5th international conference on
PROTECTION OF STRUCTURES AGAINST HAZARDS
15-16 November 2012, Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore

Support Journal:
The “International Journal of Protective Structures”
(Editor: Prof Hong Hao (Australia) will publish a special issue of ‘selected papers from the conference’.)

Support Magazine:
Concrete Opening (CSDA, USA)

Organised by:
CI-Premier Conference Organisation, Singapore


List of Papers Received for the Conference


KEYNOTE PAPERS

Structural failure by impulsive tsunami force
Taro Arikawa, Kenichiro Shimosako and Nobutaka Ishikawa

Observation and prevention of relative movement induced damage to bridges in strong earthquakes
Nawawi Chouw

Theory of multihazards for civil infrastructures
Mohammed M. Ettouney

Experimental and numerical study of dynamic material properties of fibre reinforced concrete
Hong Hao, Kevin Xu，Zhong-Xian Li and Yanchao Shi

Adaptive impact absorption - the concept, simulations and potential applications
Jan Holnicki-Szulc, Cezary Graczykowski, Janusz Grzędziński,
Grzegorz Mikułowski, Arkadiusz Mróz, Piotr Pawłowski and Rafał Wiszowaty

Proposal of stipulating the rule for prevention and mitigation of great disasters
Shoji Ikeda, Atsuhiko Machida and Hiroshi Yamashita

Protection of seawalls against tsunami
N. Ishikawa, T. Arikawa, M. Beppu, R. Inoue and H.Tatesawa

Disproportionate collapse of multi-storey building
C.G. Koh, C.G. Tay and R.J.Y. Liew

Field survey of the tsunami impact and loading on structures engineering lessons
of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami
Ioan Nistor

Seismic retrofit of structures
Murat Saatcioglu

A -D fluid-structural interaction analysis code for the natural hazard
Chung-Yue Wang , Helsin Wang, Tso-Ren Wu and Mei-Hui Chuang


SPECIAL SESSION ON BLAST RESISTANT DESIGN AND RETROFIT OF STRUCTURES

Comparison between factors affecting blast loading on reinforced concrete structural elements
Saaed Ahmad and Huma Pervaiz

Effect of FRP strengthening on structural behavior of rc columns subjected to impact load
Paul Imbeau, Husham Almansour and Dan Palermo

Structural performance of rc columns subjected to multiple versus single simulated blast shots
Bessam Kadhom, Husham Almansour and Murat Saatcioglu

Weapon based attacks: protection against the ballistic and blast components for architectural elements
Chunlin Liu, Patrick Mann and David Palermo

Blast retrofit of wood-framed buildings
Alan Lloyd, Eric Jacques, Murat Saatcioglu and Timo Tikka

Numerical simulation and testing validation of prefabricated composite steel stud blast panels retrofitted with FRP
Thomas J. Mander, Peter J. Mendoza and Khaled El-Domiaty

Experimental and numerical modeling of dam breach and subsequent failure due to blast
Ioan Nistor, Bryan Orendorff and Murat Saatcioglu


SPECIAL SESSION ON STRUCTURAL RESPONSE TO EXTREME LOADS

Design and test of a portable anti-ram bollard system [Lead Paper]
John E. Crawford, Shengrui Lan and Yifan Zhang Fu

Experimental study on the impulsive fluid load of flow water
Masuhiro Beppu, Teppei Kaneko and Satoshi Katsuki

A new approach to derive normalised pressure impulse curves for elastic members against partially confined blasts
Jonathan Dragos and Chengqing Wu

Dynamic mechanical behavior of fiber reinforced concrete Under impact loading
B. Du, H.W. Ma and L. Lin

Blast damage mechanism of rc column
Shengrui Lan and J.E. Crawford

Probabilistic gas explosion hazard assessment of fixed platform structures
Jingde Li, Guowei Ma and Hong Hao

Numerical simulation of blast induced structural response using static condensation method
Jun Li and Hong Hao

Influence of brittle shear damage on two-step method prediction of structural response to blast loads
Jun Li and Hong Hao

