We’re pleased to send you the second 2014 issue of the fib electronic newsletter. Please feel free to forward it to any potentially interested parties.
With best regards,
Web: www.fib-international.org / Email: fib@epfl.ch fib e-news: Issue 2 / 2014
In this issue:
- New National Member Group in fib: Tunisia
- Structural Concrete, March 2014
- fib-news, March 2014
- fib Bulletin 71 available
- fib Bulletin 70 available
- 2014 Honours presented in Mumbai
- Call for papers: ACF 2014
New National Member Group in fib: Tunisia
fib is pleased to welcome Tunisia as a new National Member Group in fib, with the secretariat held by the Université de Tunis El Manar. The Head of Delegation is Dr. Atef Daoud of the Ecole nationale d’ingénieurs de Gabès. Prof. Karim Miled of the Université de Tunis El Manar acts as Deputy.
This latest addition brings fib‘s national members to a total of 43. The National Member Groups (NMG) and the General Assembly of delegates who represent them play an essential role in the functioning and governance of fib. NMGs also serve as a contact point for fib in their respective countries, so that their local community of engineers can have regular access to information about the association’s publications and events, as well as a channel for national views to be fed back to fib for discussion and further development.
For further information, visit the fib website: http://www.fib-international.org, or contact the secretariat at fib@epfl.ch.
Structural Concrete, March 2014
The March 2014 issue of the Structural Concrete Journal is now available to fib members via the Wiley Online Library. Topics addressed in this issue are the long-term properties of recycled aggregate concrete, resistance of reinforced concrete members with hollow circular cross-sections, strengthening a 100-year-old reinforced concrete dome, reliability analysis of RC beams strengthened for torsion with carbon fibre composites, staggered lap joints for tension reinforcement, shear in concrete structures subjected to dynamic loads, early-age behaviour of precast concrete immersed tunnel based on degree of hydration concept, structural behaviour and deformation patterns in loaded plain concrete ground-supported slabs, and non-linear analysis of statically indeterminate SFRC columns.
fib members can access the articles by logging on to the fib website and then going to the “Members only” section. Under the item “Structural Concrete Journal”, click on the “Wiley Online Library” link to access the journal issues. You can then go the table of contents of the March issue and download the individual PDF files of the articles.
fib-news, March 2014
The March 2014 issue of fib-news reports on the fourth fib International Congress and Exhibition that took place in Mumbai, India, in February, as well as the Freyssinet Medals and Honorary Memberships that were awarded there. Also reported on are the ConLife Confrence held in Moscow, the 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian Research Institute for Building Construction, a half-day seminar organized by fibUK, and the 20th anniversary of the Czech Concrete Society. A report from the Spanish Member Group in fib continues the occasional series on the organization and activities of these groups.
fib Bulletin 71 available
fib Bulletin 71, “Integrated life cycle assessment of concrete structures”, is now available for purchase from the fib secretariat.
Further details and order information.
fib Bulletin 70 available
fib Bulletin 70, “Code-type models for structural behaviour of concrete: Background of the constitutive relations and material models in the fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010″, is now available for purchase from the fib secretariat.
Further details and order information.
2014 Honours presented in Mumbai
On Monday 10 February at the fib Congress in Mumbai, India, the 2014 Freyssinet Medals were awarded to Armando Rito (Portugal) and Joost Walraven (The Netherlands). Honorary membership was also bestowed on C.R. Alimchandani (India), Fernando Stucchi (Brazil) and Arnold van Acker (Belgium).
A full report on these honours and on the Congress itself is given in the March issue of fib-news.
Call for papers: ACF 2014
Abstracts are being accepted until 31 March 2014 for the 6th International Conference of Asian Concrete Federation, taking place in Seoul, Korea, from 21 to 24 September 2014. The aim of the ACF 2014 is to share the latest developments in research and application of concrete technologies in civil and architectural engineering areas, with the theme “Asian Concrete Vision 2030″.
Participants who are interested in presenting a paper(s) are invited to submit a maximum one page A4 size abstract(s) in English (with or without figures). For abstract submission and further information, visit http://www.acf2014.kr.
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