Life-Cycle Civil Engineering Proceedings of the International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE '08, held in Varenna, Lake Como, Italy on June 11 - 14, 2008

Keynote lectures

• Life-cycle considerations in risk-informed decisions for design of civil infrastructures
• Structural integrity monitoring for dependability
• Practical approaches to the application of life-cycle civil engineering for infrastructures in Korea
• Life cycle optimization in earthquake engineering
• Life-cycle cost of civil infrastructure with emphasis on bridges
• The new life of the Theatre alla Scala
• Life-cycle assessment of marine civil engineering structures
• Increasing a building’s life-cycle in regions of high seismic risk

Life-cycle damage processes

• Mechanical behavior of clay bricks and restoration mortars subject to thermal actions
• Ageing and lifecycle of building envelopes and thin shells made of quasi-brittle conglomerates of glass and epoxy resin
• Concrete composition and service life of reinforced concrete structures exposed to chloride bearing environments
• FEM-Models of cathodic protection systems for concrete structures
• Structural behavior of cable-stayed bridges under damage
• Damage propagation and structural robustness
• Increasing durability of recycled cement bound materials: laboratory investigation on the effects of bituminous emulsions
• Life cycle deterioration and cost comparison of bridge deck designs including rehabilitation strategies
• In-situ chemical analysis for life cycle health management
• Comparison of corrosion accelerated tests performed in reinforced concrete structures using voltage and current induction
• Influence of localized corrosion of steel bars on structural performance of reinforced concrete beams
• Development of a damage-recovery relationship based on variable re-curing of fire-damaged high-strength mortar
• New developed expansive ultra rapid hardening fiber reinforced concrete for bridge deck repair
• Corrosion characterization of reinforcing bar in existing RC structure
• Reasons for repair need in Finnish concrete facades in practice
• The effects of mineral additions on chloride penetration into concrete under the frost action
• Stochastic modeling of corrosion propagation for service life prediction of chloride contaminated RC structures
• The critical role of marine bacterial processes in the development of models for pitting corrosion of structural steels
• Feasibility analysis of the use of stainless steel reinforcement for concrete members subjected to aggressive exposure conditions
• Seismic loss estimation based on end-to-end simulation
• Fatigue damage measures with a statistical model for the Wöhler field
• Discussion concerning the multi-ranked deterioration forecasting model based on incomplete inspection data
• The behavior of a building as a part of its conceiving
• Effect of spatially variable corrosion damage on strength and time-dependent reliability of RC beams
• Service-life performance of reinforced concrete structures in corrosive environments
• Effect of cracking on long-term performance of reinforced concrete slabs
• Dilatometric tests combined with computer simulations and parameter identification for in-depth diagnostic analysis of concrete dams

Life-cycle assessment and design

• Life-cycle analysis of buildings with R/C frames
• Direct Displacement Based Design and Force Based Design of precast concrete structures
• Lifetime seismic performance of precast reinforced concrete industrial buildings
• Life-cycle multi-objective optimization of deteriorating structures
• Fatigue design of precast structural concrete plates for access floors
• Integration of degradation prognosis of concrete structures into life cycle management
• Increasing pavements durability through construction: a model for compaction design
• Service life predictions for new and rehabilitated concrete bridge structures
• Combined reinforcement
• New aspects on bridge design for durability
• Fuzzy probabilistic analysis of prestressed concrete structures
• Modeling maximum live load effects on highway bridges
• Analysis of the local ductility in reinforced concrete beams dimensioned according to Eurocode 8
• Serviceability as a significant factor of the bridge life-cycle
• Inspection and evaluation of existing structures: a task for brave engineers
• Minimum life-cycle cost design and optimal earthquake intensity decision-making
  of aseismic structures based on finite element reliability analysis
• Evaluation of the response of concrete structures along their service life by nonlinear evolutive analysis methods
• Strengthening of aged RC structures using spreadsheet analyses with optimisation methods and linearised moment-curvature relations
• Uncertainty in structural capacity and influence on seismic demand and damage
• Cost-based design and renewal strategy for long-life structures
• Probabilistic treatment of bridge monitoring data and associated errors for reliability
  assessment and prediction
• Life-cycle design of residential buildings: appearance and reality of ecological assessments
• The influence of design and detailing on the life and maintenance of a bridge
• Life-cycle performance of structures: combining expert judgment and results of inspection
• Bending performance of reinforced concrete member deteriorated by corrosion
• Investigating the effects of corrosion on 45-year-old prestressed concrete bridge beams
• Analytical modelling of FRP strengthened steel beams
• Estimation of life-cycle fatigue damage for suspension bridge hangers
• Safety assessment of civil engineering structures throughout their life-cycle
• Reliability-based fatigue assessment of welded connections
• Simple supported RC bridge design process considering durability
• Probabilistic durability design of RC structures in Persian Gulf using DuraPGulf model
• Strengthening with textile reinforced concrete—reliability based design with imprecise probability
• Fatigue life of precast decks of high speed railway bridges
• Nonlinear dynamic analysis of frames with arbitrary plastic hinges

