International Workshop on Structural Composites for Infrastructure Application

基础设施应用结构复合材料国际研讨会

• 批准号: 0331554
• 负责人: Nabil Grace
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lawrence Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-15 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0331554&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Workshop; Structural; Composites; Infrastructure

The issue of repairing and upgrading the existing civil engineering infrastructure has beenone of great importance for over a decade. Deterioration of bridge decks, beams, girdersand columns, buildings, parking structures and others may be attributed to ageing,environmentally induced degradation, poor initial design and/or construction, lack ofmaintenance, and to accidental events such as earthquakes. Recent developments relatedto materials, methods and techniques for structural strengthening have been various. Oneof today's state-of-the-art techniques is the use of externally bonded fiber reinforcedpolymer (FRP) composites.There are also many applications in the area of using prestressed FRP tendons and FRPbars to reinforce bridges and structures. Structural engineers view the use of advancedcomposites as highly promising in the construction industry currently.The Workshop is organized on the premise that the exchange of existing American andforeign experience in the area of utilizing FRP products in repairing existing structures isbeneficial for both parties. The workshop will focus on the repair of ancient structuresusing FRP. Research related to composite materials has been carried out in the U.S.,Canada, Europe, Egypt, and Japan. However, there has been little communicationbetween the American, Japanese, and European researchers. There is a need for aninternational exchange of advanced experience to increase the research efficiency and toinsure that the United States is at the leading edge of engineering research. Experts fromthe United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East will identify the topics forfuture cooperative projects in the area of repair, reinforcing, and rehabilitation ofstructures using FRP. Site visits will be organized to historical structures in Egypt incollaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to investigate the possibility of usingFRP to repair monuments and historical structures (several hundred years old).In order to ensure a productive workshop, the expected participation will be about 90specialists from universities, research centers, bridge authorities and consultingcompanies from around the world. Each participant will submit a written contribution onone of the topics. The discussions, additional contributions and final recommendationswill be included in the Workshop Proceedings. The Proceedings will be widelydistributed in the US to researchers and code writers. The presentations will also be madeavailable at various professional meetings and conferences (ASCE, ACI) as well as inprofessional journals.The Workshop is scheduled for December 16-17, 2003, in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is thecapital of Egypt and is the largest city in Africa.

十多年来，修复和升级现有土木工程基础设施的问题一直是一个非常重要的问题。桥面、梁、梁和柱、建筑物、停车结构和其他结构的恶化可能归因于老化、环境引起的退化、初始设计和/或施工不良、缺乏维护以及地震等意外事件。与结构加固的材料、方法和技术相关的最新发展是多种多样的。当今最先进的技术之一是使用外部粘合纤维增强聚合物 (FRP) 复合材料。在使用预应力 FRP 筋和 FRP 筋来加固桥梁和结构领域也有许多应用。结构工程师认为，目前先进复合材料在建筑行业的应用前景广阔。举办此次研讨会的前提是，交流美国和国外在利用玻璃钢产品修复现有结构方面的现有经验，对双方都有利。该研讨会将重点讨论利用玻璃钢修复古建筑。美国、加拿大、欧洲、埃及和日本已经开展了与复合材料相关的研究。然而，美国、日本和欧洲的研究人员之间却很少有交流。需要进行先进经验的国际交流，以提高研究效率并确保美国在工程研究方面处于领先地位。来自美国、加拿大、欧洲、日本和中东的专家将确定未来在使用玻璃钢结构修复、加固和修复领域合作项目的主题。将与埃及文化部合作，组织对埃及历史建筑的实地考察，研究使用玻璃钢修复纪念碑和历史建筑（有数百年历史）的可能性。为了确保研讨会富有成效，预计参与人数约为来自世界各地的大学、研究中心、桥梁权威机构和咨询公司的 90 名专家。每位参与者将就其中一个主题提交书面贡献。讨论、其他贡献和最终建议将包含在研讨会记录中。该论文集将在美国广泛分发给研究人员和代码编写者。这些演示文稿还将在各种专业会议（ASCE、ACI）以及专业期刊上发表。研讨会定于 2003 年 12 月 16 日至 17 日在埃及开罗举行。开罗是埃及的首都，也是非洲最大的城市。