Richard Fenwick
Position
Adjunct Associate Professor (retired)
Qualifications
BE (Hons) 1962, University of NZ; PhD University of Canterbury (1967)
Contact Details
Home Phone: 03 384 3739
Work Phone: 3642 395
Room No: E531
Email: richard.fenwick@canterbury.ac.nz
Research
Structural concrete, earthquake engineering
History
Close to 10 years acting as a structural designer with a local body in New Zealand and consulting engineers in New Zealand, United Kingdom and California. Most of this time was spent on the design of new concrete bridges but included the retrofit of seismically damaged bridges.
From 1974 to 2002 Richard was a Senior lecturer and then Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Auckland.
Richard retired in 2002 and moved to Christchurch and since then I have worked part time on a voluntary basis on a number of projects. Over this period the University of Canterbury have given him office space, together with computing and library facilities and access to academic staff members.
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow Institution of professional Engineers new Zealand (FIPENZ)
- Life member of NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE) and of Structural Engineering Society (SESOC)
- Honorary member NZ Concrete Society
- ONZM for contribution to Engineering
Activities since retiring in 2002
- Worked with Standards committee charged with writing NZS1170.5 over period 2002 to 2004
- Member of Standards Committee (2003 to 2008) developing NZS3101: 2006 and Amendment 2.
- Member of DBH, CS, SESOC and NZSEE Committee for Precast Floors 2007-2008 but he continued to work on this project after 2008.
- Assisted with a number of student research projects at Auckland and Canterbury Universities.
Some Recent Publications
Lau, D and Fenwick, R., “Influence of precast prestressed flooring components on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete perimeter frames”, Journal of Structural Engineering Society of NZ, Vol.14, No. 2, Sept. 2001, pp 22-28
Fenwick, R., Lau D. and Davidson B. J., “A comparison of the seismic design requirements in the New Zealand loadings standard with other major design codes”, NZSEE Bulletin, Vol.35, No.4, Sept. 2002, pp190-203.
Judi, H., Fenwick, R C. and Davidson, B J., “Influence of hysteretic form on the seismic hazard coefficients”, SESOC journal, Vol.15, No. 1, April 2002, pp7-12
Fenwick R., "Education of Structural Engineers in New Zealand - an educators perspective", Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.16, No. 2, Sept. 2003, pp56-60
Fenwick R. and Deam B., “Design of opening corners in walls and slabs”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.16, No. 1, Apr. 2003, pp28-34.
Megget L. and Fenwick R., “Seismic Performance of External Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints”, Bulletin of NZSEE, Vol.36, No.4, Dec. 2003, pp223-232.
Fenwick, R., Deam, B. and Bull, D., “Failure modes for hollow-core flooring units”, SESOC Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, April 2004, pp 52-70
Brooke, N., Megget, L., Fenwick R. and Ingham J., “Bond strength of reinforced concrete joints incorporating 500MPa reinforcement”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.17, No. 2, Sept. 2004, pp 37-46
Fenwick, R. and Dhakal. R., “Material strain limits for seismic design of concrete structures”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.20, No. 1, April 2007, pp 14-28
Fenwick R., and Dhakal R., “Material strains and relevance to seismic design”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.20, No. 1, Apr. 2007, pp5-12
Dhakal R. P. and Fenwick, R. C., “Detailing of plastic hinges in Seismic design of concrete structures”, American Concrete Institute, Structural Journal, Vol. 105, No.6, Nov. 2008, pp750-759
Dhakal, R. P., Fenwick R$. C. and Walker, A., “Curvature ductility of reinforced concrete plastic hinges”, Published Verlag Dr. Muller wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten, 2008, p155
MacKechnie, J., and Fenwick R., “Assessing dimensional stability of New Zealand concrete”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.22, No. 2, 2009, pp 64-70,
Fenwick, R. and MacKechnie, J., “Analysis for creep, shrinkage and thermal effects in concrete structures”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.22, No. 2, 2009, pp 72-87
Hare, J., Fenwick R., Bull D. and Built R., “Precast double Tee support systems”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.22, No. 1, Apr. 2009, pp8-44
Fenwick, R., and MacRae, G., “Comparison of New Zealand Standards used for Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings”, NZSEE Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 3, September 2009, p187-203
Fenwick R. and Cook, D., “Suggested Changes to NZS3101:2006 with Amendments 1 and 2”, Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, Vol.23, No. 2, 2010
Fenwick, R. Bull D. and Gardiner, D. “Assessment of hollow-core floors for seismic performance”, Research Report 2101-2, Civil and natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, 2010, p151