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

09.30: Conference Opening + Keynote Papers - Chair: Prof MC Forde, University of Edinburgh

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

11.00 - 13.00: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D' Lecture Room 'E'
Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:

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

EVALUATION OF CORROSION DAMAGE IN PRESTRESSED ADJACENT BOX BEAM GIRDER BRIDGES – CASE STUDY, S Pessiki, I Hodgson, C Naito, R Sause, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA, USA

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

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

FIELD STRENGTH TESTS OF STEEL ROAD BRIDGE TO DETERMINE ITS SERVICE LIFE, Dr B Manko, Mostar, Wroclaw, Poland

TEMPORARY REINFORCEMENT OF RODS IN STEEL TRUSS SPAN OF VIADUCT, Dr J Stefanek, & G Suchowinski, MOSTAR, Wroclaw, 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 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

MEASUREMENTS OF STEEL CORROSION IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES, L. Abosoro, AF Ashour & M Youseffi, Univ of Bradford, UK

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

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

Tunnels & Geotechnical Structures

JOHN WAYNE PIONEER TRAIL TUNNELS: CONDITION ASSESSMENT & REPAIR OPTIONS, Dr CD Breeds, SubTerra Inc, North Bend, WA, H Gibson, Washington State Parks, Olympia, WA, M Byers & B Gates, Kleinfelder Inc, Bellevue, WA, USA

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

POLYURETHANE & ACRYLIC INJECTION RESINS IN TUNNEL & MASONRY WATER SEALING, L Halls, TAM International Ltd, Daventry, UK

IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTION DETAILS ON STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF RC FOOTINGS STRENGTHENED WITH MICROPILES, 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

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

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall

14.00 - 15.30: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D' Lecture Room 'E'
Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:

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

Timber Bridges

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

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

 

FRP in Concrete Repair - 2

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

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

Concrete Corrosion & Repair - 2

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

EXPTL STUDY ON BOND FORCE BETWEEN CONCRETE & RE-BAR WITH DIFFERENT EXTENT OF CORROSION, T Nishido, R Shionaga & X An, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Yokohama, Japan

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

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

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

STRENGTHENING & REHABILITATION OF R.C. AERATION TANK, F. Mistretta & P Mossone, Grandi Strutture S.r.l., Cagliari, Italy

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

16.00 - 17.30: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D' Lecture Room 'E'
Chair: Prof M C Forde Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:

 

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
 

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,

 

FRP in Concrete Repair - 3

MECHANICAL ANCHORAGE SYSTEM FOR STRENGTHENING CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING COMPOSITE LAMINATES, MA Faruqi & RA Reddy, Texas A & M Univ-Kingsville, TX, 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 - 3

INFLUENCE OF VOLCANIC TUFF FILLERS ON DURABILITY OF MORTAR STORED IN SULFATIC ENVIRONMENT, B Diop & A Bouguerra, Univ Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal & Y Mélinge, L Molez & R Jauberthie, INSA, Rennes, France

BEHAVIOR OF HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE IN DEAD SEA BRINES, A Shvarzman, Sami Shamoon College of Eng, Beer-Sheva, Israel

PERFORMANCE TEST FOR EXTERNAL SULPHATE ATTACK OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES, S Messad, Univ de Toulouse, M Carcasses & L Linger, Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Rueil-Malmaison, France

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

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

PERFORMANCE OF FUSION BONDED EPOXY COATED BARS UNDER HIGH CHLORIDE & ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS, AS Al-Gahtani & M Maslehuddin, King Fahd Univ, Saudi Arabia

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

09.30: Keynote Papers - Chair: Prof MC Forde, University of Edinburgh

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

11.00 - 13.00: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D'  
Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:  

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

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

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

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE USING CANIN PROVISTA FOR INTERPRETATION OF HALF-CELL MEASUREMENTS, K Baumann, Proceq SA, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland

Concrete Bridges - 3

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

DAMAGE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE BRIDGES SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING, FA Malhas & M Koriom, Univ of Dayton, OH, USA

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
 

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 TIEVENAMEENA BRIDGE- A NOVEL FLEXI-ARCH BRIDGE SYSTEM, S. Taylor, A. Gupta, S Grattan & A. Long, Queen's University, Belfast, UK

TESTING & ANALYSIS OF THE MASONRY ARCH IN OLEŚNICA, Dr C Trela, BAM, Berlin, Germany & T Kaminski, Wroclaw Univ of Technology, Poland

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
 

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

INFLUENCE OF (SBR) LATEX & SILICA FUME ON CEMENT BASED REPAIR CONCRETES, AR Bagheri, Khaje Nasir Toosi Univ of Tech & S. Hashemi, Monash Univ, Australia

