The Symposium 'Structures and Extreme Events' Lisbon, Portugal, September 14-17, 2005 attracted 510 participants from 41 countries.
Nine Keynote Lectures and 127 contributions are included in the Symposium Report (short versions) and on the CD-ROM (full versions). They address:
Seismic Behaviour; Seismic Retrofitting and Isolation; Wind Effects; Flood, Snow and Hail; Impact and Extreme Loads; Blasting and Progressive Collapse; Fire Effects; Geotechnical Problems; Construction Related Accidents; Structural Evaluation and Monitoring; Risk Assessment and Disaster Management; Cases of Recent Structures.
Keynote Lectures:
- The 1775 Lisbon Earthquake and Lessons to Mitigate Future Events
C. Sousa Oliveira, Portugal
- Preparing Communities and Civil Infrastructures for Tsunamis: What Lessons from the Past?
A. Melo Baptista, USA
- The Risk Panorama: Views of a Reinsurer
C. Mumenthaler, Switzerland
- Hurricanes, Extra-Tropical Wind Storms and the Construction Phase of Long-Span Bridges
G. Larose, Canada
- Probability-Based Safety Assessment of Bridges for Vessel Impact
I. Enevoldsen, Denmark
- Fire in Buildings
M. Fontana, Switzerland
- Multidisciplinarity of Engineering Concepts for Dealing with Extreme Events
K. van Breugel, The Netherlands
- Designing to Prevent Progressive Collapse
L.A. Wyllie, USA
- Damage Controlled Structures for Extreme Loading
A. Wada, Japan
All contributions have been collected in a book (419 pages) and on a CD
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Lisbon Symposium Report - Vol. 90
9 Keynote Lectures and 127 contributions in English
Symposium Report: Keynote Lectures (full versions), contributions (short versions) and CD (full versions)
Format: 170 x 240 mm
ISBN: 3-85748-112-9
Published: September 2005
Price (book and CD):
IABSE Members: CHF 80. -
Non-Members: CHF 140. -
Including mailing costs.
