CONFERENCE THEMES

The 2nd Summer School deal with the aspects of safety, assessment, monitoring and retrofitting of existing bridges. Topics for the conference will include:
  1. Structural analysis and advanced design methods for existing bridges;
  2. Bridge typologies and their applications;
  3. Determination and evaluation of loads in bridge: evolution over time;
  4. Assessment of existing bridges: definition of structural deficiencies, evolution of exceptional loads worldwide, material degradation, seismic events, impacts;
  5. Strengthening Techniques: FRP, FRC, FRCM, classical steel and concrete-to-steel techniques;
  6. Intervention strategies
  7. Case studies on existing bridges .