Prof John Ginger ~ Professor
Engineering
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Dr John Ginger is the Research Director of the Cyclone Testing Station, at James Cook University in Townsville. He has been involved in research, testing and consulting in wind engineering since 1987.
John has extensive experience in wind tunnel model studies and full-scale field tests on projects in Australia and overseas. He has published papers and presented seminars on wind loading of structures in the areas of external and internal pressure characteristics, fluctuating loads on building components and their response, and structural vulnerability.
- Honours
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- Memberships
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- 2006 - Cyclone Testing Station’s representative on the Queensland Tropical Cyclone Coordination committee
- 2003 - Committee member of Standards Australia committees BD-006 – General Design Requirements and Loading on Structures and BD-006/2 – Wind Loads
- 1990 - Chairman of the Australasian Wind Engineering Society.
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Holmes J, Flay R, Ginger J, Mason M, Rofail A and Wood G (2023) The 2021 Australian/New Zealand Standard, AS/NZS 1170.2:2021. Wind and Structures, An International Journal, 37 (2). pp. 95-104
- Bodhinayake G and Ginger J (2022) Characteristics of internal and external pressures and peak net pressures on a building envelope. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 231.
- Humphreys M and Ginger J (2022) Permeability and wind induced internal pressures in steel sheds. Journal of Building Engineering, 57.
- Parackal K, Ginger J and Eaton J (2022) Wind loads on double-skillion roof houses. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 23 (1). pp. 26-36
- Bodhinayake G, Ginger J and Henderson D (2020) Correlation of internal and external pressures and net pressure factors for cladding design. Journal of Wind and Structures, 30 (3). pp. 219-229
- Bodhinayake G, Ginger J and Henderson D (2020) Correlation of internal and external pressures and net pressure factors for cladding design. Wind and Structures: an international journal, 30 (3). pp. 219-229
- Parackal K, Ginger J and Henderson D (2020) Progressive failures of batten to rafter connections under fluctuating wind loads. Engineering Structures, 215.
- Satheeskumar N, Ginger J, Humphreys M, Henderson D, Wang C, Nguyen K and Mendis P (2020) Comparison of wind uplift load sharing for Australian truss- and pitch-framed roof structures. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 204.
- Smith D, Edwards M, Parackal K, Ginger J, Henderson D, Ryu H and Wehner M (2020) Modelling vulnerability of Australian housing to severe wind events: past and present. Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 21 (3). pp. 175-192
- Conference Papers
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- Bodhinayake G, Ginger J and Henderson D (2020) Net cladding pressures on industrial building roofs. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. In: ACMSM25: 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, 4-7 December 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Humphreys M, Ginger J and Henderson D (2020) Effect of opening size and wind speed on internal pressures in full-scale buildings. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. In: ACMSM25: 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, 4-7 December 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Navaratnam S, Henderson D and Ginger J (2020) Wind load sharing and influence coefficients for house roof structures. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. In: ACMSM25: 25th Australasian Conference on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, 4-7 December 2018, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 94+ research outputs authored by Prof John Ginger from 2000 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety - Contract Research
Wind driven rain-water Ingress through windows and doors.
- Indicative Funding
- $68,442 over 2 years
- Summary
- Water ingress through windows and doors is a leading cause of damage bills during severe weather. This project aims to determine basic relationships between applied pressure due to wind, amount of water incident on the window/ door and the resulting water ingress. Testing will be conducted using a specialised test chamber at the CTS capable of applying a range of wetting rates as well as both static and fluctuating pressures. The data from this project will allow the development of a standardised test method that will allow manufacturers to meet certain performance criteria to prevent unreasonable water ingress through windows and doors.
- Investigators
- Korah Parackal, David Henderson and John Ginger (College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Water ingress; Cyclone and Hurricanes; Wind Storms; Wind Tunnels; Full scale Testing
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC - Research Grant
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events
- Indicative Funding
- $770,000 over 4 years
- Summary
- This research is to develop cost-effective strategies for mitigating damage to housing from severe windstorms across Australia. These evidence-based strategies will be (a) tailored to aid policy formulation and decision making in government and industry, and (b) provide guidelines detailing various options and benefits to homeowners and the building community for retrofitting typical at-risk houses in Australian communities.
- Investigators
- John Ginger, David Henderson, Daniel Smith and Simon Ingham in collaboration with Mark Edwards, Martin Werner, John Holmes and Geoffrey Broughton (College of Science & Engineering, Geoscience Australia, JDH Consulting and TimberED Services Pty Ltd)
- Keywords
- Housing; retrofit; Vulnerability; Resilience; Wind Loads; Hazard
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
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- Wind loads on suspended open conical roofs (Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Wind loading and dynamic response of axially supported plates (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Completed
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- Correlation of internal and external pressure fluctuations in industrial buildings (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- The structural response and progressive failure of batten to rafter connections under wind loads (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Characteristics of wind-induced internal pressures in industrial buildings with wall openings (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
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