CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Time Thursday, November 17 Time Friday, November 18

8:00 - 9:00

Registration

8:00 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:45

Opening Session Session I Structures, Foundations & Earthquake Engineering I Coffee-break Session II - ThermoHydraulics applied in Civil Engineering I Coffee-break

9:00 - 9:45

Opening Session Session V - Efficient Building Services II

9:45 - 11:00

9:45 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:15

11:00 - 11:15

Coffee-break

11:15 - 12:30

11:15 - 12:30

Session VI - Hydrotechnics

12:30 - 12:45

12:30 - 12:45

Coffee-break Session VII - Structures, Foundations & Earthquake Engineering II Lunch

12:45 - 13:45

A word from our Sponsors

12:45 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:30

Lunch
SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2012

13:45 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:45

Session III - Efficient Building Services I Coffee-break Session IV - ThermoHydraulics applied in Civil Engineering II Visit at the TUCEB Laboratories Welcome cocktail

14:30 - 15:30

Session VIII- Geodesy

15:45 - 16:00

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee-break Session IX - Structures, Foundations & Earthquake Engineering III

16:00 - 17:15

15:45 - 17:00

17:15 - 18:00

17:00 - 18:00

Closing Session

18:00 - 21:00

Opening Session

Thursday, November 17, 9:00 9:25

Opening Ceremony

Thursday, November 17, 9:25 9:45

Key Note Lecture

Session I Structures, Foundations & Earthquake Engineering I Mr. Alexandru Moldoveanu

Dr. Ir. Geert de Cubber Belgium

Thursday, November 17, 9:45 11:00

Nonlinear modeling features of reinforced concrete shear walls Stochastic seismic response of single degree of freedom systems Beam-to-column welded joints of CFT high strength steel RHS columns Seismic response of dual steel eccentrically braced frames with removable links Design of base isolation devices

Ionu DAMIAN (UTCB) Nicoleta TNASE (INCD URBAN-INCERC Bucharest) Cristian VULCU (UPT)

Adriana IOAN (UPT) Vasile-Virgil OPRIOREANU (UTCB)

Coffee break
Session II Thermo-Hydraulics applied in Civil Engineering I Mr. Tiberiu Catalina Thursday, November 17, 11:15 12:30

Mesh dependence study using large eddy simulation of a very low Reynolds cross-shaped jet

Florin BODE, Ilinca NSTASE, Cristiana CROITORU (UTCLUJ)

Numerical modeling for in-sewer bed Elena IATAN, Alexandru Mircea profiles IATAN (UTCB) Mixing quantification criteria during the Ctlin MRCULESCU (IMT) polymerization process Inside temperature variation of a TE refrigerator electricity network-driven versus PV supply Roxana MARE (UTCLUJ)

Numerical validation of a free-convective Claudia Florentina IORGOIU, cell subjected to an air flow Rzvan Silviu TEFAN (UTCB) Coffee break
A word from our sponsors Thursday, November 17, 12:45 13:45

DANTEC DYNAMICS SAS SC TENSOR SRL SC ESRI Romania SRL SC CONSTRUCII ERBAU SA SC SIALCO TRADING SRL

Dr. Germano RAGOSTA Dr. Cristina OPREA Dr. Cristian VASILE Dr. Cristian Romeo ERBAU Mr. Silviu GRUIA

Lunch
Romanian students at SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2012 Thursday, November 17, 14:30 14:45

Designing and building a solar house

Marius oflete, Catalin Caraza, Octavian Timu, Mihai Toader (UTCB)

Session III Efficient Building Services I Mrs. Ilinca NSTASE

Thursday, November 17, 14:45 15:45

Nanofluids heat transfer through a double pipe heat exchanger

Rzvan Silviu LUCIU, Iulian GHERASIM, Nelu Cristian CHERECHES (INCD URBAN-INCERC IASI) Raluca Ctlina MOCANU, Liviu Valentin BLNESCU (UPB) Emanuel PUCALU (UTCB) Andreea BIRO (USH)

Wastewater pretreatment in the sewage system - experimental researches Remote monitoring and control for holiday houses Lighting design between art and technique Coffee break

Session IV Thermo-Hydraulics applied in Civil Engineering II Mr. Costin Cosoiu

Thursday, November 17, 16:00 17:15

The influence of the geometric form of the virtual thermal manikin on convective flow Savonius wind turbines an experimental study on the influence of the overlap ratio on the efficiency of the Savonius rotors

Cristiana CROITORU, Ilinca NSTASE, Florin BODE (UTCB)

Lucian RUS (UTCLUJ)

