STRUCTURAL FAULTS + REPAIR-2008

12th International Conference, Edinburgh, UK: 10th -12th June 2008

Detailed Programme:

Day 1: Tuesday 10th June 2008

08.45: Registration - Exhibition Hall

08.45 - 09.30 Coffee – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A': Keynote Papers;

• INVESTIGATION & REMEDIAL MEASURES ON THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE SUSPENSION CABLES & OTHER WORKS, B Colford, Chief Engineer, The Forth Estuary Transport Authority, South Queensferry, UK
  
  5-YEARS MONITORING OF FIRST CFRP PRESTRESSED CONCRETE 3-SPAN BRIDGE IN US, Dr N Grace, Lawrence Tech University, Southfield, MI, USA

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Bridge Management

BRIDGE MANAGEMENT IN A 21ST CENTURY LOCAL AUTHORITY, H Brooman, Surrey CC, UK

AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR BRIDGE REPAIR, Dr CE Demers, Boston, MA, Dr R Oberle, Georgia Tech & Dr P Thaessler, Tampa FL, USA

EXTENDING LIFE OF BRIDGES; BENEFITS OF USING REFINED ANALYSIS & INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES, O Riches, Arup, UK

BRIDGE WEIGH-IN-MOTION TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGHWAY STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, H Zhao & N Uddin, Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Concrete Bridges

EVALUATION OF GALVANIC TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE FOR BRIDGE STRUCTURES, C Christodoulou, GK Glass, J Webb, Faber Maunsell, Birmingham, V Ngala, S Beamish, Mouchel, P Gilbert, , Birmingham, U.K

AIFIT – USER ORIENTATED IDENTIFICATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE – FIELD TEST, M Mautner, ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG, R Geier, Schimetta Consult, R Wendner, S Hoffmann, Univ of BOKU, Wien, Austria

Metallic Bridges

DETECTION OF FATIGUE CRACKS IN STEEL BRIDGE DETAILS, A Rezai, WJE & Dr F Jalinoos, FHWA, McLean, VA, USA

COST EFFECTIVENESS & SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FROM EFS INSPECTIONS: CASE STUDY IN PA, Dr BM Phares, MTI, Ankeny, IA USA

RESTORATION OF SERVICE VALUE TO HISTORICAL STEEL ROAD TRUSS- THE TUMSKI BRIDGE IN WROCLAW, Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Univ of Tech, Poland

3D LASER SCANING DEFLECTIONS ON SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER RIVER TISA, IM. Miličić & RJ Folić, Univ of Novi Sad, LM Vlajić & U Brajković, Saobraćajni inst CIP, Beograd, Serbia

REHABILITATION OF STEEL ROAD TRUSS BRIDGE BY USING STEEL ORTHOTROPIC DECK PLATES, Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Univ of Tech, Poland

REPLACING MEMBERS IN STEEL TRUSS BRIDGE OVER VISTULA RIVER, T Siwowski, TU Rzeszow & P Zoltowski, Yellow Line Engineering, Poland

INVESTIGATIONS & REPAIR OF DAMAGED CROSSBEAMS IN THE STEEL SUSPENSION GRUNWALDZKI BRIDGE IN WROCLAW, Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Univ of Tech, Poland

FRP in Concrete Repair - 1

INFLUENCE OF FRP WIDTH-TO-CONCRETE SUBSTRATE WIDTH (bf/b) ON BOND PERFORMANCE OF EXTERNALLY BONDED FRP SYSTEMS, K Ramanathan & KA Harries, Univ of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF NSM FRP STRENGTHENED CONCRETE SLABS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, PO Burke, LA Bisby & MF Green, Queen’s Univ, Kingston, ON, Canada

SEISMIC STRENGTHENING OF EXTERIOR BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS USING CFRP SHEETS, S.H. Alsayed, Y.A. Al-Salloum, T.H. Almusallam & N.A. Siddiqui, King Saud Univ, Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

DEBONDING OF FRP-TO-CONCRETE INTERFACES BETWEEN 2 ADJACENT CRACKS IN CONCRETE MEMBERS, GM Chen & JG Teng, Hong Kong Poly Univ, China, JF Chen, Univ of Edinburgh, UK

DEVELOPMENT OF REPAIR METHOD FOR CORRODED STEEL MEMBERS BY CARBON FIBER SHEETS, H.Sugiura, Dr K Ohgai, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd, N Inaba, Highway Research Inst Co Ltd, Prof M.Nagai, Nagaoka Univ of Technology & A Kobayashi, Nippon Steel Composite Co Ltd. Japan

