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Technical Seminar: “Innovative Applications of Ductile Concrete”
 


Date, time & venue

2017-06-20;18:30pm-20.00pm;HKIE-Chan Yat Mei Sophie Room



Technical Seminar: “Innovative Applications of Ductile Concrete


Organiser: Materials Division

Co-organiser : Structural Division of the HKIE and Institution of Structural Engineers

 


Date, Time & Venue


20 June 2017 (Tuesday); 18:30pm-20.00pm, HKIE-Chan Yat Mei Sophie Room


 

Programme Highlight


While significant advancement in high strength concrete has been made in the last decades, the lack of tensile ductility remains a bottle neck in concrete structural performance.  This presentation will focus on a relatively new concrete material (ECC) that exhibits a metal-like behavior under tension, with strain capacity several hundred times that of normal concrete.  Emphasis will be placed on the application of ECC on enhancing infrastructure resiliency and durability.  Examples on innovative full-scale use of this material in building, transportation and water infrastructure systems in Asia and the US will be presented. 

 

Language


Powerpoint and presentation in English.


 

Speakers


Dr. Victor Li’s research interests include multifunctional concrete aimed at enhancing infrastructure sustainability and resiliency.  He led the research team that invented “Bendable Concrete”. Professor Li was awarded the International Grand Prize for Innovation by the Construction Industry Council in 2015 and the life-time achievement award by RILEM in 2016. In 2004, Professor Li was honored by the Technical University of Denmark with a “Doctor technics honoris causa”.  Professor Li is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the World Innovation Forum, and the American Concrete Institute.  His work has been featured in the CBS Evening News, CNN, the Discovery Channel, the Portland Cement Association, and the Forbes Magazine, amongst many other public media.  Professor Li is named inventor on ten US patents.


 

Registration & Enquiries


No registration is required.

For enquiries, please contact Ir Jenny Lau at 2867 3682 (email: jennylau.jsd@gmail.com)

or Ir CS Lam at 91527659. For updated information, please browse http://st.hkie.org.hk/

and /or http://mt.hkie.org.hk

CPD certificates will be issued. Submissions for the Best Reporter Award are invited. Report must be submitted to jennylau.jsd@gmail.com within two weeks after the seminar.





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