Application of Codes, Design and Regulations

Preface
Introduction
Organising Committee
Scientific Organisations With Exhibition
Exhibiting Organisations
Supporting Institution
Opening Paper
Developing Codes and Regulations to Protect the Public from Fools and Rascals
THEME 1 GLOBAL ISSUES
Keynote Paper

The Roles of International, Regional and National Standards in the Global Market
Using EN 1990 to Improve Consistency of Safety for Structural Building Materials
The Weakest Link for Achieving Quality: Codes, Models, Certificates or Men?
Innovations of Croatian Codes for Bridges
The Bond Stress in Brazilian Standard
The Current Status of Concrete Standards and Guidelines for the Concrete Specifier in the Gulf Region
Development and Implementation of Eurocode on Concrete (EC2)
Quality of Concrete Structures Through Standards Application
Application of Quality Control Concept in Construction Engineering Works to Prepare Roofing Suggesting System for Building Projects in Iraq
Physical Properties of Composites Made from Secondary Cementitious Materials With Reference to their Suitability for Water Filters
Proposal of a Change in the Brazilian Splitting-Tension Test Set Up
Slip Measurement at the Steel-Concrete Interface in Push-Outs Tests
Deformational Properties of High Strength Concrete Predicted According to Eurocode 2
THEME 2 SERVICE LIFE AND DURABILITY DESIGN
Keynote Paper

Durability Design of Concrete Structures in Japan - Present and Future
Cover to Reinforcement - Getting it Right
Why Does Our Concrete Still Crack and Leak?
Chloride Concentration in 25-Year-Old Concrete
Corrosion in Pre-stressed Concrete
Interaction of Concretes with Atmospheric CO2 at the Stage of Their Making
Residual Structure Service Life Depending on the Steel Corrosion Rate
Bond Characteristics of Corroding Reinforcement in Concrete Beams
Probabilistic Approach for Local Chloride Heterogeneity Near Reinforcement
The Carbonation of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Brazil
Micro-structural Change of Blast Furnace Slag Cement Paste Due to Carbonation
Combined Chloride Penetration and Carbonation-Evaluation of Element Distribution and Their Model
Micro-Scale Investigations of Cement-Based Materials with Increased Resistance to Altered Thermal Conditions
Proposal for Prognosis of Composite Materials Durability on the Basis of Accelerated Tests
Sulfate Attack of Above Ground Components of Highway Structures
Effect of Reinforcement on AAR Expansion in Concrete
Ten Year Study into the Effectiveness of GGBS at Preventing ASR
Salt Weathering Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Durable Concrete
Numerical Simulation of Cement Based Materials Time Dependent Behaviour
Durability of Concrete Protected by an Acrylic Painting
Chloride Diffusion Coefficient Determination for Specifications
Chloride Ingress in Concrete: Simulations of Examples from Practice
THEME 3 FIRE AND SEISMIC DESIGN
Keynote Paper

Capturing an Earthquake and Other Odd Pursuits in California
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Mullite and Mullite-Silicon Carbide from Secondary Mineral Resources Used as an Aggregate for Fireproof Concretes
Prognostic Models for Creating the New Composite Fireproof Concretes and Masses from Secondary Mineral Resources
Influences on the Fire Resistance of Concrete
Analysis of Heat Transfer Problems by Coupling of Finite and Infinite Element
Explosion Load in a High-Rise Building Design
Mechanical Properties of Concrete After Long-Term Action of Loads and Fire Temperatures
High Temperature Properties of Fibre Reinforced Cement Composites
Residual Properties of Hybrid Polypropylene-Steel Fibre Reinforced HPC Exposed to High Temperatures
Performance of Blended Cement Concrete at High Temperatures
Strength of Concrete at Elevated Temperatures
Rocking of 12-Storey Frame Fixed and Flexible Foundations Subjected to Different Earthquake Excitations
THEME 4 DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY, BUILDABILITY AND QUALITY O