EMI 2024 IC
ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute
2024 International Conference
September 11-13, 2024 | Vienna, Austria

Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Wednesday, 11/Sept/2024 | ||||
7:30am - 6:00pm |
Registration |
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8:45am - 9:00am |
Opening Session Location: EI7 Chair: Christian Hellmich |
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9:00am - 9:45am |
PL1: Plenary lecture Location: EI7 Chair: Christian Hellmich Mechanics and electrochemistry for bulk energy storage in concrete materials & structures |
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9:45am - 10:15am |
Coffee Break |
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10:15am - 12:15pm |
MS05-1: Bone mechanobiology: experimental and computational assessment across the scales Location: EI8 Chair: Peter Pivonka Chair: Francisco Javier Martínez Reina Importance of drug order in sequential treatments against osteoporosis involving denosumab and romosozumab 10:35am - 10:55am Bone micro-mechanobiology of implant-femur interaction: a multi method approach combing CT and SASTT imaging with analytical mechanics 10:55am - 11:15am Deep-learning based framework for automated mechanobiological analysis of bone response using micro-CT imaging data of mouse tibiae 11:15am - 11:35am Digital volume correlation resolves load-induced high articular strain foci in osteoarthritis-prone joints 11:35am - 11:55am A multiscale bone cell population model based on a 2-state receptor model accounting for cellular responsiveness to PTH |
MS06-1: Structural vibration control Location: EI10 Chair: Christoph Adam Chair: Antonina Pirrotta Use of a hysteretic device in vibration mitigation (Keynote Lecture) 10:45am - 11:15am A theoretical and experimental study on the optimal design of Sliding Tuned Liquid Column Dampers for structural vibration control (Keynote Lecture) 11:15am - 11:35am Implementation of tuned mass damper control concept for integrated seismic and energetic retrofit of existing buildings 11:35am - 11:55am A fundamental study on active vibration control of cross-laminated timber members 11:55am - 12:15pm Nanoscale modeling for structural vibration control |
MS13-1: Computational geomechanics Location: EI9 Chair: Yunteng Wang Efficient approaches for simulating large deformation problems 10:35am - 10:55am Particle finite element method for large deformation simulation of geotechnical hazards under fluid-solid interaction 10:55am - 11:15am Implicit SNS-PFEM with dual mortar method for thermo-hydro-mechanical large deformation problems 11:15am - 11:35am Hybrid FEM and Peridynamic simulation of forerunning fracture in porous media 11:35am - 11:55am Modelling multi-physical field coupling process of rock by discretized virtual internal bonds 11:55am - 12:15pm Microfiber-reinforced bentonite clay for geological repositories of nuclear spent fuel: multiphysical laboratory tests and computational modeling |
MS15: Fundamental and practical insights into characterizing, measuring, and mitigating shrinkage and creep in cementitious materials Location: EI3 Chair: Agathe Robisson Chair: Dana Daneshvar Creep and shrinkage of a limestone calcined clay cement paste determined in hourly performed three-minute creep tests 10:35am - 10:55am Basic creep properties of the hydration products in mature slag-based CEM II concretes 10:55am - 11:15am Early-age elastic and creep properties of graphene oxide cement paste determined by three-minute-long creep tests 11:15am - 11:35am Influence of cracking and viscoelasticity on nonlinear creep of concrete 11:35am - 11:55am Long-term concrete strain measurements of large-scale experiments using vibrating wire strain gauges 11:55am - 12:15pm Characterization of time-dependent restrained shrinkage in thin ultra-high performance concrete overlays |
MS16-1: Mechanics of wood, wood-based products, biocomposites, and timber structures Location: EI7 Chair: Markus Lukacevic Chair: Michael Dorn Variations in experimental investigations of clear wood: to what extend can multiscale micromechanical models explain them? 10:35am - 10:55am Phase field method-based modeling of wood fracture 10:55am - 11:15am Characterizing a novel strand based engineered wood product for the use in construction 11:15am - 11:35am Analytical and experimental study on glulam trusses with birch plywood gusset plates 11:35am - 11:55am Analyzing the failure probability of glued laminated timber beams across varying sizes using the finite weakest-link theory 11:55am - 12:15pm Preparation of samples for the production of Glued Solid Timber (GST) beams according to EN 14080 |
