Laure Ballu's blog

Virtual Special Issue: 'Outstanding research contributions in the area of nonlinear continuum and computational mechanics'

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Tue, 07/29/2014 - 11:01

The 2014 Nathan M. Newmark Medal was awarded to Professor Herbert A. Mang at the annual ASCE Structures Conference, which took place in Boston, April 3–5, 2014. Professor Mang was awarded the Newmark Medal for his outstanding research contributions in the area of nonlinear continuum and computational mechanics that clarified the cause of collapse of important concrete structures and quantified the influence of the initial post buckling behavior of metallic structures.

'Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings'

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Thu, 06/26/2014 - 10:07

building regaulations

The article from Building and Environment featured in this piece 'Influence of factors unrelated to environmental quality on occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings' by Stefano Schiavon and Sergio Altomonte, can be viewed freely until 31 August 2014 http://bit.ly/1pTxID8

7th International Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Wed, 06/18/2014 - 10:20

14-18 September 2014, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

If you are planning to attend this conference, set in the heart of a beautiful Swiss village, don't forget to register:

http://bit.ly/1vtiVSL

'Design criteria for dynamic performance of a suspended structure for competition grade tennis courts'

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Thu, 05/29/2014 - 10:36

Full case study freely available from http://www.journals.elsevier.com/case-studies-in-structural-engineering/recent-articles/ together with other artciles.

Case studies in Construction Materials: check out all the recently published articles. All open access!

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Wed, 05/28/2014 - 13:17

You can access all the articles published so far from the journal homepage: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/case-studies-in-construction-materials/recent-articles/

You can also submit your papers, go to: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/case-studies-in-construction-materials/

Structures: New Research Journal welcoming submissions

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Tue, 05/06/2014 - 16:03

Sustainability

Structural Engineering

materials; structural design

construction engineering

structural innovation

extreme events

architectural topics

Institution of Structural Engineers

The Institution of Structural Engineers, the world's leading professional body for qualifications and standards in structural engineering, and Elsevier are pleased to announce that Structures, a new peer-reviewed journal covering the full breadth of structural engineering research, is now open for submissions.

'Structural safety evaluation of Karun III Dam and calibration of its finite element model' - article freely available

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 14:28

Micro geodesies measurements

Karun III Dam

H. Mirzabozorga

M.A. Hariri-Ardebilib

M. Heshmatia

S.M. Seyed-Kolbadia

'Structural safety evaluation of Karun III Dam and calibration of its finite element model using instrumentation and site observation' by H. Mirzabozorga, M.A. Hariri-Ardebilib, M. Heshmatia, S.M. Seyed-Kolbadia

This article published in Case Studies in Structural Engineering is freely available on ScienceDirect

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Case Studies in Fire Safety - First papers published! Freely accessible

Submitted by Laure Ballu on Tue, 02/25/2014 - 16:20

case studies in fire safety

We are delighted to announce the publication of the first papers in Case Studies in Fire Safety. Case Studies in Fire Safety provides an open forum for the rapid publication of short, structured case studies in fire safety and related short communications providing an essential compendium of case studies for fire protection engineers, designers, researchers and other practitioners in the field of fire safety.