Proceedings of the first International conference on innovative materials and technologies for construction and restoration (Lecce, 6-9 June 2004)

Vol. I
Key-notes
Perumalsamy N. Balaguru, Recent Innovations in Construction Materials 3
Paulo B. Lourenco, Analysis and restoration of ancient masonry structures. Guidelines and Examples 23
David Schnerch, Sami Rizkalla, Behavior of Scaled Steel-Concrete Composite Girders and Steel Monopole Towers Strengthened with CFRP 42
Harold Schorn, Material structure and mechanical properties of polymer modified concrete and reinforcement 66
Materials
Zhu Ding, Zongjin Li, New High Early Strength of Magnesium Phosphate Cement 87
Harold Schorn, Michael Schiekel, Rainer Hempel, Valuation of the durability of textile glass fibre reinforcement in concrete 100
Harald Schorn, Marc Butler, Long term bending tests on glass fibre reinforced concrete specimens 112
Jeanette Orlowsky, Michael Raupach, Tensile Tests to Study the Long-term Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete 123
Zhang Jing, Maalej Mohamed, Quek Ser Tong, Hybrid Fibre Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) for Impact- and Blast-Resistant Structures 136
Bernd Walk-Lauffer, Michael Raupach, K. Dilger, S. Bohm, F. Mund, U. Dilthey, M. Schleser, The Interconnection between Inner Filaments of Textile Reinforcement by means of Polymer Modiflcated Concrete 150
Erin Gleason, Kurt F. von Fay, Assessing Set Extending Admixtures 160
H. Tlemat, K. Pilakoutas, K. Neocleous, Demonstrating Steel Fibres from Waste Tyres as Reinforcement in Concrete: Material Characterisation 172
G. Di Pace, L. Octavio Yepez, Use of Non Destructive Testing and Fracture Mechanics Parameters to monitor Concrete Deterioration due to external Sulfate Attack 186
Maurizio Costantini, Francesco Cassaro, A Case Study on Construction Products Innovation: Self-Cleaning Glass 198
Omar Khelifi, Antonio Nanni, Effects of Different Coating on the Durability of Thermoplastic E-Glass FRP Bars 210
J. B. Aguiar, J. A. Dias, Penetrability of Chloride Ions in Concrete Protected by an Acrylic Painting 223
Zsuzsanna Jozsa, Rita Nemes, An Innovative Material From Recycled Glass to Lightweight Concrete 229
Indrajit Ray, Julio F Davalos, Jennifer Morris, Strength and Shrinkage of High-Performance Concrete for Bridge Deck Applications 241
Manuela Chiarello, Raffaele Zinno, Electrical characterization of cement reinforced with short carbon fibers 254
B. Y. Pekmezci, H. Yyldyrym, M. Uyan, Determination of Concrete Properties of a eighty-years-old Building with on Site Tests 264
M. Uyan, B. Y. Pekmezci, H. Yyldyrym, Volume Change and Mechanical Properties of OPC and GGBS Mortars cured in Water and Sulfate Solutions 273
Florida B. Buslov, Leonid D. Shapovalov, Oleg L. Figovsky, Advanced Synthesis of Organic-inorganic Nanohybrid Materials for Coatings 283
Junhui Jia, Julio F. Davalos, Application of Artificial Neural Network to Mode-I Fatigue of Interface Bonds for Dissimilar Materials 292
L. Bertrand, A. Bouqffia, S. Maximilien, Polysaccharide influence on the physical and mechanical behaviour of a renovation mortar. Consequences on the crack propagation at the mortar-substrate interface 302
Olesja A. Plushchik, Andrey N. Aniskevich, Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Non-Linear Creep of different Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Composite Matrices 313
M. A. Aiello, M. Leone, A. N. Aniskevich, O. A. Plushchik, Moisture Effects on Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of CFRP Rebars and Vinylester Binder 327
Francesco Colangelo, Milena Marroccoli, Raffaele Cioffi, Marcello Molfetta, Influence of additions on the properties of Self-Compacting Concrete 342
F. Lionetto, M. Frigione, V.A.M. Luprano, A. Maffezzoli, Ultrasonic cure monitoring of thermosetting composite matrices 353
