19-20 SEPTEMBER 2016

In various countries, including France, the regulations concerning buildings and civil engineering structures contain recommendations aimed at achieving acceptable seismic performance, that is, the structures designed must withstand minor earthquakes without damage, moderate earthquakes with minimum non-structural damage and major earthquakes without collapsing. The seismic recommendations proposed in building regulations have thus been updated over the years to achieve this aim. In France, the new earthquake zone map and changes in the regulations as a result of Eurocode 8 (EC 8) have contributed to defining the performance objectives of new structures. For existing structures, at least in certain cases, reinforcement is required to reduce seismic risks. This notion is introduced in Eurocode 8 Part 3 and in the implementing decrees and orders. Seismic retrofitting can therefore be either voluntary or compulsory. FRPs are therefore being increasingly used in civil engineering applications, particularly for the repair and reinforcement of reinforced concrete structures. They are used for reinforcement in flexural strength and shear and with respect to axial loads.  They allows them to increase strength and/or ductility of the structures. In the United States, research on seismic retrofitting using composites began with the Loma Prieta earthquake in California in October 1989. Reinforcement tests using pre-impregnated fabrics, based on the Japanese methods, were carried out in numerous universities particularly the University of California. Starting in 1994, seismic tests conducted in the laboratory on increasingly large mock-ups, demonstrated the advantage of using carbon fibres. These were followed by numerous retrofitting operations using composites, including the Highway Bridge in Butler (Ohio), the Great Western Bank Building in Sherman Oaks (California) and the Foulk Road Bridge in Delaware.

These two days aim to take stock of the different field applications and share advanced research. The AFGC guide will be presented on this occasion.

Thanasis Triantafillou (University of Patras),

Alper Ilki (Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory, Istanbul Technical University),

Charly Sikorsky (California Department of Transportation, Caltrans)

Maurizio Guadagnini (University of Sheffield)

 AFGC members 125 euros for two days, Publics 155 euros for two days, 100 euros for one, included, abstract, guideline in French or English on RC seismic retrofitting, lunch and coffee break

Alper Ilki (Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory, Istabul UT),  Ferrier Emmanuel (Univ. LYON 1),Lijuan Dawn Cheng (University of California, Davis),  Ali Limam (INSA de LYON), Michel Laurent (Univ. LYON 1),Thanasis Triantafillou (University of Patras), Marc Quiertant (IFSTTAR),Charly Sikorsky (California Department of Transportation, Caltrans), Pierre-Eric Thévenin (OXAND, AFPS)

500 words abstract submission and 2 figures,  Dead line 30 April 2016

Fédération Française du Bâtiment Région Rhône-Alpes

Amphithéâtre de la FFB Rhône-Alpes

 23, avenue Condorcet
69100 VILLEURBANNE

Contact Université LYON 1, Laboratoire LMC2  Emmanuel.ferrier@univ-lyon1.fr