Preliminary Program at a Glance
Preliminary Booklet for the Program , FRC 2023
Schedule of Session presentations with abstracts
Summary Schedule of the sessions
Special Online Session
Wednesday, 20th Schedule
| Sunday, September 17th | |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Registration |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcoming party: Beverages, Appetizers, Pizza, Registration ASU CAVC Building Atrium, 600 South College Ave, Tempe, AZ |
| Monday, September 18th | ||
| 7:30 –17:00 | Registration | |
| Start at 8:00 AM | ||
| 8:00 –8:30 | Welcome speech from the Dean, Director, From Bergamo, 2004 to Tempe 2023 Barzin Mobasher | |
| 8:30 –9:30 | PLENARY SESSION, Chairman: Stephen Foster Development of the fib Model Code 2020 and EC2 for FRC structural design Marco di Prisco Development of the Canadian Bridge Code for the structural design of FRC members Bruno Massicotte | |
| Parallel sessions | ||
| 9:30 –10:50 | Parallel Session A: Material Properties Chairpersons: A Tailored Constitutive Law for UHPC when Exposed to Chlorides and Sulphate Environment to Get Reliable LCA Outcomes Liberato Ferrara Validation of the FRC Uniaxial Tensile Law Proposed by EC2 Marco di Prisco Identification of Uniaxial Tensile Laws for UHPFRC Modelling Giulio Zani Impact of PVA Fiber on Mechanical Properties of Concrete and Cement Composites Nakin Suksawang | Parallel Session B: Impact and Blast Loading and Ductility Chairpersons: Impact Strength of VHPC Thin Panels Reinforced with Synthetic Fiber: Experimental Tests and Numerical Simulations Maria Antonietta Aiello Effect of Macro-Synthetic Fibers on the Behaviour of High-Strength Concrete Beams under Blast Loading Hassan Aoude Blast Behaviour of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Retrofitted with Fiber-Reinforced Shotcrete Hassan Aoude Ductility in Compression of SFRC and its use with Low CO2 Emissions Green Steel Fibres Sébastien Wolf |
| 10:50 –11:20 | Coffee break | |
| 11:20 – 13:00 | Parallel Session A Fiber Distribution and Orientation Chairpersons: Investigation of Fibre Dispersion in UHPFRC Bridge Girder Using X-Ray Micro-Computed Tomography Analysis Stephen Foster New Approaches to Measuring Fibre Orientation in Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Stephen Foster Use of X-ray Analysis for the Assessment of Steel Fiber Orientation in SFRC Matteo Colombo The Role of Fiber Orientation: from Standard Beams to the Real Structure Filippo Medeghini The Role of Fiber Orientation: the Way towards Structural Optimization Filippo Medeghini | Parallel Session B: Fatigue Effects Chairpersons: On The Influence Of Steel Fibers In RC Beams Under Flexural Fatigue Loading Vitor Moreira de Alencar Monteiro Modal Parameters Investigation and Damage Evaluation of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Under Flexural Fatigue Loading Iranildo Barbosa Silva Junior Advances in Flexural Fatigue of Cracked Macrosynthetic Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Experimental Performance and Numerical Analysis Débora Martinello Carlesso Cycling Behavior of Concrete Filled Steel Tubes Utilizing Advanced FRC Ketan Ragalwar |
| 13:00 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 15:40 | Parallel Session A Mechanical Characterization Chairpersons: Effects of Water-reducing Agent on Rheology and Flexural Performance of Fiber-reinforced Mortars Di Qiao Proposed Evaluation Method for Three-point Bending Beam Tests of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Peter Karoly Juhasz Characterisation of 3D Printed Fibre Reinforced Concrete Galeote, Eduardo Mechanical characterization of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) bending behavior Sara Bascì Behavior of Reinforced HPFRCC Columns Subjected to Axial and Lateral Loads Joseph A. Almeida | Parallel Session B Design Specifications for Structural Applications Chairpersons: Influence of Sectional Design and Fiber Type and Dosage