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Journal
Volume 83 (1999)
Front matter 1
Miscellaneous 2
Preface 3
Table of Contents 4
Miscellaneous 14
Rubric: Keynote lectures 20
Article: Creation, maintenance and management of the world's assets: appropriate quality and technology for the future 20
Article: Aesthetics and structural design 22
Article: Sustainability and civil engineering: from concept to action 24
Article: Life-cycle behaviour of reinforced concrete structures: what do we need to know? 26
Article: Quality assessment and damage detection by monitoring 28
Article: Performance-based design of structures for the future 30
Article: Adequate design criteria: the key issue to attain project quality 32
Article: Rehabilitation: the chance for extending the life of structures 34
Article: Information technology in practice: exploiting potentials 36
Article: Quality, erection speed, cost reduction: keys for the future of civil engineering 38
Rubric: Session 1: Durability & robustness 40
Article: Search for quality in the Vasco da Gama Bridge project 40
Article: Optimisation of concrete for durability and accident resistance 42
Article: Design for durability: a matter of good choices and good codes 44
Article: Improvement of bridge design in relation to the action of water 46
Article: Quality and durability of concrete structures through CPF 48
Article: Swedish experiences of integral bridges 50
Article: Progressive collapse of multi-span bridges: a case study 52
Article: Performance validation of large seismic response modification devices 54
Article: Masonry reinforced with FRP- walls with openings 56
Article: The new airship hangar in Germany 58
Article: Mass-produced structures of multistorey houses 60
Article: Structural response of represtressed preflex beams and box girder bridges 62
Article: From corrosion of existing to durability of new concrete structures 64
Article: Effect of strength of concrete on corrosion of reinforcing steel 66
Article: Performance of concrete structures in Argentine environments 68
Article: High performance concrete in the Argentinean West Central Area 70
Article: Durable watertight lining system for Tokyo Wan Aqua-line shield tunnel 72
Article: Indirect loading and indirect supporting in high-strength concrete beams 74
Article: Seismic response of the reconstructed piers and of the collapsed pilz piers 76
Rubric: Session 2: Aesthetics 78
Article: Bridge aesthetics and structural honesty 78
Article: Landscaping of Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line 80
Article: The Val-Benoit cable-stayed bridge 82
Article: Combining aesthetic and structure for the Large Domes in Isfahan 84
Article: Cable-stayed Mariansyk Bridge in Usti nad Labem 86
Article: Development of a new substructure system for standard bridges 88
Article: Stainless steel structures of Zepter Palace in Belgrade 90
Article: Aesthetics in the past and the future of airship buildings 92
Rubric: Session 3: Sustainability 94
Article: Sustainable design and maintenance of concrete structures 94
Article: Developments in structural form to minimise environmental impact 96
Article: Indigenious solar electricity generation 98
Article: A step toward sustainability through underground space utilisation 100
Article: Sustainable engineering: tools and aids 102
Article: Future trends in design and maintenance of structures 104
Rubric: Session 4: Maintenance & Reliability 106
Article: Corrosion protection by means of dehumidification 106
Article: Low maintenance cable-supported structures: a new concept 108
Article: Design of parking structures for reduced maintenance 110
Article: Deflection monitoring of prestressed concrete bridges retrofitted by external post-tensioning 112
Article: Advanced composite bridges for the 21st century 114
Article: Acceptable reliability levels for existing road bridges 116
Article: Uncertainties of explosion loads and its influence on reliability 118
Article: Designing buildings for maintenance using property manager input 120
Article: Urban database for the Sewer networks management 122
Article: Zárate-Brazo Largo bridges, rehabilitation design basis 124
Article: External beam-column joints: the importance of stirrups 126
Rubric: Session 5: Monitoring 128
Article: Monitoring of displacements on suspension bridges using GPS 128
Article: Traffic load models and weigh-in-motion data 130
Article: Bridge deformation monitoring with fiber optic sensors 132
Article: Monitoring of concrete structures with integrated bragg grating sensors 134
Article: New applications of fiber optic sensors for structural monitoring 136
Article: Monitoring of a highway bridge reinforced and prestressed with CFRP 138
Article: In situ stress evaluation of reinforced concrete elements 140
Article: Thermovision: an efficient tool for monitoring of steel members 142
Article: Monitoring to become wiser: a case story 144
Article: Monitoring system of Kao-Ping-Hsi cable stayed bridge 146
Article: Dynamic test of a pedestrian bridge as part of safety assessment 148
Article: Monitoring of the new Tagus Bridge in Lisbon 150
Article: Monitoring of Maslenica Bridge during construction 152
Article: Monitoring of a bridge over the Paraná River during the launching phase 154
Rubric: Session 6: Serviceability 156
Article: Deflection prediction of reinforced concrete structures 156
Article: FRP reinforcement for concrete structures: state-of-the-art 158
Article: Chloride ingress in blast furnace slag cement in marine concrete structures 160
Article: Amount of prestressing based on serviceability requirements 162
Article: Vibration performance of footbridges established via modal testing 164
Article: Performance based seismic design for bridges 166
