate Professor (Structural Engineering)
Ir Dr. Ray K.L. SU

BSc (Eng), The University of Hong Kong, China
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, China
MHKIE, MIStructE, IRSE-PRC, RPE (Structural), CEng
Office: HW 6-06
Phone: +852 2859 2648
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: klsu@hku.hk
Homepage: http://web.hku.hk/~klsu/

Teaching Activities CIVL1114 Surveying and Drawing
CIVL3118 Theory and Design of Structures III
CIVL4101 Capstone Design Project
CIVL6003 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structure Design
CIVL7008 Seismic Analysis of Building Structures

Research Interests Seismic resistant design of reinforced concrete buildings
Durability of concrete structures
Plate-strengthened concrete structures
Fracture mechanics

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects Seismic collapse behavior of reinforced concrete squat walls under high axial loads
Seismic-resistant design standards for buildings in Hong Kong
Seismic detailing for concrete buildings in Hong Kong
Strengthening of reinforced concrete structures by bolted external steel plates
Strut and tie modelling for non-flexural components

Professional Activities Honorary Secretary, The Structural Discipline, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 2014-present
Chief examiner, Professional examination of Structural Discipline, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 2014-present
Honorary / Deputy Honorary Treasurer, Joint Structural Division, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and The Institution of Structural Engineers, 2011-2013
Assessor, The Australian Research Council, 2014-present

10 Selected Representative Publications Su RKL and Looi DWT (2016). "Revisiting the strut efficiency factor." ACI Structural Journal, 113(2), 301-312.
Su RKL and Zhang YL (2015). "A double-cylinder model incorporating confinement effects for the analysis of corrosion-caused cover cracking in reinforced concrete structures." Corrosion Science, 99, 205-218.
Su RKL and Wang L (2015). "Flexural and axial strengthening of preloaded concrete columns under large eccentric loads by flat and precambered steel plates." Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 11(8), 1083-1101.
Su RKL, Li LZ and Lo SH (2013). "Shear transfer in bolted side-plated RC beams." Engineering Structures, 56, 1372-1383.
Su RKL, Chen HH, Fok SL, Li H, Singh G, Sun L and Shi L, (2013). "Determination of the tension softening curve of nuclear graphites using the incremental displacement collocation method." Carbon, 57, 65-78.
Su RKL, Lam WY and Pam HJ (2008). "Behaviour of embedded steel plate in composite coupling beams." Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 4(10), 1112-1128.
Su RKL and Wong SM (2007). "Seismic behaviour of slender reinforced concrete shear walls under high axial load ratio." Engineering Structures, 29(8), 1957-1965.
Feng WJ and Su RKL (2006). "Dynamic internal crack problem of a functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic strip." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43(17) p5196-5216.
Su RKL and Zhu Y (2005). " Experimental and numerical studies of external steel plate strengthened reinforced concrete coupling beams." Engineering Structures, 27(10), 1537-1550.
Leung, A.Y.T., and Su, R.K.L. (1994). "Mode-I crack problems by fractal 2-level finite-element methods." Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 48(6), 847-856.

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