fib e-news: 9 / 2012
Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to send you the ninth 2012 issue of the fib electronic news letter.  Please feel free to forward it to any potentially interested parties.

Season’s greetings and best wishes for 2013

fib Secretariat

Web: www.fib-international.org  /  Email:  fib@epfl.ch                           fib e-news:  Issue 9 / 2012

In this issue:

  • 2013 fib Symposium in Tel Aviv: Registration now open
  • Structural Concrete Journal – December 2012 issue
  • Electronic proceedings of the 2012 Stockholm symposium
  • fib-news, December 2012
  • 3rd International Workshop on Concrete Spalling Due to Fire Exposure
  • fib 2014 Congress in Mumbai: Call for papers

2013 fib Symposium in Tel Aviv: Registration now open

Registration is now open for the 2013 fib Symposium, taking place from 22 to 24 April 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Reduced early registration fees are available until 24 January 2013.

To register and for information about the event, programme and venue, visit http://www.fib2013tel-aviv.co.il.


Structural Concrete Journal – December 2012 issue

The December 2012 issue of the Structural Concrete Journal is now available in electronic form to fib members via the Wiley Online Library: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/suco.v13.4/issuetoc. Papers in this issue include: DEM simulation of concrete fracture and crack evolution, Performance of olive waste ash concrete exposed to alkali-silica reaction, Transverse thermal stresses in concrete box cross-sections due to climatic exposure, Time-dependent analysis during construction of concrete tube for tower high-rise building, Design and optimization of skew reinforcement in concrete shells.


Electronic proceedings of the 2012 Stockholm symposium

The Organizing Committee of the 2012 fib Symposium in Stockholm has now made an electronic version of the proceedings available for downloading free of charge from: www.fibstockholm2012.se


fib-news, December 2012

The December issue of fib-news announces the call for entries for the 2014 edition of the fib Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures, previews the 2013 symposium in Tel Aviv, provides an update on the activities of Commission 9, and reports on the events celebrating the birthdays and achievements of Rolf Eligehausen and Joost Walraven.

fib-news, December 2012


3rd International Workshop on Concrete Spalling Due to Fire Exposure

After the two first successful workshops in Leipzig in 2009 and Delft in 2011, the 3rd International Workshop on Concrete Spalling Due to Fire Exposure will be held in Paris from 25th to 27th September 2013. This workshop will be a forum for academia, industry, companies, consultants and governmental organizations to discuss research questions and practical applications related to spalling of concrete. The workshop is supported by fib and RILEM.

For more information, see www.FireSpalling2013.fr.


fib 2014 Congress in Mumbai: Call for papers

Text. Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2014 fib Congress which will be held from 10-14 February 2014 in Mumbai, India. Details regarding topics and the submission procedure are given at: http://www.fibcongress2014mumbai.com/Content_CallPaper.aspx

The online submission portal is the following: https://www.softconf.com/d/fib2014/

For further details regarding the event, programme, venue and Mumbai itself, visit the congress website: http://www.fibcongress2014mumbai.com



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