Article: Active control for the operational safety of control-towers 168
Article: Fatigue tests for predicting the serviceability of composite bridges 170
Article: Whole-life reliability assessment of deteriorating RC structures 172
Article: Quality control of structural projects 174
Rubric: Session 7: Design criteria 176
Article: Dynamical load factor for highway bridge decks with pavement irregularities 176
Article: Size effects in concrete structural members 178
Article: Stress-based crack criterion for concrete at early ages 180
Article: Performance-based seismic design: the future practice 182
Article: The New Canadian Bridge Code: Design, Evaluation, Rehabilitation 184
Article: Comparison of reinforcement anchorage tests with British code requirements 186
Article: Eurocode comparison calculations for Storebælt Bridges 188
Article: Modelling of post-tensioning reinforced concrete flat slabs 190
Article: Stability studies of water tower's vertical flanges 192
Article: High strength concrete beams subjected to reversed loads 194
Article: High strength concrete beams subject to axial compressive stress 196
Article: Experimental and analytical investigation of sandwich panels 198
Article: Experimental investigation of industrial hall structures in the full scale 200
Article: Punching of flat slabs: comparison of design and construction 202
Article: Optimisation of composite waffle slab structure design 204
Article: Anchorage of 90-degree hooked beam bars in exterior RC joints 206
Article: Steel energy absorbers for seismic building rehabilitation 208
Article: Thin walled steel hollow sections with concrete infill 210
Article: Natural thermal behaviour of Polish bridges 212
Article: Prestressed aluminium arch dam 214
Article: Development of bridge design codes in Russia 216
Rubric: Session 8: Rehabilitation & Preservation 218
Article: French experience in prestressed structures repair 218
Article: New life by post-tensioning: rehabilitation of two box girder bridges 220
Article: Modern technology to extend the life span of bridge structures 222
Article: Rehabilitation of ancient steel structures 224
Article: Learning from Canadian experience with concrete building structures 226
Article: Enhancing the fatigue life of Rio-Niterói Bridge's orthotropic steel deck 228
Article: Bridge inspection and assessment 230
Article: Failures, repair and protection of cooling towers 232
Article: Preservation strategy of the shortest highway crossing of the Alps 234
Article: Strengthening for an existing RC gerber bridge using external cables 236
Article: Bridge rehabilitation with a specific composite deck construction 238
Article: Rehabilitation of the Austrian Mint, a historic monument 240
Article: Damping wind and traffic-induced oscillations of the Rio-Niterói Bridge 242
Article: Upgrading of the North Viaduct of the Suspension Bridge in Lisbon 244
Article: Rehabilitation of parking garages 246
Article: Preservation of structural monuments: Charles Bridge 248
Article: FRP composite strengthening of concrete slabs 250
Article: Assessment and repair of a concrete dockyard 252
Article: Analysis of the ultimate response of externally prestressed beams 254
Article: Recent experience of upgrading berthing facilities in Japan 256
Article: Reinforced concrete deep beams strengthened in shear 258
Article: Repairing to extend the lifespan: the multi-strategy criteria 260
Article: Rehabilitation of the highest wooden telecommunication tower 262
Article: Rehabilitation of masonry buildings and monuments 264
Rubric: Session 9: Information technology 266
Article: Design of computer support for field operations 266
Article: Model-based diagnosis for the monitoring large concrete dams 268
Article: Ecobridge: railway bridge management system for the future 270
Article: Quality awarness in education practice 272
Article: An integrated steel design system developed for educational purposes 274
Article: Learning engineering from breakdown cases 276
Article: Active integration concepts based on a communication standard 278
Article: Extending active control to build intelligent structures 280
Article: Computer-aided quality monitoring of bridge construction 282
Article: The Hungarian bridge management system 284
Article: Management system for a highway in Brazil 286
Article: Learning from the damage history of bridges: a case study 288
Article: Bridge databank and computer technique 290
Article: On the free vibration of honeycomb sandwich plates 292
Article: Virtual prototyping in the construction industry 294
Article: Analysis of plated structures by coupling techniques 296
Article: The role of equilibrium analysis in structural assessment 298
Article: Analysis of prestressed multi-girder bridge decks 300
Rubric: Session 10: Construction 302
Article: Early-age-crack control: a case story 302
Article: Rock-concrete structures 304
Article: Innovative deck slabs for highway and forestry bridges 306
Article: Study on a fram system with composite slim floors 308
Article: Integrating automation into the life cycles of structures 310
Article: The Øresund Bridge: monitoring construction quality 312
Article: The Jiangyin Yangtze River highway suspension bridge 314
Article: Bridge construction of Malaysia-Singapore second crossing 316
Article: Investigation of Highwall carrier made of wood 318
Article: Construction of the New Tenkenji Bridge 320
Article: Block panel structures with the prestressed membrane 322
Article: Improving quality of post-tensioning tendons with plastic duct 324
Article: Steel bridges on the peripheral motorway, Ankara, Turkey 326
Article: Prestressed concrete structures for the future 328
Index: IABSE reports 330