COST_TU0601

Robustness of Structures

COST Action TU0601

Final Conference of COST Action TU0601

May 30-31, 2011

Prague, Czech Republic

Presentations made at the conference


Opening session

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

Michael Faber		COST Action TU0601 – Robustness of Structures : A summary and outlook

Thierry Goger		Presentation of the COST Programme


Theme : Experiences

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

Milan Holicky, Jana Markova and Miroslav Sykora		Robustness of existing structures

Dean Cizmar, John Sørensen, Poul Kirkegaard and Goran Turk		Robustness analysis of timber structures – examples

Jitendra Agarwal		Lessons learned from successes and failures



Theme : Principles

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

John Sørensen		A summary of the work of Working Group 1 – Theoretical and methodological framework

John Sørensen		Robustness of structures - A theoretical framework

Enrico Rizzuto and Krzysztof Cichocki		Acceptance criteria for robustness assessment


Theme : Exposures and vulnerability

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

Ton Vrouwenvelder		A summary of the work of Working Group 2 – Modelling of exposures and vulnerability

Ton Vrouwenvelder and Bernt Leira		Modelling of hazards

Geoffrey Decan		Behaviour of concrete beams and slabs under extreme loading

Ulrike Kuhlmann		Steel and composite structures

Max Guendel		Reliability analysis of ductility in steel structures

Marcin Balcerzak, Leslaw Kwasniewski, Luis Costa Neves and Marian Gizejowski		Numerical analysis of frame systems in case of progressive collapse

Bernt Leira		Amplified Monte Carlo simulation methods

Bassam Izzuddin, Miguel Pereira and Lars Roelle		Example of a probabilistic robustness analysis


Theme : Assessment and implementation

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

Marios Chryssanthopoulos		A summary of the work of Working Group 3 – Assessment and implementation

Victoria Janssens, Dermot O'Dwyer and Marios Chryssanthopoulos		Building failure consequences

Boulent Imam		Bridge failure consequences

Sara Casciati		SHM-based robustness

Dimitris Diamantidis, Gerard Canisius and Vanessa Diamantidis		Robustness aspects of CC 3 buildings

Anastasios Kontogiannis and Dimos Charmpis		The cost of satisfying structural design requirements on progressive collapse resistance


Final deliverables

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

Gerard Canisius		A document on structural robustness design for practising engineers

Niels Peter Høj and Michael Faber		A training school on robustness of structures

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