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2nd I nter nati onal Confer enc e on Dur abi li ty of C onc rete Str uc tur es
24 - 26 November 2010
Hokkai do Uni ver si ty, Sappor o, J apan
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N E W I N F O R M A T I O N
ICDCS 2010 was successfully finished. The Organizing Committee extends
its appreciation to your kind contributions and supports.
Best Paper Award have been awarded to the following three papers:
Validation of models for assessment of durability of concrete structures
exposed in the chloride road environment
By Luping Tang and Anders Lindvall
Structural performance of heavily deteriorated RC members serviced in
marine environment for 44 years
By Yuichiro Kawabata, Ema Kato and Mitsuyasu I wanami
Effect of electrochemical treatment at fresh condition in enhancing the
corrosion resistance in concrete
By Ho J ae Lee, Do Gyeum Kim and Ki Yong Ann
W E L C O M E T O
Concrete structures are the most widely used construction in the world. Over
ten times more concrete is produced than all other construction materials put
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together. Concrete structures were traditionally viewed as bei ng
maintenance- free with a practically unlimited life. However, over the past
several decades, a number of durability related problems have emerged and
stimulated research into the key factors relating to durability of concrete
structures globally. It is now generally accepted that the concrete structures
deteriorates with time. Actually, premature deterioration of concrete
structures has been a major and growing world-wide problem.
At the same time, with the rapid rate of economic growth, China is going
though an extensive construction period. However, the expected design lives
of these projects are questioned because of lack of technologi es and
experiences, especially in marine environment. Therefore, it has an urgent
necessity to formulate durabilitybased design and performance-based
strategic maintenance methodologies to guarantee the durability of on- going
construction projects.
The ai m of the conference is to bring together leading experts in this field
from around the world to present the latest development, share the recent
achievements, discuss the current problems and address the future
challenges on durability issues of concrete structures.
The first I CDCS was successfully held in Hangzhou, China on 26-27
November 2008. 189 papers are presented in the two volumes of proceedings
"Advances in Concrete Structural Durability." The ICDCS 2010 is sequent to
the first one.
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