Computational model of a free surface tefan GRIGORA-BENESCU, hydraulic flow over a stair-step Tudor BARACU (UTCB) Savonius wind turbines: a comparative study between two bladed Savonius rotors Computational analysis of the flow around a cylinder and of the drag force Visit at the TUCEB Laboratories Welcome Cocktail Lucian RUS, Tania CTRIG (UTCLUJ) Tudor BARACU, tefan GRIGORA-BENESCU (UTCB)

Opening Session

Friday, November 18, 9:00 9:45

Key Note Lectures

Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Corneliu Blan (UPB) Dr. Germano Ragosta - Italy
Friday, November 18, 9:45 11:00

Session V Efficient Building Services II Mr. Rzvan Silviu TEFAN

Improving energy consumption and indoor comfort of an old primary school

Tiberiu CATALINA (UTCB)

Command and control of shape memory Radu DONCA, Mihai Petru alloys used in retrofitted buildings DRGHICI (UTCLUJ) Harmonic analyzer in LabVIEW Florin Daniel ANTON, Alexandru Mircea IATAN (UTCB)

Laura PCURAR, Radu DONCA, Design of an inverted pendulum using Alin PLEA, Vlad MUREAN lego education components (UTCLUJ) Cheap testing method for computer Alin PLEA, Radu DONCA, Laura vision Pcurar, Vlad MUREAN (UTCLUJ) Coffee break
Session VI Hydrotechnics Mr. Rzvan Silviu TEFAN Friday, November 18, 11:15 12:30

Constitutive laws and necessary geotechnical parameters for optimum design of deep excavations Geocomposite -reinforced granular working platform - in situ testing Actual issues on geosynthetic materials used in landfills. case studies Piping phenomena at Ostrovul Corbului dike New contributions in sonic field Coffee Break

Ctlin CPRARU (UTCB)

Natalia BUTNARCIUC (UTCB) Gheorghe PANTEL (UTCB) Andrei Daniel GAFTOI (UTCB) Lucian LASLO, Andreea HARASIM (UTCB)

Session VII Structures, Foundations &

Friday, November 18, 12:45 13:45

Earthquake Engineering II
Mr. Alexandru Moldoveanu

Optimal viscous damper placement in structures Nonlinear dynamic analysis of plane frames using the force analogy method Applications of techniques of combining basic records in order to develop a picture of the spatial oscillations of structures Instrumental investigations of electricgenerators foundation systems Lunch
Session VIII Geodesy Mrs. Andreea Jocea

Andrei PRICOPIE, George VEZEANU (UTCB) Dan Florin PETICIL (UTCB)

Patricia MURZEA, Mihnea VLAD (UTCB) Mihnea VLAD (UTCB)

Friday, November 18, 14:30 15:30

Coordinate transformations in order to integrate local map informations in the new geocentric European system, for urban real-estate cadaster achievement Comparative study on methods for 3D modeling of urban areas case study the department of terrestrial measurements and cadaster building, Iasi city Different methods of adjustment computation Correlation of technical standards with changes and updates of cadaster and real estate law no. 7/1996 Coffee break

Constantin CHIRIL, Raluca Maria MIHALACHE (cs. FICIUC) (TUIASI)

Ersilia ONIGA (TUIASI)

Sorin NISTOR, Norbert-Szabolcs SUBA (UORADEA) Mihaela CARDEI (TUIASI)

Session IX Structures, Foundations & Earthquake Engineering III Mr. Alexandru Moldoveanu

Friday, November 18, 15:45 17:00

Behavior of reinforced concrete columns under biaxial horizontal loading Seismic retrofit using base isolation for a shear wall reinforced concrete structure Advanced nonlinear analysis of single storey steel frames made by elements with variable cross section Approximate method to estimate the maximum lateral drift demands Study on the experimental results of reinforced concrete columns Closing Session

Dietlinde KBER (UTCB) Vasile-Virgil OPRIOREANU (UTCB) Daniel Luis NUNES, Ionel Mircea CRISTUTIU (UPT) Elena-Gabriela FADEI (UTCB) Ionu DAMIAN (UTCB)

Room II 9, Faculty of Hydrotechnics Two Workshops on Fluid Mechanics Topics will be organized within the YRC2011 Conference, on Friday in parallel with Sessions VIII and IX. Practical demonstrations and presentations of measurement and numerical techniques will propose along with open questions from the Participants.

14:30-15:30: Advanced measurement techniques for experimental fluid mechanics Dr. Germano Ragosta

15:45-17:00: Challenges and solutions for CFD studies applied to the built environment Dr. Razvan Mahu