BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7a786cd61f6918b5480e55274d537c02@www.platformbruggen.nl DTSTAMP:20261007T014435Z SUMMARY:Introduction to Fracture Mechanics Analysis for Fatigue Cracks in B ridges DESCRIPTION:The webinar is designed to introduce attendees to the theory be hind the application of fracture mechanics (FM) principles for the analysi s of fatigue cracks in bridge details. This will be discussed within the c ontext of bridge management decision-making.\n\n\n\nAreas that will be cov ered will include:\n\n\nIntroduction to the process of fatigue (crack init iation and crack propagation behaviour)\nIntroduction to fracture mechanic s (Linear Elastic FM\, stress magnification factors\, fracture toughness)\ nIntroduction to fatigue analysis of cracks (Paris law\, typical values fo r FM parameters\, prediction of fatigue life)\nFracture mechanics and brid ge management (Example of the application of fracture mechanics for mainte nance planning)\n\n\nPresenters\n\nDr Boulent Imam is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering Structures at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the University of Surrey (England) and Programme Director for the MSc Programme in Bridge Engineering. He has been extensively invol ved in the area of fatigue of bridges\, carrying out research in this area collaborating with national and European infrastructure owners and manage rs\, such as Network Rail\, Highways England\, TWI. His research has contr ibuted towards in-depth understanding of the fatigue behaviour of riveted railway bridges and developed methods for more reliable quantification of their remaining fatigue life taking into account historical rail traffic\, novel fatigue assessment methods\, loading\, resistance and modelling unc ertainties as well as system effects. Later on\, Dr imam extended his work on fatigue towards developing fracture mechanics guidelines for the asses sment of fatigue crack growth in steel bridge details towards the optimisa tion of inspection and maintenance planning in steel bridges. Recently\, D r Imam research has expanded towards understanding the potential impacts o f climate change on bridge deterioration and quantifying the resilience of bridge infrastructure against extreme events.\n\nFormat\n\nThere will be opportunity to interact with the lecturer throughout the session\, both th ough allocated Q&A sessions\, or leaving text based questions throughout t he presentation which the lecturer will be able to answer at convenient op portunities.The format of this event will be a webinar using "Zoom Webinar s".\n\nPrice\n\nThe cost of registering for this webinar will be £105+VAT ​.\n\nFor more information on registration click here! URL:https://www.platformbruggen.nl/agenda/activiteit/321-introduction-to-fr acture-mechanics-analysis-for-fatigue-cracks-in-bridges DTSTART:20220914T080000Z DTEND:20220914T110000Z ORGANIZER:mailto:platformbruggen@crow.nl SEQUENCE:13 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The webinar is designed to introduce attend ees to the theory behind the application of fracture mechanics (FM) princi ples for the analysis of fatigue cracks in bridge details. This will be di scussed within the context of bridge management decision-making.
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  1. Introduction t o the process of fatigue (crack initiation and crack propagation behaviour )
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  2. Introduction to fracture mechanics (Linear Elastic FM\, stress magnification factors\, fracture toughness)
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  3. Introduction to fat igue analysis of cracks (Paris law\, typical values for FM parameters\, pr ediction of fatigue life)
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  4. Fracture mechanics and bridge manageme nt (Example of the application of fracture mechanics for maintenance plann ing)
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Presenters

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Dr Boulent Imam is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering Structures at the Department of Civil and En vironmental Engineering in the University of Surrey (England) and Programm e Director for the MSc Programme in Bridge Engineering. He has been extens ively involved in the area of fatigue of bridges\, carrying out research i n this area collaborating with national and European infrastructure owners and managers\, such as Network Rail\, Highways England\, TWI. His researc h has contributed towards in-depth understanding of the fatigue behaviour of riveted railway bridges and developed methods for more reliable quantif ication of their remaining fatigue life taking into account historical rai l traffic\, novel fatigue assessment methods\, loading\, resistance and mo delling uncertainties as well as system effects. Later on\, Dr imam extend ed his work on fatigue towards developing fracture mechanics guidelines fo r the assessment of fatigue crack growth in steel bridge details towards t he optimisation of inspection and maintenance planning in steel bridges. R ecently\, Dr Imam research has expanded towards understanding the potentia l impacts of climate change on bridge deterioration and quantifying the re silience of bridge infrastructure against extreme events.

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Forma t

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There will be opportunity to interact with the lecturer throu ghout the session\, both though allocated Q&\;A sessions\, or leaving t ext based questions throughout the presentation which the lecturer will be able to answer at convenient opportunities.The format of this event will be a webinar using "\;Zoom Webinars"\;.

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Price

\n\n< p>The cost of registering for this webinar will be £\;105+VAT​.

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For more information on registration click here!

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