MS18-1: Computational methods for stochastic engineering mechanics Location: EI2 Chair: Ioannis P. Mitseas An approximate analytical technique for transient response PDF of a linear oscillator under a non-Gaussian colored noise 10:35am - 10:55am Demonstration of continuous gamma process for site specific structural capacity quantification for aging infrastructure 10:55am - 11:15am Uncertainty quantification on seismic response of an RC bridge pier considering varying material properties 11:15am - 11:35am Structural reliability of complex nonlinear systems exposed to evolutionary stochastic excitation 11:35am - 11:55am Probabilistic model selection of the Ground Motion Prediction Models for Northern South America |
RS01: Various topics Location: EI5 Chair: Herbert A. Mang Analysis of the behavior of the structure under internal ANFO explosion 10:35am - 10:55am Bay Bridge |
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12:15pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Break |
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1:30pm - 2:15pm |
PL2: Plenary lecture Location: EI7 Chair: Stefan Scheiner Development of microstructural heterogeneities in cementitious slurries and mortars at rest and under flow: a hypothesis for pumping blockage and material defects |
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2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Transition to Parallel Sessions |
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2:30pm - 3:50pm |
MS04-1: Continuum models for material failure: nonlocal, gradient-enhanced, micromorphic, and phase-field approaches Location: EI5 Chair: Matthias Neuner An elasto-plastic finite-deformation micropolar material point method for strain localisation problems 2:50pm - 3:10pm Strain localization analysis of an infinitesimal micropolar elastoplastic constitutive model rooted in critical state soil mechanics 3:10pm - 3:30pm A return-free plastic integration for mixed control problems and its applications in elastoplasticity of materials 3:30pm - 3:50pm Finite element analysis of shear failure in sand using micropolar hypoplasticity |
MS05-2: Bone mechanobiology: experimental and computational assessment across the scales Location: EI8 Chair: Francisco Javier Martínez Reina Chair: Peter Pivonka Efficient algorithmic formulation of trabecular bone remodelling using a two-scale model of trabecular bone 2:50pm - 3:10pm In silico-aided design of functionally graded porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering 3:10pm - 3:30pm Osteogenic control of bone mechanobiology through BMP loaded interlocked scaffolds 3:30pm - 3:50pm The efficient numerical tool to simulate the phenomenon of trabecular bone remodeling for multiple load cases |
MS06-2: Structural vibration control Location: EI10 Chair: Christoph Adam Chair: Antonina Pirrotta Vertical vibration control of a cross-laminated timber plate through fluid inerter 2:50pm - 3:10pm Stochastic parameter identification of a fluid inerter-based control device 3:10pm - 3:30pm Water-tank metabarriers for seismic surface waves attenuation 3:30pm - 3:50pm Thermoacoustic Fano-based bistable energy converters: a novel paradigm of thermodynamic cycles for waste-energy recovery |
MS16-2: Mechanics of wood, wood-based products, biocomposites, and timber structures Location: EI7 Chair: Sebastian Pech Chair: Markus Lukacevic Experimental investigations on horizontally restrained CFRP reinforced glued laminated timber beams 2:50pm - 3:10pm Layerwise model for the failure analysis of Cross Laminated Timber 3:10pm - 3:30pm Long-term behavior of novel solid wood-concrete-composite floors with combined shear connectors 3:30pm - 3:50pm Multi-scale multi-physics modelling of timber-concrete hybrid structures |
MS17-1: Up-scaling challenges in the modeling of civil engineering materials Location: EI9 Chair: Laurent Brochard Homogenization of weakly nonlinear phenomena in electroactive fluid saturated porous media with multiple time scales 2:50pm - 3:10pm Impact of various uncertainties on the modeling of sorption-induced deformations 3:10pm - 3:30pm Study of crystallization pressure by molecular simulation 3:30pm - 3:50pm Towards a DFT approach to the mechanical properties of solids |
MS19-1: Engineering mechanics in tunnelling Location: EI3 Chair: Wei Song Chair: Günther Meschke Stability of unlined circular tunnel in layered rock masses 2:50pm - 3:10pm Multiphase modeling of ground freezing-shotcrete interaction in tunneling construction 3:10pm - 3:30pm A deep learning-based method for detecting joints and evaluating segment deformation in shield tunnels 3:30pm - 3:50pm Will a concept of pre-structure be applicable to tunnels in squeezing ground? |
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3:50pm - 4:20pm |
PS01: Coffee Break & Poster Session Integrated evaluation of blast loads on reinforced concrete structures: a strength and ductility approaches Machine-learning based optimum retrofit scheme for reinforced concrete frame structures: a case study on 1980s school buildings Neural network-driven representation and computational particle mechanics via signed distance fields Shape-based vision system optimized for seismic damage detections of nonstructural components in buildings |
