Pratik Gajjar

About

Pratik Gajjar is a PhD student of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Minho (PT). He is a member of the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering. He completed his Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Dharmsinh Desai University (IN) in 2013 and Masters in Structural Engineering Design from CEPT University (IN) in 2015. During 2015-17, he worked in the industry with experience in structural designs of heavy industries and high-rise buildings. He also took teaching responsibilities at CEPT University (IN) and Ganpat University (IN), having taught structural mechanics courses. He graduated with Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions from the University of Minho (PT) and Czech Technical Univerity (CZ) in 2018. During his studies, he had the opportunity to work on different topics related to cultural heritage and masonry structures. As a PhD student, he is currently working on refractory masonry structures and interacting with different departments and laboratories. He is working with experimental and numerical campaign on refractory masonry at high temperatures and designing experiments with complete testing apparatus. He has experience in advanced numerical modelling of masonry structures under various loading conditions (Thermal, Seismic, Settlement) using advanced FE software such as DIANA and Abaqus. He is also competent in experimental testing of masonry using data acquisition sensors, digital Image Correlation method, and photogrammetry. Within his CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualise his scientific production are masonry, refractories, high-temperature loadings, wall bearing capacity and self-compacting concrete.

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Education

• Universidade do Minho Doutoramento
  2018 - Present
• Universidade do Minho Masters in Structural analysis of monuments and historical constructions
  2017 - 2018
• CEPT University Masters in Structural engineering design
  2013 - 2015
• Dharmsinh Desai University Bachelors in Civil Engineering
  2009 - 2013

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Publications (19)

• Characterisation of mortarless refractory masonry joints under elevated temperatures
  Engineering Structures 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115234
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• Numerical study on the nonlinear thermomechanical behaviour of refractory masonry with dry joints
  Engineering Structures 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116468
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• An experimental and numerical contribution for understanding the in-situ shear behaviour of unreinforced masonry
  Journal of Building Engineering 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103389
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• Structural Assessment of the Barrô Romanesque Church
  CONREA2021 - The Rehabilitation Congress 2021
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• Church enclosure walls bearing capacity estimations and its validation on 3D models
  MATEC Web of Conferences 2020 DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/202031000023
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• Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Refractory Masonry Linings: An Overview on Numerical Simulation
  13th North-American Masonry Conference 2019
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• The Basic Tasks in Evaluation of Ancient Structures Sustainability and in Estimation of Enclosure Walls Bearing Capacity
  International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research 2019 DOI: 10.18178/ijscer.8.3.290-293
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• Several Comments on Bearing Capacities of Selected Parts of Enclosure Walls from the Broumov Region
  Key Engineering Materials 2019 DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.808.15
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• Effect of Creep on Refractory Masonry Wall Subjected to High Temperature
  XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society 2019
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• Numerical simulation of refractory masonry subjected to cyclic temperature loading
  CMN 2019 - Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering 2019
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