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Contents of Concrete in the Service of Mankind

• Introduction
• Organising Committee
• International Advisory Committee
• Technical Committee (from United Kingdom)
• Supporting Bodies
• Sponsoring Organisations
• Exhibitors OPENING ADDRESSES
• Opening of the Congress
• Industry, Scotland
• Welcoming the Delegates to the University
• THEME HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE
• The concrete Canada programme-from MPa to , MPa
• High performance metakaolin concrete: Results of large scale trials in aggressive environments
• Holistic approach to durability of steel reinforced concrete
• Shear-fatigue behaviour of ultra-high strength reinforced concrete beams
• Use of blastfurnace slag cement with high slag content for high performance concrete
• High strength concrete
• Moment redistribution effects in high strength reinforced beams
• Stress-strain relationship of concrete: how important is it?
• The development of PHC piles in China
• The development of very high strength concrete
• High strength concrete incorporating carrier fluidifying agent
• Rheological losses partially pretressed structural lightweight concrete
• Mix design considerations for granulometric optimisation of the matrix of high performance concrete
• High performance concrete structures—A Swedish research program
• Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation on HPC
• THEME
• ULTRA STRUCTURES
• Ultra structures—Indian experience
• Concrete coupled structural walls with unequal width in tall buildings
• Generalised continuum method for static analysis of tall buildings
• Redesign of RC high-rise building
• Recognising the structural characteristics of concrete
• Construction of arch bridges using prestressed SFRC elements as lost panelling
• Seismic capacity assessment of Chung-Sa bridge after scouring by typhoons of
• Concept and practical design criteria of a concrete floating airport
• Foundation of buildings on seismic groundsEvaluation of seismic resistance of spatial shell structures
• THEME MAXIMISING STRENGTH/DURABILITY
• A comparative study of three types of controlled permeability formwork liners
• Controlled permeability formwork
• A new admixture for high performance concrete
• Influence of new environmentally beneficial lignin-based super plasticizer on concrete performance
• A new high performance fibre for concrete reinforcement
• How to improve the tensile capability of high strength concrete
• Design of a stable air void system in concrete by optimization of the composition of the aggregate
• Frost durability and deicer salt scaling resistance of high-performance cement pastes reinforced with steel and carbon micro-fibres
• Design of concrete and reinforced concrete construction in aggressive environments
• Influences of steam curing on strength, shrinkage and creep of OPC and slag concretes
• Hardening and splitting of concrete under the action of microwave energy
• Curing of concrete Effect on strength and durability
• The influence of cement on shaping the structure and strength of HPC
• The effects of temperature on the performance of high strength concrete with fly ash
• THEME PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS
• The specification of durability by performance-When?
• Benchmarking the durability of concrete structures
• Lifetime factor method in durability design of concrete structures
• Prediction of time to rebar corrosion initiation by chlorides: Non-fickian behaviour of concrete cover
• Studies of concrete silos, bunkers, reservoirs: Damage assessment modeling and service life prediction
• Premature damage of reinforced concrete poles A problem relative to the durability
• Concrete testing development
• Corrosion of steel fibres in carbonated cracked concrete
• Concrete in use: Verification and proof of compliance
• Risk reducing through quality management systems for ready mixed concrete
• THEME CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
• The contribution of fluidity improving technology to the widespread use of high-strength concrete
• Research into design and construction of laser screeded industrial floors
• Rapid construction of tall bridge pier by hybrid-slip form method
• The innovative design and construction of trickling filter towers
• Effect of water temperature on underwater strength properties of polymethyl methacrylate mortars
• Durability of sprayed concrete—A literature study
• Application of HPC in Shanghai
• THEME NEW MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
• Advanced cement-based composites
• Cement and special composites for HPC concrete and structure
• reconstruction
• High early strength Portland cement binders for using at low ambient and elevated temperatures
• Controlled low strength materials (CLSM)
• Theoretical fundamentals of the application of expansive cement concretes
• Study and application of autoclaved high strength concrete with ground
• sand
• High performance concrete prepared with sulpho/ferro-aluminate cement
• Further developments in pore reduced cement (PRC)
• Gel-modified cement for electro-conducting concrete
• A critical review of service life modelling of concretes exposed to chlorides
• Construction of segmental cantilevered concrete box girder bridges in areas of high seismicity