-> 26 Sept.

Summary   Room A   Room B   Room C   Room D   Room E

09:20 - 10:50

Session 22: "Quality and Excellence in Constructions"

Chairmen: Kiroff, Salerno

Creativity and innovation
W.L. Kelly

Why are some designs more interesting than others? The quest for the unusual, the unconventional and the unique in design
L. Kiroff

Improved design by progressive awareness
S.P.G. Moonen

Evaluation and improvement of public school facilities services using a TQM framework
K. Jayyousi & M. Usmen

Deploying and scoring the European Foundation for Quality Management Excellence Model (Part One)
P.A. Watson & N. Chileshe

Warranty practices on DOT projects in the US
Q. Cui, M.E. Bayraktar, M. Hastak & I. Minkarah

Deploying the European Foundation in Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model (Part Two)
P.A. Watson & N. Chileshe

11:20 - 12:50

Session 11: "Steel Structures"

Chairmen: Kim, Romano

Prestressed steel structures design: a new frontier for structural engineering
V. Nunziata

Moment-rotation relationships of single plate connections
X. Sun & T.H. Tan

Experimental noise improvement and vibration attenuation of an old steel-bridge
R. Geier, P. Furtner, G. Magonette & F. Marazzi

Buckling strength evaluation of corroded flange of plate girder
T. Kaita & K. Fujii

Elasto-plastic response of a bar structure to oscillatory external agency
K. Hasegawa, T. Nishimura & N. Kayama

Collapse & buckling of sheet piles, modification solution in Mared pump station, ABADAN
A. Turk


14:30 - 16:00

Session 28: "Concrete properties and technology"

Chairmen: Gilbert, Yonekura

Self-compacting concrete - hardened material properties and structural behaviour
K. Holschemacher, Y. Klug & D. Weiße

Analytical modeling of rheology of high flowing mortar and concrete
Munaz Ahmed Noor & Taketo Uomoto

Shrinkage cracking and crack control in fully-restrained reinforced concrete members
R.I. Gilbert

Properties of a self-compacting mortar with lightweight aggregate
L. Bertolini, M. Carsana & M. Gastaldi

The properties of lightweight aggregate concrete for pre-cast bridge slab
H. Tanaka, I. Yoshitake, Y. Yamaguch, S. Hamada, H. Tsuda & M. Kushida

Beam to column rigid connection for precast concrete frames
C. Pagani & S. Zambelli

16:30 - 18:00

Session 8: "Issues in Computational Mechanics of Structures"

Chairmen: Simone, Dumoulin

Algebraic method for sensitivity analysis of eigensystems with repeated eigenvalues
K.M. Choi, S.W. Cho, I.W. Lee & J.H. Lee

Study of full composite action in slab-beam systems
N. Chikh & J. Harrop

Expression of rotational motion on flexible body
K. Miura, T. Nishimura &T. Yamada

Elastic-plastic large displacement analysis of thin-walled beam type structures
G. Turkalj, J. Brnic & D. Lanc

Analysis of edge and corner column-slab connections with and without stud shear reinforcement
H. Guan & Y.C. Loo

Bridge deck analysis through the use of grillage models
G. Battaglia, P.G. Malerba & L. Sgambi