Academic Responsibilities
- Chair, UG Board of Examiners
- Faculty Computing Panel
- Computing Committee
Teaching Interests
- Structures
- Stress Analysis
- Solid Body Mechanics
Research Interests
- Improving the design of rectangular planform silos.
- Pressure measurement in silos and storage structures.
- Development of techniques for pressure measurement.
- Elastic stability of plates and plate structures.
- The monitoring of bridges - especially long span bridges, using Finite Element modelling techniques.
- The design of mechanical devices for fracture fixation.
Research Papers
Yettram, A.L. and Brown, C.J., The Elastic Stability of Square Perforated Plates, Computers and Structures, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1267-72, 1985.
Brown, C.J., Elastic Buckling of Perforated Plates Subjected to Concentrated Loads, Computers and Structures, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1103-1109, 1990.
Brown, C.J. and Yettram, A.L., Elastic Stability of Orthotropic Plates Using the Conjugate Load/Displacement Method, Computers and Structures, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1493-1496, 1994.
Brown, C.J., Burgess, I.W. and Plank, R.J., Computer Aided Teaching in Structural and Stress Analysis, SAM88 - Stress Analysis and the Micro (A.L. Yettram ed.), pp. 165-173, Institute of Physics, 1988.
Jarrett, N.D., Brown, C.J. and Moore, D.B., Stress Redistribution in Rectangular Planform Silos, Geotechnique, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 95-104, March 1995.
Askegaard, V. and Brown, C.J., Influence of Personal Factor on Cell Response when Mounting Embedded Pressure Cells, Bulk Solids Handling, vol. 15, no.25, pp. 221-224, 1995.
Brown, C.J., Jarrett, N.D. and Moore, D.B., Pressures in a Square Planform Silo During Discharge, Proceedings IMechE, Part E, vol. 210, Journal of Process Engineering, pp. 101-108, July 1996.
Garnier, J., Ternet, O., Cottineau, L-M. and Brown, C.J., Placement of Embedded Pressure Cells, In Press, Geotechnique, Aug 1998.
Brown, C.J., Rectangular Silo Structures, In Silos; Fundamentals of Theory, Behaviour and Design (Brown C.J. and Nielsen J. eds) Spon, pp. 426-442, 1998.
Karuna, R., Yao, M.S., Brown, C.J. and Evans, R.A., In Service Modelling of the Humber Bridge, IABSE Symposium "Long Span and High Rise Structures", Kobe, September 2-4, ISBN 3-85748-095-5, pp. 41-446, 1998.
Brown, C.J., Karuna, R., Ashkenazi, V., Roberts, G. and Evans, R.A., Monitoring of Structures using GPS, In Press, Proc. inst. Civil Eng., Buildings and Structures.
Wang C.J., C.J.Brown, A.L.Yettram, and P.Procter, Intramedullary nails: some design features of the distal end, Medical Engineering and Physics, 25, pp789-794, 2003.
Brown C.J., C.J.Wang, A.L.Yettram, and P.Procter, Intramedullary Nails with Two Lag Screws, Clinical Biomechanics, Vol. 19, No5, pp519-525, 2004.
Goodey, R.J. and C.J.Brown, The influence of the base boundary condition in modelling a metal silo, Computers and Structures, Vol. 82, pp567-579, 2004.
Goodey, R.J., C.J.Brown, and J.M.Rotter, Predicted patterns of filling pressures in thin-walled square silos, Engineering Structures, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 109-119, January 2006.
Brown C.J., Roberts G.W., Meng X. Developments in the Use of GPS for Bridge Monitoring, Bridge Engineering, 159, BE3, pp117-119, Sept 2006.
Roberts G.W., Meng X., Brown C.J., and Dallard P., GPS Measurements on the London Millennium Bridge, Bridge Engineering, vol159, issue BE4, pp153-161, Dec 2006.
Research Contracts
- EPSRC - Design of Rectangular Silos
- European Union - Project Co-ordinator of CA-Silo, Conserted Action for Silo Research.
Consultancy
Over 70 consultancy contracts through the University Research Services Bureau.
