James O. Jirsa, Ph.D.

Professor

Phone: (512) 232-1706
E-mail: jirsa@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., University of Illinois, Engineering, 1963
M.S., University of Illinois, Civil Engineering 1962
B.S., University of Nebraska, Civil Engineering, 1960

Technical Interests:

Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; earthquake engineering; repair and rehabilitation of structures  

Selected Publications:

Jirsa, J.O., Guest Editor, Theme Issue: Repair and Rehabilitation Research for Seismic Resistance of Structures, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 12, No. 4, November 1996

Li, Y.R. and Jirsa, J.O, "Nonlinear Analysis of an Instrumented Structure Damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake," Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 14, No.2, May 1998

Zobel, R.S. and Jirsa, J.O., "Performance of Strand Splice Repairs in Prestressed Concrete Bridges," PCI Journal, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 43, No. 5, November/December 1998, pp. 72-85

Aboutaha, R.S., Engelhardt, M.D., Jirsa, J.O., and Kreger, M.E., "Rehabilitation of Shear Critical Concrete Columns by Use of Rectangular Steel Jackets," Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 96, No. 1, January/February 1999, pp. 68-78

Feldman, L.R., Jirsa, J.O. and Kowal, E.S., "Repair of Bridge Impact Damage, Concrete International, American Concrete Institute, Vol. 20, No. 2, February 1998