Mr Chris Brown

Academic Responsibilities

• Chair, UG Board of Examiners
• Faculty Computing Panel
• Computing Committee

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.

Current Research

Research Contracts

• EPSRC - Design of Rectangular Silos
• European Union - Project Co-ordinator of CA-Silo, Conserted Action for Silo Research

Teaching

• Structures
• Stress Analysis
• Solid Body Mechanics

Consultancy

Over 70 consultancy contracts through the University Research Services Bureau.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Roberts, GW., Brown, CJ., Meng, X., Ogundipe, O., Atkins, C. and Colford, B., Deflection and frequency monitoring of the Forth Road Bridge, Scotland, by GPS, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering 165 (2) : 105- 123

(2011) Brown, CJ., Sinclair, RA., Day, A., Hess, B. and Procter, P., An approximate model for cancellous bone screw fixation., Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin Download publication

(2011) Kyriazopoulos, A., Anastasiadis, C., Triantis, D. and Brown, CJ., Non-destructive evaluation of cement-based materials from pressure-stimulated electrical emission - Preliminary results, Construction and Building Materials 25 (4) : 1980- 1990

(2008) Simpson, DJ., Brown, CJ., Yettram, AL., Procter, P. and Andrew, GJ., Finite element analysis of intramedullary devices: the effect of the gap between the implant and the bone, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 222 (H3) : 333- 345

(2007) Brown, CJ., Roberts, GW., Atkins, C., Meng, X. and Colford, B., Deflections and frequency responses of the Forth Road Bridge measure by GPS, Bridge Design, Construction and Maintenance - Proceedings of the two-day International Conference organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE 479- 486

(2007) Roberts, GW., Brown, CJ., Meng, X. and Dallard, PRB., Using GPS to measure the deflections and frequency responses of the London Millennium Bridge, Bridge Design, Construction and Maintenance - Proceedings of the two-day International Conference organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE 487- 496

(2006) Brown, CJ., Roberts, GW. and Meng, X., Developments in the use of GPS for bridge monitoring, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering 159 (3) : 117- 119

(2006) Goodey, RJ., Brown, CJ. and Rotter, JM., Predicted patterns of filling pressures in thin-walled square silos, Engineering Structures 28 (1) : 109- 119

(2004) Brown, CJ., Wang, CJ., Yettram, AL. and Procter, P., Intramedullary nails with two lag screws, Clinical Biomechanics 19 (5) : 519- 525

(2004) Wang, CJ., Brown, CJ., Yettram, AL. and Procter, P., Intramedullary nails: some design features of the distal end: Author response, Medical Engineering and Physics 26 (4) : 360-

(2004) Goodey, RJ. and Brown, CJ., The influence of the base boundary condition in modelling filling of a metal silo, Computers and Structures 82 (7-8) : 567- 579

(2003) Wang, CJ., Brown, CJ., Yettram, AL. and Procter, P., Intramedullary nails: some design features of the distal end, Medical Engineering and Physics 25 (9) : 789- 794

(2003) Goodey, RJ., Brown, CJ. and Rotter, JM., Verification of a 3-dimensional model for filling pressures in square thin-walled silos, Engineering Structures 25 (14) : 1773- 1783

(2002) Morozov, EV., Henshall, JL. and Brown, CJ., Design optimization of silo structures made from composite materials - Part 1: design of the vertical cylindrical section, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications 216 (L2) : 55- 67

(2002) Morozov, EV., Henshall, JL. and Brown, CJ., Design optimization of silo structures made from composite materials - Part 2: optimum design of the composite conical hopper, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications 216 (L2) : 69- 77

(2002) Rotter, JM., Brown, CJ. and Lahlouh, EH., Patterns of wall pressure on filling a square planform steel silo, Engineering Structures 24 (2) : 135- 150

(2001) Brown, CJ., Aspects of the elastic stability of walls in rectangular planform steel silos, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 215 (E2) : 165- 176