CYCLIC PERFORMANCE OF RC BEAMS STRENGTHENED WITH CFRP SHEETS - EXPTL & FE STUDIES, S Suleiman, Dr J Owen, Univ of Nottingham, UK

CYCLIC LOADING ON PUNCHING SHEAR STRENGTH OF SLABS WITH CFRP SHEETS, Prof MR Esfahani, Ferdowsi Univ, Mashhad, Iran

Concrete Corrosion & Repair - 1

LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF SILICA FUME PASTE MIXES UNDER WETTING & DRYING MARINE CONDITION, HS Pouya & A Sharifi, Atkins Highways & Transportation, Birmingham, E Ganjian, Coventry Univ, UK

EFFECT OF PRE CARBONATION ON CONCRETE RESISTANCE AGAINST POST CURING CARBONATION & CHLORIDE INGRESS, KJ Owens, PAM. Basheer, B Sen Gupta, S Mehta, Queens's University of Belfast, UK

REPAIRED R.C. ELEMENTS SERVICE LIFE UNDER CHLORIDE ATTACK, Dr R Nsambu, Agostinho Neto Univ , Luanda, Angola & Dr A Gomes, Technical Univ of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

IDENTIFYING A CONCRETE MIX DESIGN USING THE DIFFERENTIAL ACID NEUTRALISATION CAPACITY OF CEMENT HYDRATION PRODUCTS, H-W Song, M-S Jung, KY Ann & J-H Kim, Yonsei Univ, Seoul, Korea

INFLUENCE OF CHLORIDE INDUCED CORROSION CRACKS ON & STRENGTH OF CONFINED & UNCONFINED R.C., DL Tang, TCK Molyneaux, RJ Gravina & D Law, RMIT Univ, Melbourne, Australia

INFLUENCE OF CHLORIDE BINDING AND BUFFERING CAPACITY OF CEMENT MATRIX ON THE RISK OF STEEL CORROSION, H-W Song, K-Y Ann, M-S Jung & C-H Lee, Yonsei Univ, Seoul, Korea

Timber Bridges

GPR INSPECTION OF WORLD'S LONGEST TIMBER BRIDGE, W Muller, Queensland Dept of Main Roads, Australia

OVERVIEW OF DYNAMIC BASED DAMAGE DETECTION FOR TIMBER BRIDGES, FC Choi, J Li, B Samali & Prof K Crews, Univ of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

NDT & HIGH STRENGTH FIBER RETROFIT OF 90 YEAR OLD ROUND LOG GIRDER BRIDGES IN AUSTRALIA, Dr DA Tingley, Wood Research & Development, Ltd, Corvallis, OR, USA

REHABILITATION DESIGNS ON SOME TIMBER HERITAGE BRIDGES IN AUSTRALIA, K Crews, Univ of Technology, Sydney, Australia

IN-SITU STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING TIMBER BRIDGES USING FiIRP® REINFORCED GLULAM, Dr DA Tingley, Wood Research & Development, Ltd, Corvallis, OR, USA

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Concrete Bridges-2

EXPERTISE & REPAIR OF MAAMELTEIN ARCH BRIDGE IN LEBANON, R Asmar, JP Buys, D Deschamps, Freyssinet, France, B Kassis, Butec, A Salame & W Salha, Lebanon, E Bouchon & P Vion, Sétra, Bagneux, France

NANOTECHNOLOGY IN REPAIR, MAINTENANCE & ASSET MANAGEMENT OF BRIDGES & STRUCTURES, Dr DM Mulenga & Prof P Robery, Halcrow Group Ltd, Birmingham, UK

BUFFALO CREEK BRIDGE: EMPIRICAL VERSUS TRADITIONAL DECK DESIGN, SN Shoukry, GW William, MY Riad, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV & JD Wriston, West Virginia Div of Highways, Charleston WV, USA

HEAVY REINFORCED ULTRA THIN HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE OVERLAY TO RE-STRENGTHEN CONCRETE VIADUCTS, P Buitelaar, Contec ApS, Denmark & R Braam, TU-Delft, The Netherlands

LASER ROUGHNESS ANALYZER TO ASSESS TEXTURE OF CONCRETE DECKS TO BE STRENGTHENED BY ADDING NEW CONCRETE LAYER, P Santos & E Júlio, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal

APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO BRIDGE MONITORING, J Valença, Dr E Júlio, Prof H Araújo, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal

Tunnels & Geotechnical Structurestobishima

TUNNEL REPAIR USING HIGH STRENGTH/HIGH PERFORMANCE SPRAYED CONCRETE, Dr M. Skazlic, & Prof D. Bjegovic, Univ of Zagreb, Croatia

INTERSTITIAL MASONRY GROUTING OF TUNNELS & ARCHES, L Halls, TAM International Ltd, Daventry, UK

STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RC FOOTINGS AND STRENGTHENING MICRO-PILES,  J Veludo, Poly Inst Leiria & Prof EJP Pinto, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal

2-D MODELS TO DETECT ABANDONED MINESHAFTS, F Drossaert, A Giannopoulos & MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, UK

IMPACT-ECHO FOR INVESTIGATION OF GROUTING IN TUNNEL LINING, Dr T Shiotani, Kyoto Univ, DG Aggelis & S Momoki, Tobishima Corp, Noda, Japan

FRP in Concrete Repair - 2

BEHAVIOUR OF RC BRIDGE DECK SLABS AND GIRDERS STRENGTHENED WITH FRP LAMINATES, Dr A Elsafty, Univ of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

REPAIR OF DAMAGED STRUCTURAL WALLS, A. Ghobarah, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, Canada

SHEAR STRENGTHENING OF R.C. BEAMS USING CFRP LAMINATES, Dr A Elsafty, Univ of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

INFLUENCE OF PRE-CONDITIONING OF CONCRETE SUBSTRATE SURFACES ON BOND STRENGTH BETWEEN SUBSTRATE & OVERLAY, H-D Beushausen , M Letele, MG Alexander, Univof Cape Town, South Africa

SHEAR STRENGTHENING OF RC BEAMS USING CFRP COMPOSITES, MA Issa & RZ Alrousan, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA

Concrete Corrosion & Repair - 2

REPAIR OF CORROSION DAMAGED CONCRETE USING A 2-STAGE ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT, S Holmes, Loughborough Univ, UK

MONITORING STEEL REINFORCEMENT CORROSION THROUGH USE OF STRAIN FIBRE OPTIC SENSORS, SKT Grattan, PAM Basheer, SE Taylor, KTV Grattan, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, & T Sun, City University, London, UK

DURABILITY OF MORTARS WITH NATURAL FILLERS IN AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONNEMENT, B Diop & A Bouguerra, Univ Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal & Y Mélinge, L Molez & R Jauberthie, INSA, Rennes, France

UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION BEHAVIOR OF CONFINED CONCRETE DETERIORATED BY CORROSION OF RE-BAR, Dr T Yamamoto & Prof T Miyagawa, Kyoto Univ, Japan

Civil Structures

VALIDATION OF MODELS FOR SERVICE LIFE PREDICTION OF MARINE STRUCTURES, K v. Breugel, TU Delft, RB Polder, TNO, Delft, MR de Rooij, TNO, Delft, The Netherlands

REPAIR METHODOLOGY OF R.C. COOLING TOWER Dr D Zenunovic & Dr R Folic , Univ of Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro

EVALUATION OF PARTIALLY DEGRADED EXISTING SEWAGE SYSTEM: INSPECTION OF CEMENT CONCRETE PIPE, Y Mélinge, L Molez & R Jauberthie, INSA, Rennes, France

ASSESSMENT & REPAIR OF A HEAVILY-CORRODED R.C. INFRASTRUCTURE, Prof D Coronelli, Poli di Milano, Italy

15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Open Discussion Forum: Questions & Answers

Identifying Sub-Standard Bridges by Inspection + Repair Techniques

Leader: Dr Frank Jalinoos, FHWA, McLean, VA, USA

All Delegates to contribute

Social Event - ALL Delegates & Exhibitors Invited:

19.00 pm "Civic Reception & Awards Ceremony"

at City Chambers, High Street, Royal Mile:

 ALL Delegates & Exhibitors Invited

Day 2: Wednesday 11th June 2008

08.45: Registration - Exhibition Hall

08.45 - 09.30 Coffee – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A': Keynote Papers;

1. ELASTIC WAVE METHODS FOR CRACK DETECTION & DAMAGE EVALUATION IN CONCRETE, Prof M Ohtsu, M Tokai, K Ohno & T Isoda, Kumamoto Univ, Japan

