Program Information
Scope and Topics
Category 1: Anchorages
- Recent advancement in concrete anchorages
- Experimental testing
- Numerical modelling and simulation of anchor behavior
- Code based design approaches
- Performance based design methods
- Testing standards and qualification procedures
- Cast-in anchorages and anchor channels
- Post installed anchors and reinforcement
- Anchor reinforcement techniques
- Anchorages subjected to special loads (e.g., fatigue, sustained loads, corrosion)
- Anchorages under extreme conditions (e.g., seismic, fire, impact)
- Anchorages in structural strengthening and retrofitting
- Long term performance and durability of anchor systems
- Failure mechanisms and Spring modelling
- Anchors in prefabricated and modular construction
- Anchorage in various types of concrete (e.g., 3D printed, high strength, high-performance etc.)
- Applications of AI in anchorages
Category 2: Bond
- Recent advancement in bond between reinforcement and concrete
- Experimental testing
- Numerical modelling and simulation of bond behavior
- Code based design approaches
- Performance based design methods
- Bond under severe loading conditions (e.g., seismic, fire, impact)
- Bond subjected to special loads (e.g., fatigue, sustained loads, corrosion)
- Bond in new materials
- Assessment of bond
- Applications of AI in bond behavior study
Category 3: Composite construction
- Recent advancement in composite construction
- Experimental testing
- Numerical modelling and simulation in composite construction
- Code based design approaches
- Performance based design methods
- Composite construction under severe loading conditions (e.g., seismic, fire, impact, wind)
- Composite construction subjected to special loads (e.g., fatigue, sustained loads, corrosion)
- Connections in composite construction
- Composites in high rise applications
- Composites in safety related applications
- Construction techniques
- Applications of AI in composite construction
Category 4: Steel-Concrete Connections in Bridges
- Composite action between plate girders and concrete slabs
- Connections in Bridges under sever loading conditions (e.g., seismic, fire, impact, wind)
- Connections in Bridges subjected to special loads (e.g., fatigue behavior, sustained loads, corrosion)
- Strength under extreme loads
- Shear stud fatigue
- Strengthening and retrofit of steel bridge repairs
- Recent advancements in Connections in Bridges
- Experimental Testing
- Code based design approaches
- Performance based design approaches
- Numerical modelling and simulations of Connections in bridges
Category 5: Engineering Applications and Case Studies on Steel-Concrete Connections
- Connections to Basemat foundations
- Forensic Engineering
- Slab to wall connections
- Slab to Frame connections
- Floor to seismic connections
- Case studies of new and innovative construction in steel-concrete connections
Keynote Speakers
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