F Micelli, A. La Tegola, Durability of GFRP rods in water and alkaline solution 365
M. Frigione, M. Lettieri, A.M. Mecchi, Factors affecting the durability in service of epoxy resins employed for restoration of historical buildings 375
Junhui Jia, Thomas E. Boothby, Charles E. Bakis, Durability of GFRP-Concrete Bonded Interfaces 385
Elisa Franzoni, Stefania Manzi, Franco Sandrolini, Maria Chiara Bignozzi, High performance fully recycled materials for civil engineering as an alternative to landfill disposal 395
Massimo Borsa, Marcello Molfetta, Gian Luca Guerrini, Fresh and hardened State Properties of Self-Compacting Lightweight Aggregate Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Structural Applications 406
Massimo Borsa, Gian Luca Guerrini, Luigi Sanguigno, Marino Lavorgna, Giuseppe Mensitieri, First results of Chloride penetration modelling in concrete exposed to marine environment at temperate climate 416
Kurt K von Fay, Timothy P. Dolen, Gregg A. Scott, Effects of Concrete Deterioration on Safety of Dams: the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Experience 430
Z. Abdel Hamid, I. M. Ghayad, KM. Ibrahim, Electrodeposition and Characterization of Chromium-Tungsten Carbide Composite Coatings from Trivalent Chromium Bath 445
Mario Collepardi, Silvia Collepardi, Roberto Troli, Ulf Sharp, Combination of Silica Fume, Fly Ash and Amorphous Nano-Silica in Superplasticized High-Performance Concretes 459
R. Miniotaite, Water Absorption and Drying of Impregnated Brick Masonry 469
Luigi Coppola, Pasquale Zqffaroni, Achille Carcagni, Influence of calcareous filler on interfacial transition zone of conventional and self-compacting concretes 479
Gouranga C. Banik, Current Industry Perspectives regarding USE of Post Consumer Carpets in Construction 492
Paolo Pastore, Materials and techniques within the building know-how of central Apulia 504
Construction
Valeria Corinaldesi, Giacomo Moriconi, Capacity of Beam-Column Joints under Cyclic Loading 515
Damian I. Kachlakev, Parametric Study of the Material Properties and Sensitivity Analysis of the Design Variables Influencing the Performance of FRP-Retrofitted Flexural Members 526
Dionys van Gemert, A. Beeldens, S. Ignoul, K. Brosen, Research and Development in design and application of concrete-polymer composites in Europe 543
W. Mera, A. La Tegola, Structural Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Mortar with Application to Masonry Walls 563
G. Turvey, An Experimental Evaluation of the Stiffening Effect of CFRP Flange Reinforcement and Practical End Connections on the Flexural Response of Pultruded GFRP WF-Beams 578
Gi Beom Kim, Peter Waldron, Kypros Pilakoutas, Applications of FRP/GRC in Permanent Formwork 589
Ruta Miniotaite, The Durability of Finishing Layer on Buildings' External Walls 601
Kyriacos Neocleous, Houssam Tlemat, Kypros Pilakoutas, Design Considerastions on the Use of Steel Fibres from Waste Tyres, as Reinforcement in Concrete 611
M. Evernden, J. T. Mottram, P. Delhees, Characterisation of Uni-Strut Connectors for Pultruded Fibre Reinforced Plastic Channels 620
J. T. Mottram, D. Prangley, E.S. Knudsen, Behaviour of Pultruded FRP Beam-to-Beam Sub-assemblies Connected by Bolted Web Cleats 633
Hedong Niu, Zhishen Wu, Optimization of FRP-concrete interface in FRP bonding technique 646
Z.S. Wu, K. Iwashita, K. Hayashi, T. Higuchi, S. Murakami, T. Ichiryu, Performance Evaluation of Prestressed-Concrete Girders Strengthened with P-Put Technique 660
Nadja Kurtovic-Folic, Ana Radivojevic, Bricks and Brick Masonry - Early
History of its Use in the Region of Nowadays Serbia 670
W. Mera, A. La Tegola, Real Scale Testing of Masonry Walls made with Natural
Fiber Reinforced Mortar 685
M.A. Aiello, M. Leone, Bond behaviour of FRP rebars embedded in concrete 701