Dynamic responses analysis of steel-backed reinforced concrete structure subjected to blast loading
Jingchun Liu, Qin Fang, Hengbo Xiang and Ziming Gong

Numerical investigation into responses of rc columns subjected to fire and blast
Zheng Ruan, Qin Fang and Li Chen
Blast loads on slabs under close-in explosions
Yanchao Shi, Zhong-Xian Li and Hong Hao

Critical scaled distances of spherical vs cylindrical charge shape effects for external, fully vented confined and fully confined blasts
Nimasha H. Weerasingha Mohottige, Chengqing Wu, Hong Hao and Michael Griffith

Numerical modelling of FRP-bonded steel tubes subject to transverse impact
Yang Zhao, Zhenyu Wang and Yongqiang Zhang


TECHNICAL PAPERS

Nonlinear impact response of rc façade panels on elasto-plastic supports
Mohamed N. Abdel-Mooty and Sherif M. Shaaban

Estimation method on shear resistance of filled boulders using assembled element DEM
Toshiyuki Horiguchi and Satoshi Katsuki

Efficient vibration analysis of voided slab
Gee-Cheol Kim and Joo-Won Kang

Prediction of ground vibration due to collapse of a cooling tower under strong earthquakes
Feng Lin, Hongkui Ji, Xianglin Gu and Yi Li

Impact load on the surface of protective shell
Mirziyod M. Mirsaidov, Tahirjon Z. Sultanov and Dadakhan A. Khodzhaev

A hysteretic model for seismic performance assessment of reinforced concrete walls
Piyali Sengupta and Bing Li

Impact response analysis of wire ring net system using the concept of particle method
Yoshimi Sonoda, Hideyuki Obana and Kazuki Fukunaga

A fundamental study on the repeated impact analysis of rc slab with consideration of local damage
Hiroki Tamai, Satoshi Gouya and Yoshimi Sonoda

Large scale seismic risk mitigation project in Istanbul (ISMEP)
BarıŞ Trak and Emin Atak

School preparedness assessment toward natural disasters: Case of Merapi Volcano Area, Indonesia
Tuswadi and Takehiro Hayashi

P-I diagram for one-way supported structures considering membrane effect
Yonghui Wang, Richard J Y Liew and Siew Chin Lee


N.B. Authors whose papers are not listed kindly alert the Secretariat at email: ci-p@cipremier.com


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Conference Themes

The engineering and technological aspects and issues that will make buildings and structures safer against:
• Terrorists attacks
• Impact and shock loads
• Fire
• Chemical and biological hazards
• Structural collapse (architectural, structural and construction)
• Corrosion and natural degradation
• Natural hazards (landslides, earthquakes, tsunami, hurricans, etc)
• Vibrations
• Ground subsidence
• Blast on Structures
• Geotechnical Hazards
• Hazards in Dams

Related issues are also invited, such as:
• Mitigation (preventive measures)
• Rescue, safety and evacuation techniques
• risk and reliability
• Disaster Prevention

Other important themes within the scope of the Conference may be considered for inclusion and discussion.

Send your abstracts (one A4-page) for review and classification.
All abstracts received are reviewed for acceptance and the accepted texts are also reviewed for the Conference ‘Highly commendable Paper’ Award Scheme.

Use the links to download the abstract and paper templates respectively:

Abstract Template
http://www.cipremier.com/download.php?view.357

Paper Template
http://www.cipremier.com/download.php?view.358

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Publication Policy

Please note that it is part of the requirements of submission of abstract that the author or one of the co-authors will attend the Conference and present the paper.
Papers accepted for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings will have to be registered, with a text-inclusion fee (SGD400 for each accepted paper). All registered participants would be issued with a copy of the proceedings. It is also an understanding that the Organisers hold the copyrights of the papers published in the Proceedings, which will carry an ISBN reference. The proceedings would be submitted to the relevant indexed organisation after the conference.

Important dates:

 Receipt of abstracts by -30 May 2012
 Notification of acceptance -15 June 2012
 Full text to be received by -01 September 2012
 Conference dates - 15-16 November 2012