(2000) Brown, CJ., Lahlouh, EH. and Rotter, JM., Experiments on a square planform steel silo, Chemical Engineering Science 55 (20) : 4399- 4413

(2000) Brown, CJ. and Yettram, AL., Factors influencing the elastic stability of orthotropic plates containing a rectangular cut-out, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design 35 (6) : 445- 458

(2000) Wang, CJ., Brown, CJ., Yettram, AL. and Procter, P., Intramedullary femoral nails: one or two lag screws? A preliminary study, Medical Engineering and Physics 22 (9) : 613- 624

(1999) Brown, CJ., Karuna, R., Ashkenazi, V., Roberts, GW. and Evans, RA., Monitoring of structures using the global positioning system, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings 134 (1) : 97- 105

(1999) Garnier, J., Ternet, O., Cottineau, LM. and Brown, CJ., Placement of embedded pressure cells, Géotechnique 49 (3) : 405- 414

(1996) Shakerley, TM. and Brown, CJ., Elastic buckling of plates with eccentrically positioned rectangular perforations, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 38 (8-9) : 825- 838

(1996) Brown, CJ., Jarrett, ND. and Moore, DB., Pressures in a square planform silo during discharge, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 210 (E2) : 101- 108

(1995) Jarrett, ND., Brown, CJ. and Moore, DB., Pressure measurements in a rectangular silo, Géotechnique 45 (1) : 95- 104

(1994) Brown, CJ. and Yettram, AL., Elastic stability of orthotropic plates using the conjugate load/displacement method, Computers and Structures 53 (6) : 1493- 1496

(1992) Jarrett, ND., Brown, CJ. and Moore, DB., Obtaining accurate pressure measurements in a stored granular medium, Canadian Geotechnical Journal 29 (2) : 217- 224

(1991) Brown, CJ., Elastic buckling of plates subjected to distributed tangential loads, Computers and Structures 41 (1) : 151- 155

(1990) Brown, CJ., Elastic buckling of perforated plates subjected to concentrated loads, Computers and Structures 36 (6) : 1103- 1109

(1989) Brown, CJ., Elastic stability of plates subjected to concentrated loads, Computers and Structures 33 (5) : 1325- 1327

(1988) Brown, CJ., Computer-assisted learning, Proceedings - Institution of Civil Engineers – Part 1: Design and Construction 84 173- 176

(1987) Yettram, AL. and Brown, CJ., Improving the elastic stability of square perforated plates, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 7 (5) : 371- 383

(1987) Brown, CJ., Yettram, AL. and Burnett, M., Stability of plates with rectangular holes, Journal of Structural Engineering 113 (5) : 1111- 1116

(1986) Brown, CJ. and Yettram, AL., Modeling of grillages with non-coplanar members, Journal of Structural Engineering 112 (2) : 437- 442

(1986) Yettram, AL. and Brown, CJ., The elastic stability of square perforated plates under bi-axial loading, Computers and Structures 22 (4) : 589- 594

(1986) Brown, CJ. and Yettram, AL., The elastic stability of square perforated plates under combinations of bending, shear and direct load, Thin-Walled Structures 4 (3) : 239- 246

(1986) Brown, CJ. and Yettram, AL., The elastic stability of stiffened plates using the conjugate load/displacement method, Computers and Structures 23 (3) : 385- 391

(1985) Yettram, AL. and Brown, CJ., The elastic stability of square perforated plates, Computers and Structures 21 (6) : 1267- 1272

(1984) Brown, CJ., Approximate stiffness matrix for tapered beams, Journal of Structural Engineering 110 (12) : 3050- 3058

Conference Papers

(2007) Maclnnes, R., Day, A., Brown, CJ., McDermott, ID. and Procter, P., A comparative finite element study of condylar fixation: preliminary results, 5th IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics

Book Chapters

(1990) Plank, RJ., Burgess, IW. and Brown, CJ., Teaching software for structural engineering. In: Computer Assisted Learning. (438) : 301- 308