2. MICRO-ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF TEMPERATURE & MOISTURE CHANGES IN BUILDING STONES, S Srinivasan, Prof PAM Basheer, B J Smith & M Gomez-Heras, Queen’s  Univ of Belfast, UK

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Concrete Durability Assessment by NDT & Monitoring - 1

ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING MULTIPLE TEST METHODS, Dr K Kesner, WDP & Associates, Norwalk, CT, USA & Dr RW Poston, WDP & Associates, P.C., Austin, TX, USA

ADVANCES IN CONCRETE IMAGING USING A 2.6 GHz GPR ANTENNA, Dr R Roberts & A Schutz, GSSI, Salem, NH, USA

DETECTION OF SUBSURFACE REFLECTIVE CRACKING USING GPR, E Utsi,Utsi Electronics Ltd, Cambridge, A Birtwisle, Atlas Geophysical Ltd, Powys, & J Cook Defence Estates, Sutton Coldfield, UK

RELIABILITY TESTING OF CONCRETE USING ACOUSTIC EMISSION WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS, Prof M Shigeishi & Prof M Ohtsu, Kumamoto Univ, Kumamoto, Japan

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF INTERPRETATION OF HALF-CELL MEASUREMENTS ON R.C. STRUCTURES, K Baumann, Proceq SA, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

3D IMAGING OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING ULTRASONIC SHEAR WAVES, A O De La Haza, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Northbrook, IL, USA & C Petersen, Germann Instruments A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

Concrete Bridges - 3

INVESTIGATIONS WITH R.C. TOMOGRAPHY, Dr MAJ Mariscotti, P Thieberger, T Frigerio & M Ruffolo, THASA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT & RETROFIT DESIGN OF 2 EXISTING RC VIADUCTS, C Gentile, Politecnico di Milano, R Gentile, GCE, R Lanfranchi, RISABETON, G Massone & Pasqualato, SINECO, Milano, Italy

SULFATE ATTACK OF ABOVE GROUND ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURES, Dr D Pearson-Kirk & John P Vittery, AccordMP/Mouchel, Exeter, UK

ANALYSIS OF DURABILITY & LIFE CYCLE COSTING OF DIFFERENT REPAIR METHODS APPLIED ON 11 CITY OVERPASSES, IS Oslakovic, SS Palic, A Balagija & K Mavar, Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

AN ATTEMPT AT EXPLAINING THE CAUSES OF CRACKS IN NEW BRIDGES LOCATED ON THE A-4 MOTORWAY IN POLAND, A Mordak, Opole Univ of Tech & Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Univ of Tech, Poland

Masonry & Concrete Arch Bridges - 1

ASSESSMENT METHOD OF MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES, N Domede & A Sellier, LMDC, Toulouse, France

B9136 RUTHVEN BRIDGE: STONE MASONRY REFURBISHMENT, N Fotheringham, Moray Council, Elgin, UK

DynGT – ÖBB PERFORMANCE TEST FOR MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES, M Reiterer, Bernard Engineers, M Mautner, ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG, Wien, Austria

MONITORING OF MONKSTOWN BRIDGE- A NOVEL FLEXI-ARCH BRIDGE SYSTEM, SE Taylor, D Robinson & AE Long, Queen's University, Belfast & A Gupta, Macrete Ltd, Toomebridge, NI, UK

EXPERTISE AND REPAIR OF MAAMELTEIN ARCH BRIDGE IN LEBANON, R Asmar, JP Buys, D Deschamps, Freyssinet, France, B Kassis, Butec, A Salame & W Salha, Lebanon, E Bouchon & P Vion, Sétra, Bagneux, France

ASPECTS OF GPR TESTING OF MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES,  J Cameron, C Demoulin, N Diamanti, A Giannopoulos & MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, UK
 

Concrete Repair - 1

SERVICE LIFE DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL CONCRETE - IN THE NETHERLANDS, K v. Breugel, TU Delft, RB Polder, TNO, Delft, G v.d. Wegen, INTRON, Sittard, The Netherlands

BEHAVIOUR OF CONTINUOUS BEAMS DURING REPAIR BREAKOUT. J Cairns & E Coakley, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh, UK

MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PCC UNDER MECHANICAL LOAD, KA Bode, A Dimmig-Osburg, A Flohr, Bauhaus-Univ, Weimar, Germany

