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IABSE 2013 Workshop Helsinki – Submit your abstract by September 30
IABSE Workshop on Safety, Failures and Robustness of Large Structures
February 14-15, 2013, Helsinki, Finland
The workshop theme is "Safety, Failures and Robustness of Large Structures". Large structures focused in the workshop include tall buildings, bridges, power plants, dams, harbour structures, stadiums, sport halls, public areas, malls and large urban developments, i.e., structures whose failure may cause the most significant consequences in terms of fatalities, injuries and economic losses. Aside with traditional safety-concept in structural engineering, e.g. loads and resistance, the robustness issues for unforeseen and unexpected actions are addressed.
Purpose of the workshop
The purpose of the workshop is to provide a meeting point and discussion forum to any professional interested in the theme. These include engineers, architects, researchers, actuarial mathematicians and officials working with large structures. Keynote presentations are invited from the viewpoint that it is useful to learn from structural failures that occurred in the past, as well as to adopt new ideas from disciplines other than structural engineering.
The workshop includes invited keynote presentations from the leading experts, open call-for papers presentations, and sessions for general discussions.
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