F. Micelli, V. Scialpi, A. La Tegola, Flexural behaviour of glilam beams and joints reinforced with CFRP bars. Theoretical analysis 714
De Lorenzis L., A. La Tegola, Effect of the applied stress distribution on flexural-torsional buckling of steel and FRP thin-walled members: numerical examples 729
Ascione L., Di Nardo E., Feo L., Experimental behaviour of anchoring systems for active and passive strengthening of RC beams with FRP 746
Yixin Shao, FRP Composite Sheet Pile Walls in Waterfront Applications 760
A. Di Tommaso, S. Russo, G. Boscato, Experimental buckling's curves for GFRP columns 771
Z. Rinaldi, A Grimaldi, G. Galli, G. Spadea, Analytical and experimental evaluation of FRC ductility 786
G. Delia Corte, E. Barecchia, F.M. Mazzolani, Seismic upgrading of exixting RC structures using FRP: a GLD study case 797

Vol. II
Strengthening and Restoration
CD. Vacchiano, P. Scarfato, L. Incarnate, D. Acierno, Compatibility of repair material with tuff-stone masonries in Salerno's historic centre 3
Julio F Davalos, David M. Boyajian, Shilpa Kodkani, Indrajit Ray, Pizhong Qiao, Interface fracture and durability of GFRP- and CFRP- concrete subject to freeze-thaw and wet-dry cycling 10
Julio F Davalos, Indrajit Ray, Shiwei Luo, Performance evaluation of bond between special and normal concrete using a new shear tool 20
Barbara Bonfiglioli, Luca Cristofori. Giovanni Pascale, Numerical analysis of the interface behaviour for FRP applications 33
Maria Antonietta Aiello, Laura De Lorenzis, Nestore Galati, Antonio La Tegola, Bond between FRP laminates and curved concrete substrates with anchoring composite spikes 45
Ernst Klamer, Dick Hordijk, Ane de Boer, Numerical investigation into peeling-off caused at shear cracks of externally bonded CFRP 57
M.R. Valluzzi, D. Tinazzi, C. Modena, Bond of CFRP strips embedded in lime
mortar 70
Maria Antonietta Aiello, Margherita Stefania Sciolti, Analysis of bond performance between CFRP sheets and calcarenite ashlars under service and ultimate condition 81
G. Camata, E. Spacone, Brittle-Failures of RC Structural Members Strengthened with Fiber Reinforced Polymers 97
D. Van Gemert, S. Ignoul, K. Brosens, Strengthening of concrete constructions with externally bonded renforcement. Design concepts and case studies 107
H. Toutanji, Y. Zhang, L. Zhao, Moment Failure of RC Beams Externally Bonded with CFRP Sheets Bonded with Organic and Inorganic Matrices 117
Laura Anania, Antonio Badala, Increasing of the flexural capacity of RC beams strengthened with CFRP materials. Theoretical and experimental approach 128
Giovanna Spitalieri, Nicola Totaro, Probabilistic analysis of the European format in FRP flexural strengthening 142
Abe Nezamian, Sujeeva Setunge, Arun Kumar, John Fenwick, Decision support in using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in rehabilitation of concrete bridge structures 154
W. Arena, A. Mariano, O. Manni, P. Rametta, Flexural and shear strengthening of reinforced concrete structures with FRP systems: a critical analysis of ACI and CEB-FIP design guidelines 164
PG. Bocca, A. Grazzini, Long term mechanical interaction between strengthening material and pre-existing structures 176
L. Ascione, V.P Berardi, G. Mancusi, Time-depending behaviour under sustained loads of RC beams externally plated with FRP laminates 191
Francesco Bencardino, Giuseppe Spadea, R. Narayan Swamy, RC beams strengthened with CFRP laminates subjected to shear loading regime 205
Samir Okba, Amr Abdelrahman, Hazem Abdellatif, Hosan Elkarmouty, Retrofit of indeterminate reinforced concrete frames using fiber reinforced polymer laminates 221
S. Coccia, U. Ianniruberto, Z Rinaldi, Non linear analysis of R.C. beams strengthened with FRP: theoretical-numerical comparison 234
Barbara Bonfiglioli, Jorge Ibarra Perez, Giovanni Pascale, Evaluation of dynamic behaviour of EBR-FRP reinforced concrete beams 244
