Johan Maljaars
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Johan Maljaars is a Full Professor and Chair of Aluminium Structures at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Johan’s expertise is in the structural performance of aluminium structures, fatigue and fracture of metal structures and structural fire resistance of aluminium structures. His research interests in the area of advanced steel and aluminium structures, fatigue and fracture, structural design, joining technology and design, computational mechanics, and damage and fracture mechanics. The research finds its way to practice through optimal response models and designs.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Johan Maljaars obtained his MSc with cum laude in Civil Engineering at Delft University of Technology in 2001. After this, he began his professional carrier at TNO, where he is currently workingas a Principal Scientist for metal structures. From 2004 to 2008 he combined this position with a PhD at TU/e, which he received with honors. In 2014 he was appointed full professor at the unit of Structural Design of the Department of the Built Environment. He is currently doing research into the reliability level of fatigue-loaded bridges, wind turbines and other structures. Johan publishes in journals such as the International Journal of Fatigue and Thin Walled Structures.
Recent Publications
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Weijian Wu,Milan Veljkovic,Henk Kolstein,Johan Maljaars,Richard J.M. Pijpers
Fatigue behaviour of toe and root stiffener cracks in stiffener-to-deck plate weld of orthotropic bridge decks
Engineering Structures (2024) -
Johan Maljaars,Stefan Verdenius,H. Burggraaf,Sjors van Es
Prediction accuracy of fatigue-relevant load effects in an orthotropic deck
Journal of Constructional Steel Research (2024) -
Elena Zancato,Davide Leonetti,Giovanni Meneghetti,Johan Maljaars
Experimental evaluation of the fatigue notch factor in as-built specimens produced by Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing
Procedia Structural Integrity (2024) -
Sjoerd T. Hengeveld,Davide Leonetti,Bert Snijder,Johan Maljaars
Prediction of fatigue crack paths including crack-face friction for an inclined edge crack subjected to mixed mode loading
Procedia Structural Integrity (2024) -
Johan Maljaars,Richard Pijpers,Weijian Wu,Henk Kolstein
Fatigue resistance of rib to deck, crossbeam to deck and deck to deck welds in orthotropic decks using structural stress
International Journal of Internet Science (2023)
Current Educational Activities
Ancillary Activities
- Principal Scientist, TNO
- Chair / Convenor, CEN Horizontal Group Fatigue
- Committee member, CEN/SC3/WG9