INFLUENCE OF POLYCARBOXYLATE-BASED HIGH RANGE WATER REDUCING ADMIXTURES ON SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE, Prof N Ghafoori & H Diawara, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA

FREEZE-THAW TEST RESULTS OF POROUS CONCRETE WITH CRUSHED SCALLOP SHELL MATERIAL ADDED, Prof M Sugiyama, Hokkai Gakuen Univ, Sapporo, Japan

Concrete Strengthening

R.C. BEAMS STRENGTHENED WITH WIRE ROPE UNITS, Dr F Ashour, Univ of Bradford, UK, Dr K H Yang, Mokpo National Univ, Korea & H Y Byun, Korea Eng & Consultant Inc, Jeonnam, Korea

TESTS of R.C. BEAMS STRENGTHENED WITH WIRE ROPE UNITS, Dr F Ashour, Univ of Bradford, UK, Dr K H Yang, Mokpo National Univ, Korea & H Y Byun, Korea Eng & Consultant Inc, Jeonnam, Korea

SHEAR STRENGTH BETWEEN 2 CONCRETE LAYERS WITH REINFORCEMENT CROSSING THE INTERFACE, D Dias da Costa, Prof E Júlio, Univ of Coimbra, & Prof J Alfaiate, Tech Univ of Lisbon, Portugal

STRENGTHENING OF CORBELS USING INTERNAL POST-TENSIONING, L Klusáček & P Slepička, TU Brno, Chalabala, PEEM spol. s r.o, Brno, Czech Republic

DURABILITY OF POLYUREA BASED SYSTEMS FOR CONCRETE MEMBER REHABILITATION, ME Beyer & Prof JJ Myers, Missouri Univ of Sci & Tech, Rolla, MO, USA

CORROSION OF FUSION-BONDED EPOXY COATED BARS IN CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED PLAIN AND SILICA FUME CEMENT CONCRETES EXPOSED TO VARYING TEMPERATURE, AS Al-Gahtani, King Fahd Univ, Saudi Arabia

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Concrete Durability Assessment by NDT & Monitoring -2

DETECTING DEFECTS IN PATCH REPAIRED CONCRETE BY ULTRA SONIC METHOD, Prof T Watanabe, Prof C Hashimoto, Univ of Tokushima, & Prof M Ohtsu, Kumamoto Univ, Japan

MODIFIED SIBIE APPLİCATİON TO SCANNİNG IMPACT-ECHO, Dr N Alver & Dr H Wiggenhauser, BAM, Berlin, Germany

COMBINED STRESS WAVE TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING FRACTURE IN CONCRETE SLABS, S Momoki & DG Aggelis, Tobishima Corporation, Noda & T Shiotani, Kyoto Univ, Japan

ESTIMATION OF DISTRIBUTION OF CHLORIDE CONTENT IN COVER CONCRETE USING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, T Mizobuchi, Hosei Univ, Tokyo, K Yokozeki, M Hiraishi & R Ashizawa, Kajima Technical Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

PREDICTION METHOD OF CARBONATION IN CONCRETE WITH IMPROVED SURFACE LAYER, Dr T Hasegawa & O Senbu, Hokkaido Univ, Sapporo, Japan

Bridge Case Studies

3-BRIDGES IN THE NEW RAILROAD IN THE NEW HIGH VELOCITY TRAIN TO THE NORTHWEST OF SPAIN, Dr C Jurado Cabanes, Poly Univ of Madrid, Spain

SOLBRITO VIADUCT: INSPECTION, ANALYSIS AND REHAB, M Deiana, SATAP SpA, Torino & E Fruguglietti, G Massone & G Pasqualato, Sineco SpA, Milano, Italy

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE FASCIA REPLACEMENT PROJECT, D Stringfellow, Hyder Consulting Ltd, London & I Chapman, Transport for London, UK

ANALYSIS & REPAIR OF VESTMOEN BRIDGE, OSLO AIRPORT, L Toverud, Multiconsult AS, Oslo, Norway

TUCKTON BRIDGE, BOURNEMOUTH AN INVESTIGATION OF CONDITION AFTER 102 YEARS, JGM Wood, Structural Studies & Design Ltd, MG Grantham, MG Associates, Edgeware, UK

BRIDGE IN THE AREA OF GUADAIANA RIVER IN THE SOUTH OF SPAIN, Prof C Jurado Cabanes, Poly Univ of Madrid, Spain