on Cracking Behavior of Reinforced Beams Made of FRC Pedro Serna Flexural Behaviour and Design of Prestressed SFRC Girders Bruno Massicotte Optimization Of Reinforcement For Concrete Tunnel Linings Ralf Winterberg Crack Width Limit-driven Design of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structures: a Performance-based Approach for Improving Durability and Sustainability Danilo Di Giacinto Proposal of An Engineering Design approach for non-metallic Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Through experimental study and numerical modelling on UHPFRC Fu Lei Zhou Yang |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Coffee break | |
| 16:10 – 17:30 | Parallel Session A Temperature Effects Chairpersons: Influence of Low Temperature on the Post-cracking Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Experimental and Numerical Investigation Alejandro Nogales Experimental Tests On The Effect Of Temperature On A Polypropylene Fiber And On A Macro-synthetic FRC Nicola Buratti Macro Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete at Elevated Temperatures Todd Clarke An Experimental Study on FRC Subjected to Low (-15 °C) and High (60 °C) Permanent Temperature Exposure Marta Caballero-Jorna | Parallel Session B Creep and Long-Term Loading Chairpersons: Long Term Cracking and Deformation Behaviour of FRC One Way Members Ali Amin Creep Relaxation of FRS in the ASTM C1550 Panel Test Ali Amin Creep effects in Fiber Reinforced Concrete Martin Hunger Correlation of Direct Tension and Short Term Tensile Creep Performances of non-proprietary UHPC Reid Holland |
| Free evening | ||
| Tuesday, September 19th | ||
| 8:30 – 17:00 | REGISTRATION | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 | PLENARY SESSION Chairman: Giovanni Plizzari Application of UHPC Concept in Architectural Precast Concrete Charles K. Nmai Applying ACI 544.7R for Design and Construction of FRC Tunnel Segments in North America with Fiber-Enabled Carbon Footprint Reduction Mehdi Bakhshi | |
| Parallel sessions | ||
| 9:30 – 10:50 | Parallel Session A High Performance FRC Chairpersons: Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete in Tension: Sufficient Strength but Insufficient Strain Capacity Antoine Naaman Shrinkage Influence on the Behaviour of Reinforced UHPFRC Elements Pedro Serna Shear Resistance and Structural Hardening Resistance of UHPC Overlays Jean-Philippe Charron Characterization of Ultra-High Performance Engineered Cementitious Composites Produced Using Traditional Rotating Pan Mixers Mohammad AlHamaydeh | Parallel Session B Structural Applications 1 Chairpersons: Experiences With the Design and Structural Verification of GFRC Parapet Elements Alejandro Nogales Flexural Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Slabs: Experimental and Numerical Investigation Alejandro Nogales Effect of Age on Reverse-Cycle Performance of Hybrid Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beam-Columns Erik Stefan Bernard Assessment of The Performance of Hybrid Reinforced Concrete (HRC) with Polymeric Macro Fiber in Full-scale Precast Panel Chidchanok Pleesudjai |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Coffee break | |
| 11:20 – 13:00 | Parallel Session A Numerical & Computational Modelling Chairpersons: Numerical Designing of Fibers Reinforced Concrete Eco-Constructions Pierre Rossi Structural Response of FRC Onshore Wind Turbine Shallow Foundations: a Numerical Investigation Paolo Martinelli Numerical Modelling of UHPC Beams with Different Reinforcing Ratios Considering Material Properties Pablo Augusto Krahl Parametric Numerical Study on Jointless Macro Synthetic Fiber Reinforced Concrete Industrial Floors Peter Schaul Numerical Analysis of Steel Fiber-reinforced Concrete Beams Based on Analytical Models for Predicting the Residual Flexural Strength Vinicius Costa Correia | Parallel Session B Durability and Life Cycle Assessment Chairpersons: Behaviour of Concrete Beams Reinforced with PP Fibres and GFRP Bars Exposed to Marine Environment Conditions Joaquim Barros Sustainability and Constructability Aspects of Track Slabs Using Fiber-reinforced Concrete Barzin Mobasher UHPFRC Permeability to Chloride under Service Load David Conciatori Application of Life Cycle Assessment in the Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Iva Emanuelly Pereira Lima Synthetic Macrofiber: A Material Key to Enhancing the Service Life of Structures Michael Mahoney |
