Publications and communications of Thomas Gernay

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2020). The introduction and the influence of semi-rigid connections in framed structures subjected to fire. Fire Safety Journal, 114. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2020.103007

Maraveas, C., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2019). An equivalent stress method to account for local buckling in beam finite elements subjected to fire. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 10 (3), 340-353. doi:10.1108/JSFE-09-2018-0020

Mergny, E., Gernay, T., Drion, G., & Franssen, J.-M. (2019). Hybrid fire testing in a non-linear environment using a proportional integral controller. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 10 (2), 245-258. doi:10.1108/JSFE-09-2018-0022

Sauca, A., Gernay, T., Robert, F., Tondini, N., & Franssen, J.-M. (2018). Hybrid Fire Testing: Discussion on stability and implementation of a new method in a virtual environment. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering. doi:10.1108/JSFE-01-2017-0017

Elhami Khorasani, N., Gernay, T., & Garlock, M. (December 2017). Data-driven probabilistic post-earthquake fire ignition model for a community. Fire Safety Journal, 94, 33-44. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.09.005

Molkens, T., Van Coile, R., & Gernay, T. (November 2017). Assessment of damage and residual load bearing capacity of a concrete slab after fire: Applied reliability-based methodology. Engineering Structures, 150, 969-985. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.07.078

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (September 2017). Modeling structures in fire with SAFIR®: Theoretical background and capabilities. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 8 (3), 300-323. doi:10.1108/JSFE-07-2016-0010

Dumont, F., Wellens, E., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (November 2016). Loadbearing capacity criteria in fire resistance testing. Materials and Structures, 49 (11), 4565-4581. doi:10.1617/s11527-016-0807-7

Gernay, T. (November 2016). A method for measuring the sensitivity of building structural members to fire decay phases. Acta Polytechnica, 56 (4), 344-352. doi:10.14311/AP.2016.56.0344

Gernay, T. (September 2016). Fire Performance of Columns made of Normal and High Strength Concrete: A Comparative Analysis. Key Engineering Materials, 711, 564-571. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.711.564

Chu, T. B., Gernay, T., Dotreppe, J.-C., & Franssen, J.-M. (04 May 2016). Steel hollow columns with an internal profile filled with self-compacting concrete under fire conditions. Proceeding of the Romanian Academy. Series A, Mathematics, Physics, Technical Sciences, Information Science, 17 (2), 152-159.

Gernay, T., Elhami Khorasani, N., & Garlock, M. (15 April 2016). Fire Fragility Curves for Steel Buildings in a Community Context: A Methodology. Engineering Structures, 113, 259-276. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.01.043

Franssen, J.-M., Zhao, B., & Gernay, T. (April 2016). Experimental Tests and Numerical Modelling on Slender Steel Columns at High Temperatures. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 7 (1), 30-40. doi:10.1108/JSFE-03-2016-003

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (October 2015). A performance indicator for structures under natural fire. Engineering Structures, 100, 94-103. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.06.005

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (January 2015). A plastic-damage model for concrete in fire: Applications in structural fire engineering. Fire Safety Journal, 71, 268–278. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.11.028

Gernay, T., Millard, A., & Franssen, J.-M. (October 2013). A multiaxial constitutive model for concrete in the fire situation: Theoretical formulation. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50 (22-23), 3659-3673. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.07.013

Gernay, T., & Dimia, M. S. (2013). Structural Behaviour of Concrete Columns under Natural Fires. Engineering Computations, 30 (6), 854 - 872. doi:10.1108/EC-05-2012-0103

Zaharia, R., Vulcu, C., Vassart, O., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (January 2013). Numerical analysis of partially fire protected composite slabs. Steel and Composite Structures, 14 (1), 21-39. doi:10.12989/scs.2013.14.1.021

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (July 2012). A formulation of the Eurocode 2 concrete model at elevated temperature that includes an explicit term for transient creep. Fire Safety Journal, 51, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.02.001