Masonry & Concrete Arch Bridges - 2

MODERNIZATION OF OLD ARCH BRIDGES BY STEEL SHELL STRUCTURE MADE FROM CORRUGATED PLATES, Dr D Beben, Opole Univ of Tech & Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Univ of Tech, Poland

THE REVITALIZATION OF XIX CENTURY MASONRY ARCH BRIDGE, Dr T Siwowski, & Dr D Sobala, Rzeszow Univ of Technology, Poland
 

FRP Strengthening of Masonry - 1

FRP STRENGTHENING - SHEAR MECHANISM OF BRICK MASONRY VAULTS, M. Panizza, E Garbin, MR Valluzzi & Prof C Modena, Univ of Padova, Italy

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF MASONRY VAULTS STRENGTHENING, Prof J Witzany, Dr T Čejka & Dr R Zigler, Czech Technical Univ in Prague, Czech Republic

Concrete Repair - 2

EVOLUTION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES WITH MATRIX POROSITY IN MORTAR - RUBBER AGGREGATES MIXTURES, M Turki, E Molines, MJ Rouis, & M Queneudec

EXPTL ANALYSIS OF STEEL BONDED ANCHORS TO CONCRETE, Prof M Bajer, Dr J Kala & J Barnat, Brno Univ of Technology, Czech Republic

ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE WATER-JET OFFERS LESS DAMAGE FOR CONCRETE REMOVAL, Dr M Alitavoli, Dr MM Ranjbar & H Nahriri, Univ of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

SHRINKAGE CRACKS IN PAVEMENT QUALITY CONCRETE DURING CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR, AK Pandey, CBRI, Roorkee, India

USE OF PHOSPHO MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS AS REPAIRED CONCRETE, C Baux, C Lanos, Y Melinge, R Jauberthie, INSA, Rennes, France

SELECTIVE USE OF STAINLESS STEEL REINFORCING BAR IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO ENHANCE LIFE CYCLE COSTING, L Morgan, Outokumpo Stainless Ltd, Sheffield, UK

Timber Issues

IN-SITU ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL TIMBER: RILEM TC 215 AST, B Kasal, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA , USA

DETECTING ADHESION DEFECTS IN GLUED-LAMINATED TIMBERS BY VIBRATION TEST, S Uchida, Osaka Univ, Japan

STRUCTURAL REPAIR & REINFORCEMENT OF WOOD WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS, B Kasal, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, USA,

15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Open Discussion Forum: Questions & Answers

Defective Concrete & Repair Technologies

Panel Leader: Professor M Ohtsu, Kumamoto University, Japan

All Delegates to contribute
 

Social Event - OPTIONAL - tickets may be purchased on the Registration Form

19.30 for 20.00: Conference Banquet

University of Edinburgh, Playfair Library, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh
 

Royal Scots Regimental Association Pipe Band will “Beat Retreat” after the Banquet

OPTIONAL - tickets may be purchased on the Registration Form

Day 3: Thursday 12th June 2008

08.45: Registration - Exhibition Hall

08.45 - 09.30 Coffee – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A': Keynote Papers;

RADAR INVESTIGATION & DIAGNOSIS OF HISTORIC MASONRY, Prof L Binda, Dr A Saisi & Prof L Zanzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Masonry Structures

MONITORING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF HISTORIC TOWERS: A MIXED APPROACH FOR THEIR DAMAGE EVALUATION, A Anzani & L. Binda, Politecnico di Milano, A Carpinteri, S. Invernizzi, G. Lacidogna, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS & F.E. MODEL VALIDATION OF A MASONRY TOWER, C Gentile, A Saisi, N Gallino & L Binda, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL ARCHBISHOP PALACE IN CAGLIARI, F. Mistretta, Univ of Cagliari, Italy

IN SITU TESTING & STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF AN HISTORICAL MASONRY DOME, Dr G Bartoli, Dr M Betti & Dr M Orlando, Univ of Florence, Italy

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF MULTI-LEAF STONE MASONRY WALLS & STRENGTHENING WITH ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS, JT San-Jose, D Garcia, R San Mateos & J Diez,,LABEIN, Bilbao, Spain

DAMAGE DIAGNOSIS OF AN OLD ITALIAN PALACE, Dr G Bartoli, Dr M Betti & Dr M Orlando, Univ of Florence, Italy

