Attending the Workshop?

Attending the Workshop?
This workshop gathers researchers from COST Action 534, practical engineers and technical managers of prestressed concrete structures. It offers a unique opportunity to get in touch with new developments from European collaborative research.

Information
Fees

The registration fee to the Workshop is EU 110. It concerns,

- Up-to-date papers and presentations

- A CD with reports

- Workshop coffee breaks, lunches, dinner
Contact

For registration and updated information, please contact by e-mail :

Dr A. CASTEL, [e-mail]
Workshop website:

http://www-lmdc.insa-toulouse.fr/cost534/index.htm

Paul Sabatier University website (maps and access)

http://www.ups-tlse.fr/

Workshop Organisation
COST 534 Scientific Committee
Dr. Rob POLDER, TNO Delft, The Netherlands

Prof. Bernhard ELSENER, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

University of Cagliari, Italy

Dr. Mari Cruz ALONSO, IETcc/CSIC, Spain

Prof. Edoardo PROVERBIO, Univ. of Messina, Italy

Prof. David CLELAND, Queens University Belfast, UK

Prof. . VENNESLAND, NTNU, Norway

Prof. Ginette ARLIGUIE, LMDC Toulouse France

Dr. André RAHARINAIVO, CEFRACOR Paris France
Local Organisation Committee
Prof. Ginette ARLIGUIE, chair

LMDC INSA-UPS

135 avenue de Rangueil F-31077 Toulouse CEDEX 4

E-mail : [e-mail]

Dr André RAHARINAIVO, chair

CEFRACOR

E-mail : [e-mail]
J. P. BALAYSSAC, A. CASTEL, F. DUPRAT, S. JULIEN, G. KLYSZ, S. LAURENS, J. VERDIER, LMDC.
The Workshop is organised by the Laboratory Materials and Durability of Constructions - University of Toulouse.

Welcome to Toulouse
General information about Toulouse is available at: http://www.ot-toulouse.fr

Second Announcement COST 534 Final Workshop  New materials, systems, methods and concepts for durable prestressed concrete structures: what have we learned? 26 – 27 November 2007 Toulouse, France Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions

Final Programme
Monday, November 26, 2007

8:15 Welcome of participants

Administration building – Université Paul Sabatier

Grand Hall - Auditorium
Session 9:00 - 13:00
Welcome addresses Pr. Bernhard Elsener, Vice-chair COST 534
Invited lecture Dipl.-Ing. Hansruedi Ganz, Chairman fib
WG1 “New materials”

Pr Ulf NÜRNBERGER “Prestressing steel : Corrosion damages and application of stainless steel tendons”

Dr André RAHARINAIVO “Galvanized steel for tendons”
Coffee break
Dr Ludivit NAD “Overview and advances on glass fibre reinforced polymers”

Dr Grzegorz SWIT “Overview and advances on carbon fibre reinforced polymers”

Dr Francesca NANNI “Self-monitoring materials”

Pr Phillip BANFILL “Advances on grouts”

Pr Eduardo. PROVERBIO “Advances on grease for post-tensioning”
13 :00 – 14 :45 : Lunch (close to the meeting hall)
Session 14:45 - 18:00
WG2 “Electrically isolated tendons”

Pr Bernhard ELSENER “Experience with electrically isolated tendons”

Dr Markus BÜCHLER “Quality control of tendons with new methods”

Dr Marco ORMELLES “Internal reference electrodes to detect steel corrosion”

Break
WG3 “New assessment methods for tendons”

Pr David CLELAND “Ultrasonic techniques”

Dr Odile ABRAHAM “Impact-echo”

Pr Eduardo PROVERBIO “Acoustic emission”

Pr Stanislaw RADKOWSKI “Vibro-acoustic monitoring”

Dr Gottfried SAWADE “Magnetic and electro-magnetic techniques”

18 :30: Cocktail

20 :30: Workshop dinner
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Session 9:30 - 12:30
WG4 Electrochemical maintenance and repair methods”

Pr Øystein VENNESLAND “Overview on the electrochemical methods”

Mr. Jan LEGGEDOOR “Cathodic protection of a prestressed concrete bridge, in Belgium”
Coffee break
WG5 “New approach of service life”

Dr Carmen ANDRADE “Corrosion initiation and propagation in prestressed concrete”

Pr David CLELAND “Structural performance of corroding prestressed concrete structures”
Invited lecture Ing Maya DELLA VEDOVA, ITALFERR
Conclusions by Dr Rob POLDER, Chairman COST 534

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Technical visit

A technical visit of Airbus site near Toulouse will be possibly organised. However, a minimum of 30 registrations is required.

COST Action 534

The Management Committee of COST Action 534 "New materials and systems for prestressed concrete structures" invites you to its Final Workshop in Toulouse, on November 26 – 27, 2007. Here we will present the achievements of five years of collaborative research by more than 70 partners from 17 countries over Europe.

The main objective of COST Action 534 is to increase the knowledge on the durability of prestressed concrete structures, in order to prolong their service life, to minimise repair and monitoring costs, and to improve their long-term safety (http://www.cost534.com).

COST framework

In various countries the awareness of the problems in durability and safety of prestressed concrete structures mentioned above has resulted in national research projects and many more will follow. In 2002 it was felt that both individual projects and national programmes would benefit from European co-ordination through a COST Action. Due to historic differences, the expertise in various fields is divided over many countries. Approaches already developed in one country could, with proper attention for local differences, be applied in another country and thereby increase the effective output of the research effort over Europe. COST is seen here - due to its open structure - as the most appropriate body for dealing with this topic.