Vassart, O., Bailey, C. G., Hawes, M., Nadjai, A., Simms, W. I., Zhao, B., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (July 2012). Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers : Structures and Buildings, 165 (7), 327–334. doi:10.1680/stbu.11.00019

Gernay, T. (April 2012). Effect of Transient Creep Strain Model on the Behavior of Concrete Columns Subjected to Heating and Cooling. Fire Technology, 48 (2), 313-329. doi:10.1007/s10694-011-0222-0

Vassart, O., Bailey, C. G., Hawes, M., Nadjai, A., Simms, W. I., Zhao, B., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (December 2011). Large-Scale Fire Test of Unprotected Cellular Beam Acting in Membrane Action. Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 2 (4), 259-268. doi:10.1260/2040-2317.2.4.259

Dimia, M. S., Guenfoud, M., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (November 2011). Collapse of concrete columns during and after the cooling phase of a fire. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 21 (4), 245–263. doi:10.1177/1042391511423451

Gernay, T., & Rigo, P. (December 2010). Analysis of ship impact on lock gates - Seine-Escaut Est waterway. Mathematical Modelling in Civil Engineering, 6 (4), 43-55.

Gernay, T. (2010). Optimization and analysis of lock gates in the framework of the "Seine-Escaut Est" waterway upgrading. Bulletin de l'Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation, (141), 11-26.

Scientific conferences in universities or research centers

Maraveas, C., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (06 October 2017). THIN-WALLED STEEL MEMBERS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES CONSIDERING LOCAL IMPERFECTIONS: NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ISOLATED PLATES [Paper presentation]. 9th National Conference of Steel Structures, Larisa, Greece.

Gernay, T. (03 October 2017). Computational modeling of concrete structures in fire - Capabilities, frontiers, and opportunities [Paper presentation]. NIST Fire Research Division Seminar, Gaithersburg, MD, United States.

Elhami Khorasani, N., Haase, B., Fang, C., & Gernay, T. (06 June 2017). A comparison of prescriptive and performance-based designs for fire as a primary or secondary event [Paper presentation]. ASCE EMI 2017, San Diego, United States.

Achenbach, M., Gernay, T., & Morgenthal, G. (23 May 2017). Quantification of model uncertainties [Paper presentation]. Meeting of the fib Commission TG 3.1 Reliability and safety evaluation, Torino, Italy.

Gernay, T. (13 February 2017). Computational models and probabilistic methods to improve infrastructure resilience to fire [Paper presentation]. Invited seminar in the Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (27 October 2016). New features in SAFIR® 2016 - SWS 2016 [Paper presentation]. Secure With Steel Annual Meeting, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Gernay, T., & Elhami Khorasani, N. (20 October 2016). Developing system-level fragility functions for performance-based fire engineering of buildings [Paper presentation]. JCSS Workshop on probabilistic methods in structural fire engineering, Boras, Sweden.

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (05 November 2015). New features in SAFIR® 2016 [Paper presentation]. Secure With Steel annual meeting, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Gernay, T. (23 October 2015). Evaluating a city’s vulnerability to fire following earthquake [Paper presentation]. Structural Engineering Seminar, Liege, Belgium.

Gernay, T. (06 March 2015). Building Structures in Fire: Insights from Numerical Models [Paper presentation]. Fulbright Outreach Lecture, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Gernay, T. (21 October 2014). A model for concrete in the fire situation and its application in structural fire engineering [Paper presentation]. Princeton University Brown Bag Seminar, Princeton, United States.

Gernay, T. (14 March 2014). L'étude du béton dans le cadre de la sécurité incendie [Paper presentation]. Cérémonie de remise des Prix AILg 2013, Liège, Belgium.