SOLAR RADIATION ON STRESS STATE OF St VITUS CATHEDRAL BEARING SYSTEM, P Beran, J Máca & P Fajman, Czech Tech Univ in Prague, Czech Republic

Concrete Durability Assessment by NDT & Monitoring -3

ESTIMATION OF INTACT MODULUS FOR DAMAGE EVALUATION IN CONCRETE BY DECAT, T Suzuki, Nihon Univ & Prof M Ohtsu, Kumamoto Univ, Japan

IDENTIFICATION OF CORROSION PROCESS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION, Y Tomoda & Prof M Ohtsu, Kumamoto Univ, Japan

COMPARISON OF CRACK CLASSIFICATION IN CONCRETE BY PARAMETER ANALYSIS & SIGMA IN ACOUSTIC EMISSION, K Ohno & Prof M Ohtsu, Kumamoto Univ, Japan

NDT OF RC BEAMS WITH CORRODED RE BARS, H Minezawa, T Kamada, S Uchida, Osaka Univ, S Miyazato, Kanazawa Inst of Tech, I Kuroda, National Defense Academy of Japan

NDT of Structures - 1

STRAIN ASSESSMENT OF HISTORIC MASONRY BY CUTTING, Prof M Gutermann, Univ of Applied Sci, Bremen & H-U Knaack, DB AG, Frankfurt, Germany

DETECTION OF STRUCTURAL FAULTS WITH ACTIVE & PASSIVE PIEZO DISCS, Prof. U Peil & S Loppe, TU Braunschweig, Germany

Post-Tensioned & Pre-Stressed Concrete Bridges

A NEW CORROSION TREATMENT FOR PRESTRESSED REBARS: THE DIRECT INJECTION OF A CORROSION INHIBITOR BY AN ULTRASONIC PUMP, E Cailleux, V Pollet, CSTC-WTCB-BBRI, Limelette, P.M Dubois, PMD, Ophain –Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Belgium, & D Michaux, ATEAV, Livry Gargan, France

FAST NDT LOCALISATION OF PRESTRESSING STEEL FRACTURES IN P-T CONCRETE BRIDGES, Prof B Hillemeier & A Walther, TU Berlin, Germany

MONITORING & DETAILED MODELLING FOR EXTENDING LIFESPAN OF 30 YEAR OLD PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE, Dr M Pimentel, J Santos & J Figueiras, Univ of Porto, Portugal

FEATURES FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING OF CONCRETE ELEMENTS: PHASE EVALUATION & AIR COUPLED ULTRASOUND, M Krause, B Gräfe, B Milmann, BAM Berlin & K Mayer, University of Kassel, Germany

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE BRIDGES IN EGNATIA MOTORWAY & REPAIR CASES, T Tzaveas & E Gavaise, EGNATIA ODOS AE, Thessaloniki, Greece

MODELLING OF CORROSION EFFECTS IN RC STRUCTURES, Prof D Coronelli, Poli di Milano, Italy

F.E. MODELLING OF CORRODING PRE-STRESSED BEAMS, Prof D Coronelli, Poli di Milano, Italy

ANALYSIS OF STRESSES IN PRESTRESSED PREFABRICATED GIRDERS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION OF LOAD-CARRYING STRUCTURE OF SPANS IN WILDLIFE OVERPASS OVER MOTORWAY A18, D Kaluzinski, BPI Eurokad Polska, Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Univ of Tech, A Mordak & D Beben, Opole Univ of Tech, Poland

EVALUATION OF DAMAGE EVOLUTION UNDER REPEATED LOADING OF P-T CONCRETE BEAMS BY ACOUSTIC EMISSION, Prof E Proverbio & G Campanella, Univ of Messina, & V Venturi, Sidercem srl, Catania, Italy

Buildings

BEARING STRUCTURE OF CULTURE CENTER IN GRADIŠKA AFTER FIRE, Dr M Malešev, Dr V Radonjanin & Prof R Folić, Univ of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

REPAIR OF BEARING STRUCTURE OF CULTURE CENTER IN GRADIŠKA AFTER FIRE, Dr M Malešev, Dr V Radonjanin, Prof R Folić & P Pavlovic, Univ of Novi Sad, Serbia

EVALUATION & REPAIR OF MID-RISE BUILDING FOUNDATIONS IN THAILAND, S Promboon, Interconsult, Bangko, Thailand & Y Tinkey, Olson Engineering, Wheat Ridge, CO, USA

