FORUM ON DESIGN CODES AND GUIDELINES

This Forum has been organised to provide a comprehensive world-wide survey of recent developments in codes and design guidelines for the application of FRP composites in civil engineering. The following Invited Presentations from leading figures in the development of FRP-related codes and guidelines from around the world have already been confirmed. Ample opportunities for discussions will be provided at the Forum.

K. Maruyama, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
JSCE recommendations for upgrading of concrete structures with use of continuous fiber sheets

H. Fukuyama, Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan
Japanese design and construction guidelines for seismic retrofit of building structures with FRP composites

L. Taerwe, Ghent University, Belgium
fib design guidelines for the use of FRP reinforcement in concrete structures

T. C. Triantafillou, University of Patras, Greece
fib report on design of concrete members strengthened with externally bonded reinforcement

A.S. Mosallam, California State University, USA
Latest developments of design codes, standards, and design guidelines for FRP composites in infrastructure in USA

B. Bakht, JMBT Structures Research Inc., Canada
Canadian design provisions for fibre reinforced components in highway bridges

M.S. Cheung, Public Works & Government Services Canada, Canada
Design and construction of building components with fibre reinforced polymers - a new Canadian standard

Q.R. Yue, Central Research Institute of Building and Construction of MMI, China
Background and some basic principles of the Chinese FRP code

B. Taljsten, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Design guidelines - a Scandinavian approach

P. Hamelin, Université Lyon 1, France
AFGC: recommendations concerning repairing and strengthening of concrete structures by composite materials

G.D. Sims, NPL Materials Centre, National Physical Laboratory, UK
Building a Composites Standards Infrastructure

G.M. Van Erp, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Development of an Australian code of practice for the structural design of fibre composites

D.J. Oehlers, University of Adelaide, Australia
Design rules for steel plating beams and slabs that can be applied to FRP plating