Gernay, T. (29 November 2012). New developments in SAFIR 2013 - New concrete models [Paper presentation]. Secure With Steel annual meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

Gernay, T. (26 April 2012). Modeling the mechanical behavior of concrete in the fire situation [Paper presentation]. Francqui Chair ULg 2011-2012 by Geert De Schutter, Liege, Belgium.

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (15 November 2011). New features in SAFIR: Transient Creep in Eurocode Concrete Model [Paper presentation]. Secure With Steel annual meeting, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (15 November 2011). New features in SAFIR: Structural Fire Analysis of a Shell Roof Structure [Paper presentation]. Secure With Steel annual meeting, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (15 November 2011). New features in SAFIR: Damage-Plastic Multiaxial Model for Concrete [Paper presentation]. Secure With Steel annual meeting, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Gernay, T. (18 March 2011). Development of Multiaxial Constitutive Relationships for Concrete [Paper presentation]. Internal Seminar SE, Liege, Belgium.

Gernay, T., Millard, A., & Franssen, J.-M. (03 March 2011). Développement d'un modèle constitutif multiaxial de béton [Paper presentation]. Réunion de laboratoire au CEA, Saclay, France.

Scientific congresses and symposiums

Published communications

Mergny, E., Drion, G., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2018). A PI-controller for hybrid fire testing in a non-linear environment. In 10th International on structures in fire (pp. 861). Belfast, United Kingdom: Ulster University.

Gernay, T., Peric, V., Mihaylov, B., Molkens, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2018). Effect of upgrading concrete strength class on fire performance of reinforced concrete columns. In M. Gillie & Y. Wang, Proceedings of ASFE 2017 Conference (pp. 189-198). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781315107202-22

Maraveas, C., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2018). AN EQUIVALENT STRESS METHOD FOR CONSIDERING LOCAL BUCKLING IN BEAM FINITE ELEMENTS IN THE FIRE SITUATION. In Proceedings of SiF 2018.

Elhami Khorasani, N., Fang, C., & Gernay, T. (2017). Performance-based fire design and the U.S. prescriptive guidelines: A comparative study. In Proceedings of the 39th IABSE Symposium (pp. 3377-3383). Zurich, Switzerland: IABSE.

Maraveas, C., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2017). Buckling of steel plates at elevated temperatures: Theory of perfect plates vs finite element analysis. In Proceedings of CONFAB'17 Conference.

Elhami Khorasani, N., Fang, C., & Gernay, T. (2017). Comparative fire analysis of steel-concrete composite buildings designed following performance-based and U.S. prescriptive approaches. In M. Gillie & Y. Wang, Proceedings of ASFE 2017 Conference (pp. 131-140). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781315107202-16

Sauca, A., Mergny, E., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2017). A method for hybrid fire testing: Development, implementation and numerical application. In M. Gillie & Y. Wang, Proceedings of ASFE 2017 Conference (pp. 225-234). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781315107202-26

Maraveas, C., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2017). Sensitivity of elevated temperature load carrying capacity of thin-walled steel members to local imperfections. In M. Gillie & Y. Wang, Proceedings of ASFE 2017 Conference (pp. 19-29). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781315107202-4

Molkens, T., Gernay, T., & Caspeele, R. (2017). Fire resistance of concrete slabs acting in compressive membrane action. In E. Nigro & A. Bilotta, Proceedings of the 2nd International Fire Safety Symposium - IFireSS 2017 (pp. 661-668). Naples, Italy: Doppiavoce.

Gernay, T., Elhami Khorasani, N., & Garlock, M. (2017). Fire risk assessment of multi-story buildings based on fragility analysis. In E. Nigro & A. Bilotta, Proceedings of the 2nd International Fire Safety Symposium - IFireSS 2017 (pp. 25-32). Naples, Italy: Doppiavoce.

