Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Resilience and Sustainability Biondini & Frangopol (Eds) 2012 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-62124-3 Conference organization CONFERENCE CHAIRS Fabio Biondini Dan M. Frangopol, Milan, Italy Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA CONFERENCE HONORARY CHAIR Pier Giorgio Malerba, Milan, Italy INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Franco Bontempi (co-chair), Rome, Italy Airong Chen (co-chair) Tongji University, Shanghai, China Hyun-Moo Koh (co-chair) Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Richard Sause (co-chair) Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Alessandro Palermo (Secretary) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Bryan T. Adey ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Anil K. Agrawal The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA Mitsuyoshi Akiyama Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan A. Emin Aktan Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Haluk Aktan Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA Sreenivas Alampalli New York State Department of Transportation, Albany, NY, USA Alfredo H.S. Ang University of California, Irvine, CA, USA Giuliano Augusti, Rome, Italy Konrad Bergmeister University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Raimondo Betti Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Jan Bien Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland Fabio Biondini, Milan, Italy Túlio N. Bittencourt University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Geoff Boully VIC Roads, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia Fernando Branco Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal James Brownjohn The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Eugen Bruehwiler EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Christian Bucher Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria Peter G. Buckland Buckland & Taylor Ltd., North Vancouver, BC, Canada Harald Budelmann Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Joan R. Casas Technical University of Catalonia, Bercelona, Spain Necati Catbas University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Michael Chajes University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Chin-Chen Chang Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, P.R.C. Kuo-Chun Chang National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Steven Chase University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Moe Cheung The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, P.R.C. Hyo-Nam Cho Hanyang University, Ansan, Korea Marios Chryssanthopoulos University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey, UK XXXV
Marcello Ciampoli, Rome, Italy Joel Conte University of California, San Diego, CA, USA Ross Corotis University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA Christian Cremona Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France Paulo Cruz University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal David De Leon Autonomous University of Mexico State, Toluca, Mexico Andrea Del Grosso University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy Alessandro De Stefano Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy George Deodatis Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Sofia Diniz Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Sheila Duwadi Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA, USA Bruce Ellingwood Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Reed Ellis Stantec Consulting Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Ib Enevoldsen RAMBØLL, Copenhagen, Denmark Allen Estes California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Glauco Feltrin Swiss Federal Labs. for Materials Testing & Research, Dübendorf, Switzerland Maria Feng University of California, Irvine, CA, USA João Almeida Fernandes National Civil Engineering Laboratory, Lisbon, Portugal Joaquim Figuerias University of Porto, Porto, Portugal John W. Fisher Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Michael Forde University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Dan M. Frangopol Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Ian M. Friedland Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA, USA Gongkang Fu Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA Hitoshi Furuta Kansai University, Osaka, Japan James H. Garrett Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Yaojun Ge Tongji University, Shanghai, China Hamid Ghasemi Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA, USA Michel Ghosn The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA Nenad Gucunski Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA Tong Guo Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Rade Hajdin University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Michael C.H. Hui Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative, Hong Kong, P.R.C. Naeem Hussain ARUP, Hong Kong, P.R.C. Daniele Inaudi SMARTEC SA, Manno, Switzerland Tatjana Isakovic University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Jens Sandager Jensen COWI A/S, Lyngby, Denmark Ho-Kyung Kim Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Sang-Hyo Kim Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Ahsan Kareem University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA Maria Kaszynska Szczecin Technical University, Szczecin, Poland Malcolm Kerley Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond, VA, USA Risto Kiviluoma WSP Finland Ltd., Helsinki, Finland