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4:20pm - 6:00pm |
MS02: Structural dynamics and control for offshore wind turbines, including floating systems Location: EI2 Chair: Breiffni Fitzgerald A machine learning approach for offshore wind turbine tower fatigue and fragility analysis 4:40pm - 5:00pm A study on optimal sensor placement of multi-linked floating offshore structure for prediction accuracy improvement of structural response using distortion base mode method 5:00pm - 5:20pm Advancing wind farm fatigue analysis: insights from high-fidelity modelling and machine learning 5:20pm - 5:40pm Blade pitch control of floating offshore wind turbines for mitigating corrosion fatigue deterioration and enhancing structural reliability |
MS04-2: Continuum models for material failure: nonlocal, gradient-enhanced, micromorphic, and phase-field approaches Location: EI5 Chair: Peter Gamnitzer Phase field simulation of hydrogen-assisted fatigue 4:40pm - 5:00pm Robust and efficient implementation of generalized continuum models based on automatic differentiation with hyper-dual numbers 5:00pm - 5:20pm Homogenized post-peak response of composites from phase-field fracture simulation at microscale 5:20pm - 5:40pm Comparison between block preconditioner and monolithic preconditioner for iterative solution of coupled multi-field problems from generalized continuum models 5:40pm - 6:00pm Microstructural characterization of fiber-reinforced cementitious composites using micro-CT measurements and evaluation of their mechanical behavior using simulations |
MS06-3: Structural vibration control Location: EI10 Chair: Christoph Adam Chair: Antonina Pirrotta Multifidelity reliability and sensitivity analysis 4:40pm - 5:00pm Active mass dampers for cross laminated timber floors - comparison between experimental and numerical investigations 5:00pm - 5:20pm Experimental investigation of track nonlinear energy sink with rotational mass using real-time hybrid simulation 5:20pm - 5:40pm An investigation of the behavior of reinforced concrete coupling beams |
MS08-1: Instabilities at various scales: modelling, analysis and design Location: EI3 Chair: Noel Challamel Chair: Ahmer Wadee On the effects of the precritical nonlinearities on buckling of flexible systems (Keynote Lecture) 4:50pm - 5:20pm Variational criteria for extreme values of the stiffness of proportionally loaded structures as solutions of an inverse problem (Keynote Lecture) 5:20pm - 5:40pm The behaviour of thin composite plates with extension-bending coupling under harmonic compressive load 5:40pm - 6:00pm Large displacement analysis of angle-ply beam-type structures considering shear deformation effects |
MS10: Advanced computational analyses for geotechnical and underground engineering Location: EI8 Chair: Boshan Zhang Chair: Hui Wang Multi-scale analyses on interfacial behavior between normal concrete (NC) and ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) 4:40pm - 5:00pm A super-ellipsoid convex model based reliability analysis of rock tunnel with rock properties modelled via mixed uncertainty models based on available data 5:00pm - 5:20pm Thermal stresses in concrete beams as a result of multiscale constraints 5:20pm - 5:40pm 3D numerical modelling of inter-seasonal heat harvesting of a geothermal road in the UK 5:40pm - 6:00pm Utilization of phase change materials in the support structure of geothermal tunnel: efficacy in geothermal hazard mitigating and heat energy storage |
MS13-2: Computational geomechanics Location: EI9 Chair: Shabnam J. Semnani Chair: Qi Zhang SPH implementation to large deformation of granular mass using an advanced hypoplastic constitutive model 4:40pm - 5:00pm Numerical and analytical analysis of fracture closure modes and their importance in data interpretations 5:00pm - 5:20pm A pioneering framework for accurate reconstruction of arbitrary granular materials 5:20pm - 5:40pm A novel clump-based breakage model in discrete element method for simulating crushable aggregates |
MS16-3: Mechanics of wood, wood-based products, biocomposites, and timber structures Location: EI7 Chair: Sebastian Pech Chair: Eric Landis Predicting the performance of glued-in rod joints 4:40pm - 5:00pm Numerical assessment of brittle failures in dowel-type timber connections loaded parallel to the grain 5:00pm - 5:20pm The effective timber thickness for brittle failure assessment of dowel-type connections 5:20pm - 5:40pm Single-dowel steel-to-timber connections under cyclic and high strain rate loading 5:40pm - 6:00pm Beam-on-foundation modelling of dowel-type timber connections under cyclic loading |
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6:30pm - 9:00pm |
Welcome Cocktail Location: Cupola Hall |
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