Gernay, T. (2017). Sensitivity of structures to fire decay phases: quantitative comparison of structural components made of different materials. In F. Wald, I. Burgess, M. Jelcic Rukavina, D. Bjegovic, ... K. Horova (Eds.), Proceedings of the Int. Conf. ASFE in Dubrovnik, 15-16 October 2015 (pp. 74-79). Prague, Czechia: Czech Technical University. doi:10.14311/asfe.2015.010

Sauca, A., Gernay, T., Robert, F., & Franssen, J.-M. (2017). Analysis of a concrete building exposed to natural fire. In F. Wald, I. Burgess, M. Jelcic Rukavina, D. Bjegovic, ... K. Horova (Eds.), Proceedings of the Int. Conf. ASFE in Dubrovnik, 15-16 October 2015 (pp. 92-97). Czech Technical University. doi:10.14311/asfe.2015.013

Elhami Khorasani, N., Gernay, T., & Garlock, M. (2016). Probabilistic Measures of Earthquake Effects on Fire Performance of Tall Buildings. In Zingoni (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (pp. 1744-1749). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1201/9781315641645-288

Sauca, A., Gernay, T., Robert, F., Tondini, N., & Franssen, J.-M. (2016). A Novel Methodology for Hybrid Fire Testing. In Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Structural Control.

Elhami Khorasani, N., Gernay, T., & Garlock, M. (2016). Fire fragility functions for community resilience assessment. In M. Garlock & V. Kodur, Structures in Fire (Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference) (pp. 909-916). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Gernay, T., Elhami Khorasani, N., & Garlock, M. (2016). Critical parameters in deriving fire fragility functions for steel gravity frames. In M. Garlock & V. Kodur, Structures in Fire (Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference) (pp. 917-924). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2016). Towards a standard measure of the ability of a structure to resist a natural fire. In M. Garlock & V. Kodur, Structures in Fire (Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference) (pp. 861-868). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Molkens, T., Gernay, T., & Van Coile, R. (2016). Conversion of visual post fire measurements into fire severity with the aid of thermo-plastic analysis for retrofitting. In M. Garlock & V. Kodur, Structures in Fire (Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference) (pp. 893-900). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Sauca, A., Gernay, T., Robert, F., Tondini, N., & Franssen, J.-M. (2016). Stability in Hybrid Fire Testing. In M. Garlock & V. Kodur, Structures in Fire (Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference) (pp. 836-843). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Achenbach, M., Gernay, T., & Morgenthal, G. (2016). Fire Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Standard Fire – Comparison of an Advanced and a Simplified Method. In M. Garlock & V. Kodur, Structures in Fire (Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference) (pp. 86-93). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Gernay, T., Selamet, S., Tondini, N., & Elhami Khorasani, N. (2016). Urban infrastructure resilience to fire disaster: An overview. Procedia Engineering, 161C, 1801-1805. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.782

Elhami Khorasani, N., Gernay, T., & Garlock, M. (2015). Tools for Measuring a City’s Resilience in a Fire Following Earthquake Scenario. In Proceedings of IABSE Conference - Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges (pp. 886-889).

Gernay, T., Elhami Khorasani, N., & Garlock, M. (2015). Fragility Analysis of a Steel Building in Fire. In A. Usmani, Y. Lu, ... P. Das (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Structural Safety under Fire & Blast - CONFAB 2015 (pp. 252-261). ASRANet Ltd.

Franssen, J.-M., Zhao, B., & Gernay, T. (2014). Experimental tests and numerical modelling on eight slender steel columns under increasing temperatures. In G. Q. Li, S. C. Jiang, S. Chen, V. Kodur, J. Jiang, ... G. B. Lou (Eds.), Progress on Safety of Structures in Fire (pp. 19-24). Shanghai, China: Tongji University Press.

Franssen, J.-M., Cowez, B., & Gernay, T. (2014). Effective stress method to be used in beam finite elements to take local instabilities into account. In Fire Safety Science 11 (pp. 544-557). doi:10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.11-544

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2013). A multiaxial constitutive model for concrete in the fire situation. In Proceedings of the 13th Fire and Materials Conference (pp. 149-161). London, United Kingdom: Interscience Communications Ltd.