Leo Klatter Public Works & Water Management, Utrech, The Netherlands Jan-Ming Ko The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P.R.C. C.G. Koh National University of Singapore, Singapore Jung Sik Kong Korea University, Seoul, Korea Vladimir Kristek Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic Ulrike Kuhlmann University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Chad Kusko Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Hak Eun Lee Korea University, Seoul, Korea Hui Li Harbin University of Technology, Harbin, China David S. Lowdermilk Pennoni Associates Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA Jerome Lynch University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Myint Lwin Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, USA Ali Maher Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Pier Giorgio Malerba, Milan, Italy Ayaz Malik Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA Lance Manuel University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA René Maquoi University of Liège, Liège, Belgium Antonio Marì Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain XXXVI
Barney Martin Sami Masri Dennis R. Mertz Thomas Messervey Ayaho Miyamoto Claudio Modena Gianni Moor Aftab Mufti Andrzej Nowak Nader Okasha Toula Onoufriou André D. Orcesi Shamim Pakzad Livia Pardi Udo Peil Victor Popa Mark Reno James Ricles Xin Ruan Salvatore Russo Mehdi Saiidi Charles Seim Xudong Shao Dong-Ku Shin Soobong Shin Arunprakash M. Shirolè Jongsung Sim Bala Sivakumar Marja-Kaarina Söderqvist Bill Spencer Uwe Starossek Mark Stewart Paul S. Sumitro Robert Sweeney Luc Taerwe Man-Chung Tang Palle Thoft-Christensen Paul Thompson Yiannis Tsompanakis Pedro Vellasco Thomas Vogel Eiichi Watanabe Zhishen Wu You-Lin Xu Bojidar Yanev Chung-Bang Yun Riccardo Zandonini Yunfeng Zhang Jinsong Zhu Ales Znidaric Modjeski & Masters, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA University of South California, Los Angeles, CA, USA University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA D Appolonia S.p.A, Genoa, Italy Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan University of Padua, Padua, Italy Mageba SA, Bülach, Switzerland ISIS Canada Research Network, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA University of Palestine, Gaza, Palestinian Authority Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Autostrade per l Italia, Rome, Italy Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Search Corporation, Bucharest, Romania Quincy Engineering Inc., Sacramento, CA, USA Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Tongji University, Shanghai, China University of Iuav of Venice, Venice, Italy University of Nevada, Reno NV, USA El Cerrito, CA, USA Hunan University, Changsha, China Myongji University, Yongin, Korea Inha University, Incheon, Korea Arora and Associates, P.C., Robbinsdale, MN, USA Hanyang University, Ansan, Korea HNTB Corporation, New York, NY, USA Finnish Road Administration, Helsinki, Finland University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia Smart Structures, Rantoul, IL, USA Consultant to Modjeski & Masters, Montreal, QC, Canada University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, CA, USA Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Castle Rock, CO, USA National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Japan Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P.R.C. New York City DOT, New York, NY, USA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon, Korea University of Trento, Trento, Italy University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Tianjin University, Tianjin, China Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia XXXVII
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Marcello Ciampoli (co-chair) Andrea Del Grosso (co-chair) Claudio Modena (co-chair) Donato Abruzzese Andrea Benedetti Fabio Biondini Franco Bontempi Domenico Bruno Oreste Bursi Gian Michele Calvi Mario Como Maurizio Crispino Pietro Croce Antonio D Andrea Antonello De Luca Alessandro De Stefano Roberto Di Marco Marco di Prisco Mauro Dolce Antonio Grimaldi Vittorio Gusella Raffaele Landolfo Franco Maceri Carmelo Majorana Pasquale Malangone Pier Giorgio Malerba Giuseppe Mancini Gaetano Manfredi Luigi Annibale Materazzi Marco Mezzi Emidio Nigro Camillo Nuti Maurizio Papia Federico Perotti Marco Andrea Pisani Giovanni Plizzari Paolo Riva Gianpaolo Rosati Enzo Siviero Giovanni Solari Paolo Spinelli Sergio Tattoni Giandomenico Toniolo Fabrizio Vestroni Riccardo Zandonini University of Genoa University of Padua University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Bologna University of Calabria, Cosenza University of Trento University of Pavia University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Pisa University of Naples Federico II Politecnico di Torino IUAV University, Venice Department of Civil Protection, Rome University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Naples Federico II University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Padua Second University of Naples Politecnico di Torino University of Naples Federico II University of Naples Federico II Roma Tre University University of Palermo University of Brescia University of Bergamo IUAV University, Venice University of Genoa University of Florence University of Cagliari University of Trento XXXVIII
NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Elsa Garavaglia (co-chair) Luca Martinelli (co-chair) Stefania Arangio Alberto Maria Avossa Patrick Bamonte Michele Barbato Paolo Bocchini Marco Breccolotti Sandra Bullo Sara Casciati Siro Casolo Rosario Ceravolo Gian Paolo Cimellaro Piero Colajanni Dario Coronelli Francesca da Porto Marco Domaneschi Roberto Felicetti Liberato Ferrara Paolo Franchin Massimiliano Gioffrè Luisa Giuliani Konstantinos Gkoumas Francesca Lanata Sauro Manenti Alessandra Marchiondelli Claudio Mazzotti Andrea Nero Alessandro Palmeri Fabrizio Palmisano Livia Pardi Carlo Pellegrino Francesco Petrini Lorenza Petrini Virginio Quaglini Luca Romano Luca Sgambi André J. Torii Filippo Ubertini Marco Valente Second University of Naples Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, USA University of Bologna IUAV University, Venice University of Catania Politecnico di Torino Politecnico di Torino University of Messina University of Padua Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark Ecole Supérieure du Bois, Nantes, France University of Pavia SPEA Ingegneria Europea, Milan University of Bologna Tecnomare, Milan Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Politecnico di Bari Autostrade per l Italia, Rome University of Padua Albenga, Savona Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT Elena Camnasio & Andrea Titi Department of Structural Engineering, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 20133 Milan, Italy CONFERENCE ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT Stella Pennini, Laura Manenti, Marta Padovan & Miriam Zanelli Incentives e Congressi Via Crocifissa di Rosa, 15 25128 Brescia, Italy CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://www.iabmas2012.org XXXIX
ORGANIZING ASSOCIATION IABMAS International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety ORGANIZING INSTITUTION POLIMI SUPPORTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES (as of May 15th, 2012) Regione Lombardia Lombardy Regional Administration Regione Piemonte Piedmont Regional Administration Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte Regional Council of Piedmont Provincia di Milano Province of Milan Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola Comune di Verbania Municipality of Verbania Comune di Stresa Municipality of Stresa XL
PATRONAGES AND SPONSORS (as of May 15th, 2012) AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, USA ACI American Concrete Institute, USA AICAP Associazione Italiana Calcestruzzo Armato e Precompresso, Italy Italian Association for Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete, Italy AIOM Associazione di Ingegneria Offshore e Marina, Italy Association of Offshore and Marine Engineering, Italy ARS.UNI.VCO Associazione per lo sviluppo della cultura, degli studi universitari e della ricerca nel Verbano Cusio Ossola, Italy ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers, USA ASCP The Portuguese Group of IABMAS, Portugal ATLSS Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems, USA CERIC Civil Engineering Research Information Center, Korea XLI
CNI Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri, Italy National Council of Engineers, Italy COSEIK Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea, Korea CTE Collegio dei Tecnici della Industrializzazione Edilizia, Italy Italian Society of Building Engineers, Italy FHWA Federal Highway Administration, US Dept. of Transportation, USA Fondazione Promozione Acciaio, Italy IALCCE International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering IASSAR International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability IBRACON Brazilian Concrete Institute, Brazil ISISE Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, Portugal JABMAS Japanese Association for Bridge Maintenance And Safety, Japan XLII
JRC Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy JSCE Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Japan JSMS Japanese Society of Materials Science, Japan KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea KBRC Korea Bridge Design & Engineering Research Center, Korea KCI Korean Concrete Institute, Korea KSSC Korean Society of Steel Construction, Korea KU Kansai University, Japan Kyoto University, Japan RCEAS P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, Lehigh University, USA ReLUIS Rete dei Laboratori Universitari di Ingegneria Sismica, Italy Laboratories University Network of Seismic Engineering, Italy XLIII
, School of Engineering, Italy SISTEC Smart Infra-Structure Technology Center, Korea SNU Seoul National University, Korea Tongji University, China TRB Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, USA T.Y. Lin International, USA UPC Technical University of Catalonia, Spain UM University of Minho, Portugal TECHNICAL EXHIBITORS (as of May 15th, 2012) Alpin Technik und Ingenieurservice GmbH, Leipzig, Germany CSi Italia, Pordenone, Italy DB System International, Cremona, Italy DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Bochum, Germany Intercomp, Medina, MN, USA FiberSensing, Maia, Portugal FORCE Technology, Brøndby, Denmark IABMAS, International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A., Pisa, Italy Intercomp, Medina, MN, USA LUSAS, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK Mageba sa, Bülach, Switzerland Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, Munchen, Germany MISTRAS Group, Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ, USA National Instruments, Austin, TX, USA NEXCO Central Nippon Expressway Co.Ltd., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Pure Technologies Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada SINECO S.p.A., Milan, Italy SMARTEC SA, Manno, Switzerland Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK Transpo Industries, Inc., New Rochelle, New York, NY, USA XLIV