TECHNICAL PROGRAM

The 2nd Summer School deal with the aspects of safety, assessment, monitoring and retrofitting of existing bridges. Topics for the school will include:
  1. Structural analysis and advanced design methods for existing bridges;
  2. Assessment of existing bridges: definition of structural deficiencies, material degradation, corrosion, seismic events, impacts;
  3. Strengthening Techniques: FRP, FRC, FRCM, classical steel and concrete-to-steel techniques;
  4. Intervention strategies;
  5. Case studies on existing bridges;
  6. New Italian Guidelines for risk classification and management, safety assessment and monitoring of existing bridges;
  7. Advanced inspections in critical post-tensioned bridges.