Zaharia, R., & Gernay, T. (2012). Validation of the Advanced Calculation Model SAFIR Through DIN EN 1991-1-2 Procedure. In J.-Y. Richard Liew & S. Chin Lee, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference ASCCS 2012 (pp. 841-848). Research Publishing Services. doi:10.3850/978-981-07-2615-7_291

Gernay, T., & Millard, A. (2012). A multiaxial concrete model for applications in structural fire engineering. In M. Fontana, A. Frangi, ... M. Knobloch (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Structures in Fire (pp. 531-540). Zurich, Switzerland: ETH Zurich.

Gernay, T., & Dimia, M. S. (2011). Structural Behavior of Concrete Columns under Natural Fires including Cooling Down Phase. In H. Barros, R. Faria, C. Pina, ... C. Ferreira (Eds.), Proceedings of The International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Models - Structural Concrete Applications (pp. 637-656). Portugal: RAGRAF.

Zaharia, R., Duma, D. M., Vassart, O., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2011). Simplified Fire Design for Slim Floor Beams. In L. Dunai (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures (pp. 1539-1544). Brussels, Belgium: ECCS European Convention for Constructional Steelwork.

Zaharia, R., Duma, D. M., Vassart, O., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2011). Simplified method for the temperature distribution in slim floor beams. In F. Wald, K. Horova, ... J. Jirku (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (pp. 11-22). Prague, Czechia: Print Prazska technika.

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2011). A Comparison Between Explicit and Implicit Modelling of Transient Creep Strain in Concrete Uniaxial Constitutive Relationships. In Proceedings of the Fire and Materials 2011 Conference (pp. 405-416). London, United Kingdom: Interscience Communications Ltd.

Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2010). Consideration of Transient Creep in the Eurocode Constitutive Model for Concrete in the Fire situation. In V. Kodur & J.-M. Franssen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference Structures in Fire (pp. 784-791). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Vassart, O., Bailey, C. G., Hawes, M., Nadjai, A., Simms, W. I., Zhao, B., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (2010). Large-scale fire test of unprotected cellular beam acting in membrane action. In J.-M. Franssen & V. Kodur (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference Structures in Fire (pp. 398-406). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Vulcu, C., Gernay, T., Zaharia, R., & Franssen, J.-M. (2010). Numerical modelling of membrane action of composite slabs in fire situation. In V. Kodur & J.-M. Franssen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference Structures in Fire (pp. 474-483). Lancaster, PA, United States: DEStech Publications, Inc.

Rigo, P., & Gernay, T. (2009). Lock gates - Part B: Ship impact. In PIANC International Workshop, 15-16 October 2009, Edt. Ph Rigo, PIANC, Brussels (pp. 25).

Oral communications or posters

Gernay, T., Gamba, A., & Elhami Khorasani, N. (20 April 2018). Behavior of steel frame structures under natural fire and collapse mechanisms during cooling [Paper presentation]. Structures Congress, Fort Worth TX, United States.

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (02 May 2017). SAFIR: a software for modeling structures in fire [Poster presentation]. Department Day Urban and Environmental Engineering, Liege, Belgium.

Sauca, A., Gernay, T., Mergny, E., & Franssen, J.-M. (02 May 2017). Hybrid Fire Testing: A new approach for fire labs [Poster presentation]. Department Day Urban and Environmental Engineering, Liege, Belgium.

Elhami Khorasani, N., Gernay, T., & Garlock, M. (07 April 2017). Effects of various design parameters on system-level fire fragility functions for steel buildings [Paper presentation]. Structures Congress 2017, Denver, Colorado, United States.

Haase, B., Elhami Khorasani, N., & Gernay, T. (06 April 2017). Post-blast fire resistance of low-rise buildings through membrane action of composite floor slabs [Paper presentation]. Structures Congress 2017, Denver, United States.