John Cairns, Jeremy Grant, External unbonded reinforcement: a novel retro-fitting technique 256
N. Banthia, F Majdzadeh, S. Mindess, Hybrid fiber reinforced SCC for repair of reinforced concrete beams 275
R. Modarelli, O. Manni, P. Rametta, Confinement of RC columns with FRP materials: a critical comparison between ACI and CEB-FIP design guidelines 285
A. Al-Tuhami, M. Kamal, Retrofitting of RC columns with inaccessible faces using the mechanical strengthening technique 298
Alberto Balsamo, Davide Bandera, Andrea Prota, Strengthening of rectangular columns using GFRP 309
Alberto La Tegola, Strengthening technologies for concrete and masonry columns 321
Laura De Lorenzis, Vitauts Tamuzs, Raleis Tepfers, Vilis Valdmanis, Uldis Vilks, Stability of CFRP - confined columns 327
C. Faella, E. Martinelli, S. Paciello, E. Nigro, Experimental tests and theoretical models on tuff masonry bricks and columns confined with C-FRP sheets 343
R. Barsotti, S. Bennati, Non-linear behaviour and collapse of FRP-reinforced masonry arches 360
FM. Fabiani, U. lanniruberto, Z. Rinaldi, Collapse behaviour of FRP reinforced masonry arches: a parametric enquire 376
S. Briccoli Bati, L. Rovero, U. Tonietti, Strengthening of masonry arches with composite materials 386
E. Quagliarini, M. D'Orazio, R. Giacchetti, A. Stazi, Criteria for the restoration and consolidation of "camorcanna" vaults with a precious intrados 403
T. Aoki, M.A. Chiorino, R. Roccati A. Spadafora, Structural analysis with RE. method of the elliptical dome of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte 417
M.R. Valluzzi, F. da Porto, C. Modena, Strengthening of a masonry vault with GFRP laminates: S. Fermo church in Verona 430
N. Galati, F Micelli, G. J. Tumialan, A. La Tegola, A. Nanni, Comparison between FRP strengthening techniques on the out-of-plane behaviour of URM masonry walls 440
C. Faella, E. Martinelli, E. Nigro, S. Paciello, Experimental tests on masonry walls strengthened with an innovative C-FRP sheet 458
Gladys Villa Garcia, Francisco Ginocchio, Gustavo Tumialan, Antonio Nanni, Reinforcing of adobe structures with FRP bars 475
B. De Nicolo, B. Grosso, M. Valdes, Mechanical behaviour of natural stone masonry strengthened with FRP. Part I: experimental research 487
M. Valdes, Mechanical behaviour of natural stone masonry strengthened with FRP. Part II: verification by using a finite element method 498
V. Zerbo, L. Ceriolo, A. Di Tommaso, Cast iron arch bridges: from construction to restoration 504
N.K. Phothiou, L.C. Hollaway, M. K. Chryssanthopoulos, Selection of CFRP system for steelwork upgrading 524
E. Siviero, P. Foraboschi, L. Attolico, E. Giovanetti, Innovative solutions of historical bridges case studies 540
A. Barbieri, A. Di Tommaso, F. Focacci, Preliminary investigation on the structural behaviour of timber beams strenghtened with FRP 566
Shaun Hay, Dagmar Svecova, Baidar Bakht, The effectiveness of diagonal versus vertical GFRP sheets for shear strengthening of timber 581
E. Quagliarini, Wooden arch structures between the XVI and the XIX century: evolution of the analysis criteria 593
A. Monsu Scolaro, The "simple" matter 610
G. Gianfrate, L. Calcaginle, R. Fontana, M.C. Gambino, M. Greco, E. Pampaloni, L. Pezzati, A Time-Of-Flight laser scanner for architectural applications and monitoring 621
M Candela, The Restoration of the Margherita theatre of Bari. An experimentation of yard 633
C. Blasi, E. Coisson, D. Ferretti, The use of carbon fibres in restoring the stables of the Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano - Firenze 643
S. Matthis, L. Taerwe, J. Janssens, Repair and strengthening of the reptile building of the Antwerp Zoo 653
V. Radonjanin, M. Malesev, R. Folic, Assessment and Repair of a RC Structure damaged in a Fire - Case Study 664