| 11:20 – 13:00 | Parallel Session C: External Reinforcement Chairpersons: CARBOrefit®: Strengthening of Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures with CRC in Germany Peter Betz Building with Carbon Reinforced Concrete – Challenges and Perspectives illustrated by the C³-demonstration house ‘CUBE’ Peter Betz Simulation of Two-Way Slabs Strengthened in Punching with CFRP Strips Asad-ur-Rehman Khan Behaviour of Full-Scale Shear Critical Beams Strengthened with Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) Asad-ur-Rehman Khan | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Parallel Session A: Structural Rehabilitation and Quality Control Chairpersons: Additive Manufacturing For The Regeneration Of Existing Tunnels: a New Slip-forming Technique Using FRC Andrea Marcucci Early Age Fracture Behaviour of Extrudable FRC for Tunnel Retrofitting: Material Characterization and Structural Transient Design Verification Liberato Ferrara Improving Flexural Capacity of Ultra-Thin White Topping (UTW) Pavements by Adding Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Discrete Fibers Nakin Suksawang Shear Strengthening of Existing 50 Years Old Prestressed Bridge Girders Through UHPFRC Giovanni Plizzari Correlation Between The Barcelona Test And The 3-Point Bending Test On Three Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Slabs Giovanni Plizzari Statistical Optimization of FRC Quality Control Eduardo Galeote | Parallel Session B: Structural Applications 2 Chairpersons: Experimental Study on Steel-Fiber Reinforced Concrete Coupling Beams under Simulated Wind Loading Gustavo Parra-Montesinos Precast Electric Cabins Made with FRC: a Feasibility Study from Mixture Formulation to Structural Design Enzo Martinelli Structural Design, Analysis, and Full-Scale Testing of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Girders Mary Beth Hueste FRC Double-Layer Thin Slabs Cast into the Asphalt Pavement in a Car Park Jakob Šušteršič Crack Width and Rebar Corrosion in RC and R/FRC Ties Subjected to Cyclic Loads Alessandro Pasquale Fantilli Structural Response Evaluation of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams under Shear Roya Solhmirzaei |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Perspectives and Future Developments in FRC Structural Applications Round table | |
| 18:00 – 18:15 | CLOSING SESSION | |
| 19:30 – 22:30 | GALA DINNER: Culinary Dropout at the Yard, Tempe, AZ, 149 S Farmer Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281, 480.240.1601 | |
| Wednesday, September 20th ISTB-2 Building ASU | |
| These tours will be provided using the signup sheets during the initial welcoming party | |
| 9:00 -11:00 | Session 1, 3-D Reinforcements for 3D Printing, Coordinator: Professor Narayanan Neithalath |
| 9:00 -11:00 | Session 2, Tunneling, Underground, and Durability Aspects of Structures Working Group on the ACI 544-7R document on Design of Tunnel Lining Coordinator: Dr. Mehdi Bakhshi, ACI 544-A FRC Applications |
| 9:00 -11:00 | Session 3, TRC-State-of-The-Art Document Development, RILEM, TC 292 MCC- Mechanical Properties of Textile Reinforced Concrete Coordinator: Professor Flavio Silva, Vice Chair, RILEM MCC 292 |
| 9:00 -12:00 | Lab Tour C1: Lab tours of ASU Structural and materials Engineering laboratories |
| 9:00 -12:00 | Lab Tour C2: Lab Tour of ASU Eyring Materials Center |
| 9:00 -12:00 | Lab Tour C3: New Closed Loop testing demonstration Demo, GCTS |