12th International Conference on

Shock & Impact Loads on Structures

14-16 June, 2017 Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore
Organized by Japans National Defense Academy and the Kanazawa University

The Committee: M Beppu, Kazunori Fujikake, Norimitsu Kishi,

Francis T S Lok, Hiroshi Masuya,

Conference Update February-2017

14 June is only 5 months away

Registrations are now invited
The Fees are SGD890 which includes your attendance, conference kit, a set of
proceedings , designated meals and an invitation to the Conference Dinner
on 15 June.
Bona-fide students: SGD700/- but No Invitation to dinner
Dinner Tickets for Guests SGD100/- each
Payment of Fees by credit card or bank transfer

Over 40 abstracts have been accepted. Further abstracts may be included if

they are considered relevant and of value to the Conference. Send your
abstracts for review.

*This is only a progress report for your into, if you need an Invitation, please request,
thanks.

Preliminary Programme:
14 June:
-1730-1830 Early Registrations to collect conference materials.
15 June: 0900
1730 Opening, Conference Lecture, Keynote Papers and Special Sessions with
refreshment breaks and lunch
-1900 Conference Dinner
16 June:
-0900-1730 Keynote and Technical Presentations with refreshment breaks and lunch,
awards and closing and adjournment.

-Co-Sponsors:
-American Concrete Institute., USA
-Karagozian & Case, Inc. USA

-Support organizations:
-The International Association of Protective Structures, Australia Branch
-Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Japan
-The Conference Lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Professor N Ishikawa, Japan
"Performance-based Design of Steel Protective Structures against Debris Flow load"
by Nobutaka Ishikawa*, Joji Shima, Ryo Matsuzama, Masakatsu Yamaguchi
and Takahisa Mizuyama

-KeyNote Speakers and Papers:

Dr Mohammed Ettouney, Mohammed Ettouney, LLC, USA
Risk and resilience of shock and impact issues of civil infrastructures: climate change
considerations
(authors: Mohammed M Ettouney and Sreenivas Alampalli)

Professor Kazunori Fujikake, National Defense Academy, Japan

"Impact resistance of RC beams by CFRP strengthening"
(authors: Kazunori Fujikake*, Sam Soeum and Takahiro Matsui)

Professor Hong Hao, Tianjin University and Curtin University Joint Research Center,
China/Australia
Impact response of precast concrete segmental columns
(authors: Hong Hao, Xihong Zhang, Chao Li, and Tin Van Do)

Professor Daigoro Isobe, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Risk estimation for progressive collapse of buildings
(authors: Daigoro Isobe, Kohei Oi and Kota Azuma)

Professor Bassam A Izzuddin, Imperial College, United Kingdom

A new generation of simplified models for steel and composite structures under blast
loading
(authors: Bassam A Izzuddin and Bassam A Burgan)

Professor Yong Lu, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

The mechanics of concrete material under high strain rate loading recent development

Professor Fang Qin, PLA University of Science & Technology, China

Title to be advised

Professor Mark Stewart, The University Of Newcastle, Australia

Quantitative explosive risk assessment of blast and fragmentation hazards
(authors: Mark G Stewart and Michael D Netherton)

Professor Brian Uy, The University of New South Wales, Australia

"Impact and blast loading of steel and composite structural elements"
(authors: Brian Uy* and Alex Remennikov)

Other Submissions include

-Masuhiro Beppu National Defense Academy, Japan
- Waldemar Cichorski, Military University of Technology, Poland
-Jack Denny, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
-Yifan Z Fu, Karagozian & Case, Inc., USA
-Pat Heffernan, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
-Xiaomeng Hou, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
-Chao Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
-Masaharu Itoh, Numerical Modeling & Analysis Consultant, Japan
-Bassam A Izzuddin, Imperial College, United Kingdom(2nd Paper)
-Herbert Klapperich, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany
-Ichiro Kuroda, National Defense Academy, Japan
-Zhejian Li, Curtin University, Australia
-Feng Lin, Tongji University, China
-P Mahrenholtz, Stanley Black & Decker, USA
-Kevin A Mueller, Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc, USA
-Amr Nassr, Kyoto University, Japan
-Nga Thu Nguyen, Kanazawa Univeristy, Japan
-Thong M Pham, Curtin University, Australia
-Toshiyuki Horiguchi, National Defense Academy, Japan
-Tran Le Hoang Trung, Kanazawa University, Japan
-Bo Wang, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China
-Yonghui Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
-Chengqing Wu, The University of Technology Sydney, Australia
-Yanqing Wu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
-Ximei Zhai, Harbin Institute of Technology. China
-Xiao Qing Zhou, Shenzhen University China

-Important Dates:
-Full Text received by 01 May will be included in HC Awards assessment
Texts received after but not later than 15 May 2017 will not be assessed for
HC Awards, however will be included in the Proceeding.
-Conference dates: 14-16 June 2017

-HC Paper Awards for original & outstanding papers: confirmed to date:
-Simon Perry Award
-Gene Corley Award
-IAPS Australia Award
-K&C Award

-More Advisors confirmed:

-Professor James S Davidson, Auburn University, USA
-Dr Farhad Aslani, Structural Engineering at University of Western Australia
-Mr John E. Crawford, Karagozian & Case, Inc. USA

From the desk of

The SI17 Conference Director
Er John S Y Tan (e-mail: john@cipremier.com)