Life-cycle monitoring, maintenance, and rehabilitation

• Life-cycle reliability analysis and selective maintenance of deteriorating structures
• A comparison of tomographic reconstruction algorithms for acoustic non destructive testing of stone masonry
• Features extraction techniques for sonic and ultrasonic NDT on building materials
• Measuring the displacements of a steel structure by GPS units
• Including structural monitoring activities in safety probabilistic formulations
• Maintenance strategies for large span suspension bridges against fatigue and corrosion
• Bridge management system techniques application to Italian highways network
• Behavior of RC bridge girders strengthened with CFRP laminates
• Aspects of sustainability of repair-systems for concrete structures
• Experimental identification of cable damping parameters towards robust design against aeroelastic instability
• Seismic retrofitting of bridges
• Widening and strengthening of bridge decks with composite materials
• Maintenance and inspection of stay cables using prestressing steel at a German bridge
• Assessment of bridge capacity through proof load testing
• Strengthening reinforced concrete T connections by steel straps
• Development of a software-tool for the life-cycle management of bridges
• Traffic load modeling based on structural health monitoring data
• Corrosion detection in reinforced concrete structures using static and dynamic response measurements
• Prediction and quantification models of bridge condition in Korea
• Lifespan evaluation of 8 bridges of the Indiana Toll Road: A case study
• Birth certificate as an important tool for public-private-partnership projects
• Invention of crack inspection system using a light wave survey camera with a built-in crack scale
• Structural health monitoring for life cycle management of bridges
• Peeling failure along the interface in FRP-strengthened beams subjected to transverse loads
• Optimal inspection and maintenance strategies for bridge network using supply and demand approach
• The life-cycle maintenance strategy for the bridge system
• Life time assessment of steel bridges via monitoring and testing
• A risk ranking strategy for network level bridge management
• Monitoring based structural performance assessment
• On the road of multi-performance profiles aided maintenance
• Development of a work carriage for tunnel maintenance
• Selection of repair method for concrete facades
• Monitoring based performance prediction of steel bridges against traffic loading exemplified at the Europabrücke A maintenance concept for concrete tunnel linings in soft soil conditions
• Inspection of bridges in Austria—Practice and outlook

Life-cycle performance of special structures

• Probability-based durability design and performance-based concrete quality control of a concrete harbor structure Structural safety evaluation of a r.c. arch bridge
• Towards life-cycle assessment of foundations of guyed towers in electrical transmission lines
• Life-cycle performance of bridge decks in aggressive environments
• Structural reliability of the "Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana" in Rome EUR
• Maintenance and rehabilitation of the ‘‘Incoronata’’ viaduct along the Salerno Reggio Calabria highway
• Experiment based performance prediction of long span bridges subjected to non-uniform excitation
• Functionality and strength of arch concrete dams cracked by shrinkage
• Effects of soil-structure interaction on the seismic damageability of coupled wall-frame structures on pile foundations
• Rehabilitation and modernization of the Monte Bianco Tunnel
• Design of durable bridges by using self-compacting concrete filled steel tubes
• Structural reliability analysis and monitoring program applied to a roller-compacted concrete dam
• Seismic vulnerability of historical buildings: the Royal Palace of Naples
• Effect of unsteady aerodynamic admittances on life cycle of guyed masts
• Medium-term life-cycle monitoring of random behaviour components of in-service pile-supported wharves

Life-cycle cost of structures and infrastructures

• Maintenance—LCC analysis based on real data
• A new efficient methodology for large scale outsourcing of maintenance
• Life cycle cost evaluation of the as-built cover layer in reinforced concrete bridge decks
• Recycling C&DW: a way for closing the concrete loop
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis in pavement type selection: state-of-the-practice
• Financial viability of TPSM applied continuous composite bridges
• Effect of cumulative seismic damage on life-cycle cost of reinforced concrete bridges
• An information model for life-cycle cost management of cable-stayed bridge
• Guidelines for LCC analysis and evaluation of public construction projects in Korea
• Design of green engineered cementitious composites for pavement overlay applications
• Development of life-cycle cost based budget allocation system for bridge group
• LCC case studies for bridges in different design phases
• Life-cycle cost assessment and service life estimate of precast concrete culverts
• A successive LCC model development of marine RC structures exposed to chloride attack using a Bayesian approach
• Optimal floor plan design of high-rise apartment buildings based on life-cycle cost consideration Life-cycle cost analysis for fire protection of buildings
• FRP bridge deck life cycle cost analyzer
• Life cycle cost and function analysis in value based design decision
• Equipment replacement decisions based on life-cycle cost analysis
• Life cycle analysis of waterfront structures (a qualitative process model)
• An integrated life cycle assessment and life cycle analysis model for pavement overlay systems

Life-cycle oriented computational tools

• Advanced fragility curves of Interdependent Lifelines Using Decision Making Process
• Intelligent agents for life cycle management of structures and infrastructures in seismic areas
• Hierarchical ordering of extensometers readings from Itaipu dam
• Algorithm for identification of damage on bridge piers
• Analysis, heuristics, and uncertainty of hybrid life cycle assessment: agriculture and construction case studies
• Advanced performance evaluation system for existing concrete bridges with machine learning
• ost versus sustainability of reinforced concrete building frames by multiobjective optimization
• Model based reasoning for life-cycle structural engineering
• Value analysis for decision making on highway cross-sections

Author index

Biography

Fabio Biondini, Dan Frangopol