News and Events
News
The next Smart Meeting takes place on November 23rd at the Institution of Structural Engineers, 11 Upper Belgrave Street, London, SW1X 8BH.
Conferences
ARCH'07 - 5th International Conference on Arch Bridges
Madeira – Portugal, September 12-14, 2007
Further details here
Advances in Experimental Mechanics
University of Southampton,
6th - 8th September 2005
Futher details
Post Conference Symposium - Damage and Repair of Historical and Monumental
Buidings
Venice, Italy,
March 29th 2005
Further details
ISPIC International Symposium Polymers in Concrete
University of Minho - Guimaraes, Portugal, 2nd April 2006
Further Details
IABMAS'06 - Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and
Management
Porto-Portugal, July 16-19, 2006
- SMART (PowerPoint)
- Acoustic Emission (PowerPoint)
- Soil Structure (PowerPoint)
- Masonry Arch Bridges (PowerPoint)
International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions
New Delhi, India, 6th, 7th & 8th November 2006
Further details
Smart Meetings
Future meetings
23 November 2005
London, Institution of Structural Engineers
11 Upper Belgrave
Street, London, SW1X 8BH
Previous meetings
November 2004 - Barcelona
February 2004 - London
- Agenda
- Highways Agency BD on New Masonary Arch Bridges - Paul Johnson
- Sustainable Bridges - Brian Bell
- CIRIA Research Project RP692 - Masonary and Brick Arch Bridges
September 2003 - Madrid
April 2003 - Venice
June 2002 - Salford
Informal study Groups
The schedule for 2006 will be released soon.
ARCH 04
- Upper Bound Limit Analysis of Multispan Masonry Bridges Including Arch-Fill
Interaction
A.Cavicchi & L Gamborotta, University of Genoa - Research Centre on Masonry Bridges
View Presentation - Repair of Stone Masonry Arch Bridges
Daniel Oliveria & Paulo Lourenco, University of Minho
View Presentation - Development to the RING Masonry Arch Bridge Analysis Software
Matthew Gilbert & Hushman Ahmed, University of Sheffield
View Presentation - Sustainable Bridges
Brian Bell, Network Rail
View Presentation - Increased Load Capacity of Arch Bridges Using Slab Reinforced Concrete
T.G. Hughes & M.Miri, University of Cardiff
View Presentation - Masonry Orthotropic Vaults in Historical Construction: The Herring Bone Pattern
A. Barbieri, C. Carloni & A. Di Tommaso, University IUVA of Venice & University of Bologna
View Presentation - Design Recommendations for Reinforced Masonry Arches
Paulo Lourenco, Kesio Palacio & Joaquim Barros, University of Minho
View Presentation - Service Load Testing, Numerical Simulation and Strengthening of Masonry Arch
Bridges
Carl Brooks & Paul Mullett, Gifford
View Presentation - Cyclic Load Capacity and Endurance of Multi Ring Masonry Arches
Clive Melbourne, Adrienn Tomor & Jinyan Wang, University of Salford
View Presentation - Improving assessment, optimisation of maintenance and development of database
for Masonry Arch Bridges
Zoltan Orban
View Presentation - Structural Upgrading of a Brick Masonry Arch Bridge at the Lido (Venice)
C.Modena, M.R. Valuzzi, F da Porto, F. Casarin, C. Bettio, University of Padova
View Presentation - Restoration of the PONT TRENCAT
Xavier Font, Alfa Polaris
View Presentation