Novel cements and advanced materials
- Advances in science and technology of cement, admixtures and concrete
- Advances in material concept and tailored material properties
- Material science of cement and concrete
- New cements
- Concrete with recycled materials
- SCC
- Ultra high performance concrete
- Energy efficient process and materials
- Nano technology
- Phase change materials (PCM)
- Permeable concrete
- Green concrete
- Underwater concrete
- Hot weather / cold weather concreting
- Heavy density concrete
- Fibre reinforced concrete
- Other related developments
Performance in service, prediction of service life and life cycle analysis
- Sustainability of concrete
- Durability of concrete
- Innovative solutions for corrosion prevention of rebars
- Improved performance for shrinkage cracking
- Transport properties
- Structural health monitoring
- Smart materials
Fire
- Characterisation of fire, blast and impact loading on structures
- Behaviour of structural materials at high temperatures
- Design of structures for improved resilience
- Strengthening, retrofit and repair
- Design of Bridges for Fire & Blast Resistance
- (Including Cables & Other Appendages)
- Effects of Fire & Blast on Steel Connections
- Effects of Fire & Blast on Facades & Glass Assemblies
- Performance based design – the developer/owner/user’s perspective.
- How to measure and approve fire safety performance of buildings and infrastructure
- Building cladding/facades – the issues of combustibility, fire spread other mitigating options
- Rehabilitation of fire damaged structures
- Methods for fire damage protection
Structural and civil engineering applications
- Advances in structural and civil engineering applications
- Research and current developments
- Innovative & cost effective fire resistant solutions
- Seismic retrofitting
- Quality control related to concrete structures
- Dismantling of structures
- Concrete construction & maintenance of structures in different fields of infrastructure, such as :
- Aviation Structures
- Railways / Metros
- Ports and Harbors
- Nuclear Plants
- Innovative therapies & practices in structural designs
- Structural Steel
- Corrosion mitigation
Characterization, testing and monitoring materials and their properties and associated modeling
- Advances in testing material properties
- Experimental analysis of concrete structures
- Monitoring concrete properties during construction
- Non destructive testing
- Sensors
- Advances in material modeling, fresh state to early age to fracture and damage mechanics
- Advanced models from nano to macro scale
- Multi-scale modeling
- Advanced softwares
Training, skills improvement & continuous professional development
and all other related topics…