REPAIR OF BOMB DAMAGED R.C. STRUCTURE, D Vasović, Belgrade Univ, T Vasović, RELIT co, S Otović, Serbian Chamber of Engineers, Belgrade, Serbia

BOND OF SFRM TO STEEL STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO TENSILE YIELDING, S Pessiki & N Leo, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Conservation Engineering

HIO-TECNOLOGY IN PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, M Oberknezev, Hio-protection System, Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro

Concrete Earthquake Retrofit

R.C COLUMN AND/OR SHEAR WALL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA RATIOS IN TURKISH SCHOOL BUILDINGS BEFORE AND AFTER SEISMEC RETROFIT, FT Cizmecioglu, Ozer Construction Co.& Prof O C Celik, Instanbul Technical University, Instanbul, Turkey

SEISMIC REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES FOR RC BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS, Y.A. Al-Salloum, SH Alsayed, TH Almusallam & NA Siddiqui, King Saud Univ, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Masonry Structures - 2

ESTIMATING COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF HISTORIC UNREINFORCED MASONRY USING FLATJACK DEFORMABILITY TESTS, S Wo & M Schuller, Atkinson-Noland & Associates, Boulder, CO, USA

SHORT & LONG-TERM STRAIN BEHAVIOUR OF MASONRY STRUCTURE POST-TENSIONED HORIZONTALLY, L Klusáček, P Šulák & Z Bažant, TU Brno, Czech Republic

IN-PLANE SHEAR REINFORCEMENT OF MASONRY PANELS WITH HIGH STRENGTH STEEL CORDS, A Borri, G Castori, M Corradi, Univ of Perugia, Italy

NDT of Structures - 2

VIBRATION-BASED DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS, U Dackermann, J Li, B Samali & Prof K Crews, Univ of Technology Sydney, Australia

DEFORMED TUNNEL MONITORING BY MEANS OF TDM BASED FBG OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, T Tamura & K Kumagai, Tobishima Corp, Noda & Dr T Shiotani, Kyoto Univ, Japan

USE OF GPR ON SETT CONSTRUCTION, Dr M Gordon, Mouchel, Larbert, Dr A Giannopoulos, C Warren & Prof MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, UK

NDT Inspection & FRP Repair of Bridges

NEW INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR FOR FULL-SCALE TESTING OF BRIDGES: 1. RADAR TECHNIQUES & STATIC TESTS, G Bernardini, IDS, Pisa, C Gentile Politecnico di Milano, & P Ricci, IDS, Pisa, Italy

GPS STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING ON A CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE, S Kim, Seoul National Univ of Tech, H Park, NewConsTech Corp, KT Yang, Daelim College of Tech, S-S Nam, EJTech Corp., Seoul, Korea

NEW INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR FOR FULL-SCALE TESTING OF BRIDGES: 2. AMBIENT VIBRATION TESTS & OPERATIONAL MODAL ANALYSIS, C Gentile Politecnico di Milano, G Bernardini P Ricci, IDS, Pisa, Italy

ESTIMATION OF DEAD & LIVE LOAD STRESSES IN STEEL HANGER RODS UTILIZING FIELD MEASUREMENTS, LAB TESTING & FEA, Prof S Pessiki & I Hodgson, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Structures Case Studies

STRUCTURAL TESTING, ASSESSMENT & STRENGTHENING OF U.S. NAVY PIERS, C. M Inaba & CA Booker, Naval Facilities Engineering Center, Port Hueneme, CA, USA

STRENGTHENING OF POST-TENSIONED SLABS USING CFRP COMPOSITES AT WHITE CITY LONDON, R Kalfat, Structural Systems UK, Southall, UK

STABILITY SLOPE & TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON PRAGUE CASTLE, Dr P Fajman, Dr J Maca, & P Beran, Czech Techl Univ in Prague, Czech Republic

SCAFFOLD FAILURES CAUSED BY VEHICLE STRIKES DURING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VIADUCT OVER A-18 MOTORWAY, D Kaluzinski, BPI Eurokad Polska, Prof Z Manko, Wroclaw Unive of Tech, A Mordak & D Beben, Opole Univ of Tech, Poland

15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall

Lecture Room 'A'

Open Discussion Forum: Questions & Answers

Conservation of Masonry

Panel Leader: Professor Luigia Binda, Politecnico di Milano

All Delegates to contribute
 

17.30 Conference Closes