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

 

 

 

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall

14.00 - 15.30: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D' Lecture Room 'E'
Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:

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

EVALUATION OF CONCRETE CONDITION BY ULTRA SONIC METHOD, Prof T Watanabe, Prof C Hashimoto, Univ of Tokushima, & Prof M Ohtsu, Kumamoto Univ, Japan

SIBIE APPLİCATİON TO SCANNİNG IMPACT-ECHO FOR VOİD IDENTİFİCATİON İN CONCRETE, 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, I Chapman, Transport for London & B Chana, Hyder Consulting Ltd, Guildford, UK

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

INVESTIGATION OF 102 YR OLD TUCKTON BRIDGE, BOURNEMOUTH, JGM Wood, Structural Studies & Design Ltd, MG Grantham, MG Associates, Edgeware, UK

BRIDGE OVERGUADAIANA RIVER, SOUTHERN SPAIN, Prof C Jurado Cabanes, Poly Univ of Madrid, Spain

Masonry & Concrete Arch Bridges - 2

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

EAST LONDON LINE BRIDGE PROJECT – 2nd STAGE ENABLING WORKS, RCE Huggard, Faber Maunsell, Beckenham, UK

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

FRP Strenthening of Masonry - 1

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

STRENGTHENING OF MASONRY VAULTS & COLUMNS USING FRP MATERIALS, Prof J Witzany, Dr T Čejka & Dr R Zigler, Czech Technical Univ in Prague, Czech Republic

STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE BELL TOWER OF BURANO ISLAND, MR Valluzzi , F Casarin,& Prof C Modena, Univ of Padova, Italy

Conservation Engineering

CONSERVATION ENGINEERING - USE OF LIME CONCRETE, J Addison, Mott MacDonald, Edinburgh, UK

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

DIAGNOSES & MONITORING OF RENAISSANCE SANCTUARY OF MONTEORTONE (ABANO TERME), R Gori, Univ of Padova, Italy

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

15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall

16.00 - 17.30: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Chair: Prof M C Forde

 

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

09.30: Keynote Papers - Chair: Prof MC Forde, University of Edinburgh

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

11.00 - 13.00: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D' Lecture Room 'E'
Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:

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

TEXTILE REINFORCED MORTAR APPLIED FOR STRENGTHENING MASONRY STRUCTURES, JT San-Jose, D Garcia, R San Mateos & J Diez,,LABEIN, Bilbao, Spain

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

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

STRUCTURAL ANALYSES OF UNDERGROUND ROMAN MASONRY VAULTS: DIOCLETIAN’S PALACE, SPLIT (CROATIA), R Gori, Univ of Padova, Italy

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

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

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

INVESTIGATION & REPAIR OF P-T CONCRETE BRIDGES, Prof A J. Schokker & Prof A Scanlon, Penn State Univ, Univ Park PA, USA

DIRECT INJECTION OF A CORROSION INHIBITOR BY AN ULTRASONIC PUMP: TREATMENT OF PRESTRESSED REBAR, 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

ASSESSING DETERIORATION IN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE GIRDERS DUE TO ASR, Dr M E Williams & D Choudhuri, Walter P Moore & Associates, Houston, TX, USA

NEW 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

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

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

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

PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE OF STEEL BUILDINGS, R Gori, Univ of Padova, Italy

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

INTERACTION BETWEEN SHEAR WALL & EXISTING FRAME IN, A Korkmaz, F Demir, H Tekeli, Suleyman Demirel Univ, Isparta, Turkey

 

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall

14.00 - 15.30: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Lecture Room 'B' Lecture Room 'C' Lecture Room 'D'  
Chair: Chair: Chair: Chair:  

Masonry Structures - 2

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

MICRO-ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF TEMPERATURE & MOISTURE CHANGES IN BUILDING STONES, S Srinivasan, PAM Basheer, BJ Smith, M Gomez-Heras, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK

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

ND INVESTIGATION & ASSESSMENT ON GOTHIC STRUCTURAL SYSTEM OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA IN FLORENCE, L. Binda, G. Cardani, P.Condoleo, L. Zanzi, Poli di Milano, Italy & TE Boothby, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA, USA

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 Kumagi, 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

CALDER VIADUCT FRP RE-DECKING, L Canning, N Speight & R Stephens, Mouchel Parkman, West Byfleet, UK

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
 

 

 

15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall

16.00 - 17.30: Parallel Sessions

Lecture Room 'A'

Chair: Prof M C Forde

 

Open Discussion Forum: Questions & Answers

Conservation of Masonry

Panel Leader: Professor Luigia Binda, Politecnico di Milano

All Delegates to contribute
 

17.30 Conference Closes