The 2nd Symposium will cover all aspects of life-cycle civil engineering. Specific topics and sub-topics will include the following :
- Life-Cycle Assessment and Design
- Life-cycle reliability and risk assessments
- Design for durability
- Design for sustainability
- Long-term performance analysis
- Performance based engineering
- Uncertainty modeling and analysis
- Risk-based decision under uncertainty
- Life-cycle optimization
- Life-Cycle Costs
- Economics of life-cycle engineering
- Life-cycle cost models
- Whole life costing
- Life-cycle cost optimization
- Economic risk and decision basis
- Life-Cycle Maintenance and Rehabilitation
- Health monitoring
- Maintenance strategies
- Inspection and evaluation
- Rehabilitation techniques
- Repair and strengthening methods
- Damage identification
- Field testing
- Life-Cycle Damage Processes
- Aging of structures
- Deterioration models
- Corrosion
- Fatigue and cumulative damage
- Fire and high temperatures
- Severe environmental effects
- Life-Cycle Performance of Special Structures
- High-rise buildings
- Bridges and viaducts
- Off-shore and marine structures
- Dams and hydraulic structures
- Precast systems
- Roof systems and hangars
- Highway and runway pavements
- Tunnels and underground structures