Dumont, F., Gernay, T., & Franssen, J.-M. (24 November 2016). Uncertainties in determination of fire resistance by experimental testing and by calculation [Paper presentation]. Fireforum Congress 2016.

Molkens, T., Gernay, T., & Van Coile, R. (24 November 2016). Post-fire assessment of concrete structures. Safe for continued use? [Paper presentation]. Fireforum Congress 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

Gernay, T., Elhami Khorasani, N., & Garlock, M. (19 June 2015). Resiliency of a Community of Buildings to Fire Following Earthquake [Paper presentation]. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

Sauca, A., Gernay, T., Robert, F., & Franssen, J.-M. (18 June 2015). Characteristics and implementation of Hybrid Fire Testing (HFT) [Paper presentation]. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

Gernay, T. (10 May 2010). De Paepe-Willems Award 2010: Optimization and analysis of lock gates in the framework of the Seine-Escaut Est waterway upgrading [Paper presentation]. PIANC Annual General Assembly, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Book chapters and contributions to collective works

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (2013). Resistencia al fuego de armaduras de acero inoxidable. In D. M. Bastidas & E. Medina Sanchez (Eds.), Armaduras de Acero Inoxidable (1st ed, pp. 149-166). Madrid, Spain: CEDINOX.

Gernay, T. (2011). Nonlinear numerical analysis of ship impact on lock gates. In Van Schel, L (Ed.), PIANC Yearbook 2010 (pp. 117-121). Brussels, Belgium: PIANC.

Theses and dissertations

Doctoral thesis

Gernay, T. (2012). A multiaxial constitutive model for concrete in the fire situation including transient creep and cooling down phases [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/131815

Master dissertations

Gernay, T. (2009). Aménagement de la voie navigable "Seine-Escaut Est" : Conception et calcul des portes aval des écluses de Marchienne-au-Pont, Gosselies, Viesville et Obourg [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/24025

Learning materials

Others

Gernay, T. (2016). Comportement des structures soumises au feu. (ULiège - Université de Liège, Cours de formation doctorale en marge des 34e RUGC).

Gernay, T. (2015). Maintenance, restauration et protection des constructions: réparations structurales des constructions. (ULiège - Université de Liège, GCIV0133-9 Maintenance, restauration et protection des constructions).

Other publications and communications

Articles in scientific journals without peer reviewing

Gernay, T. (2013). Recent PhD Abstract: A multiaxial constitutive model for concrete in the fire situation including transient creep and cooling down phases. Structural Engineering International, (3), 1.

Computer developments

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (2019). User’s manual for SAFIR 2019 A computer program for analysis of structures subjected to fire.

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (2016). User’s manual for SAFIR 2016c A computer program for analysis of structures subjected to fire.

Speeches and writings for a general audience

Conferences given outside the academic context

Gernay, T. (2017). Performance-based Fire Safety Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities [Paper presentation]. Awarding ceremony of the Gustave Magnel International Award - New activities, period 2012-2016, Brussels, Belgium.

Gernay, T. (2013). Bâtiments et structures: ne jouons pas avec le feu [Paper presentation]. Ma thèse en 180 secondes. Concours de vulgarisation scientifique, Liege, Belgium.

Franssen, J.-M., Gernay, T., Hanus, F., & Peigneux, C. (2010). Evaluation of Structural Fire Performance. Today and Tomorrow [Paper presentation]. Vingtième anniversaire de la société Buildsoft, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Others

Franssen, J.-M., & Gernay, T. (2015). Fire safety engineering group: presentation of the research activities at the ULg PhD information session.

Gernay, T. (2013). Awarding Ceremony McKinsey & Company Scientific Prize: A multiaxial constitutive model for concrete in the fire situation [Paper presentation]. Scientific Prizes McKinsey & Company 2013, McKinsey & Company Headquarter, Brussels, Belgium.