| 15-1) FAILURE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS |
AMDE, Amde M.
University of Maryland
Maryland - USA
CHAU, K. T.
Associate Head and Professor
Department of Civil & Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong - China
cektchau@polyu.edu.hk
CHONG, Ken P.
National Science Foundation
Arlington - USA
MANZARI, Majid T.
George Washington University
Washington - USA
manzari@gwu.edu
WAN, Kai-tak
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla - USA
Abstract
Fracture, failure and performance of concrete and other materials are
included in this Mini-symposium beginning with a keynote paper by Balaguru
and Chong on failure mechanics of cement based materials. The following
are titles of proposed 6 sessions: Cohesive Zone Analysis for Fracture
in Micro- and Nano- Materials and Structures; Durability of Concrete;
Performance of Retrofitted Concrete and Masonry Elements; Fractures and
Failures of Geomaterials; and Modeling of Fracture and Failure in Geomaterials
FAILURE OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS
FAILURE ANALYSIS IN TRANSPORTATION
DEEGAN, Dennis, C.
Easton, PA - USA
dcdeegan@rcn.com
FIRRAO, Donato
Politecnico di Torino
Turin - Italy
donato.firrao@polito.it
JONES Dai, R.H.
University of Cambridge
Cambridge - UK
drj1000@eng.cam.ac.uk
McGARRY,Dennis
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH - USA
dmcgarry@sealimited.com
Abstract
Studies during failure analysis of land, rail and air transportation often require a broad engineering approach to single out specific mechanisms that are the root cause of an accident. From fractographic analysis to stress and strain calculations, different knowledge-based instruments are employed to determine the failure cause. This mini-symposium tends to congregate experts in the various disciplines of forensic failure analysis as well as those experts in maintenance and monitoring technologies to minimize failure occurrences.