Karl H. Frank, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone: (512) 232-3592
E-mail: kfrank@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil Engineering Department-STR
1 University Station C1748
Austin, TX 78712-0275

Area(s) of Expertise:

Structural Engineering 

Vita:

Ph.D., Lehigh University, Civil Engineering, 1971
M.S., Lehigh University, Civil Engineering, 1969
B.S., University of California at Davis, Civil Engineering, 1966

 
Technical Interests:

Fracture and fatigue behavior of metal structures; welded and bolted joints; design and behavior of composite plate girders; fatigue strength of cables

Selected Publications:

Frank, K. H. and Fisher, "Fatigue Strength of Welded Cruciform Joints," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, ST9, pp. 1727-1740, September 1979 (paper awarded the Reese Prize)

Frank, K. H., Fouad, F. and Yura, J.A., "Bolted Shear Connections with Painted Surfaces," Engineering Journal, American Institute of Steel Construction, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 171-184, 3rd Quarter, 1984

Frank, K. H. and Helwig, T.D., “Buckling of Webs in Unsymmetric Plate Girders,” AISC Engineering Journal, Vol. 32, NO. 2, 1995

Frank, K. H. and Stallings, M., “Stay Cable Fatigue Behavior,” Journal of the Structures Division, ASCE, Vol. 117, No.3, Pg. 936-950, March 1991

Frank, K. H. and Zwerneman, F., "Fatigue Damage Under Variable Amplitude Loads," Journal of the Structural Division, ASCE, Vol. 114, pp. 67-83, January 1988