COST_TU0601

Robustness of Structures

COST Action TU0601

5^th MC Meeting, 4^th WG Meetings and Joint Workshop with COST Action E55

September 21-22, 2009

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Presentations made at the Joint Workshop


Theme : Experience

Author(s)/Speaker(s)		Title of Presentation

Radu Bancila and Edward Petzek		Assessment of failures and malfunctions in steel bridges

Matthias Frese		Failures of timber structures - Considerations on the causes of the fault

Tomi Toratti		A proposal for a failure template

Jørgen Munch-Andersen and Philipp Dietsch		Robustness experiences from two failed timber structures Robustness considerations from failures in two large span roof structures


Theme : Principles

Author(s)/Speaker(s)		Title of Presentation

John D. Sørensen, Enrico Rizzuto and Michael H. Faber		Robustness - Theoretical framework

Enrico Rizzuto, John D. Sørensen and Inger B. Kroon		Robustness - Acceptance criteria


Theme : Exposures

Author(s)/Speaker(s)		Title of Presentation

Ton Vrouwenvelder		Exposure scenarios - Probabilistic modeling

Ton Vrouwenvelder		Exposure scenarios - Human errors

Jochen Köhler and Gerhard Fink		Timber structures exposed to moisture


Theme : Vulnerability

Author(s)/Speaker(s)		Title of Presentation

Leslaw Kwasniewski, Ton Vrouwenvelder, Bassam A. Izzudin, and Marian Gizejowski		General aspects, modelling and analysis

Sven Thelandersson and Daniel Honfi		Behaviour and modelling of timber structures with reference to robustness

Massimo Fragiacomo and André Jorissen		Timber - Ductility



Theme : Robustness assessment and implementation

Author(s)/Speaker(s)		Title of Presentation

Dimitris Diamantidis		Robustness of buildings in structural codes

Harikrishna Narasimhan and Michael H. Faber		Categorisation and assessment of robustness related provisions in European standards


Theme : Implementation

Author(s)/Speaker(s)		Title of Presentation

Jorge Branco and Luís C. Neves		Earthquakes and robustness for timber structures

Poul H. Kirkegaard, John D. Sørensen and Dean Čizmar		System reliability – Ductility and redundancy

Philipp Dietsch		Robustness design of timber structures –Secondary structures –Purlin systems

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