This newsletter contains the most up-to-date
information on the English publications and activities of the JSCE Concrete
Committee. It also provides information on technical documents that can be
downloaded or purchased.
No. 17, April 2009
Letter upon Retirement from the Editor-in-Chief
RESEARCH
COMMITTEE
Subcommittee on Roman
Concrete (Subcommittee 114)
The Committee on Roman
Concrete, is one of the special subcommittees in the Concrete
Committee, Japan Society of Civil Engineers(JSCE). The committee investigated
the long-term durability of concrete, focusing especially on the material
phase.
click here for detaiｌ (JSCE114)
SERIES TOPICS
OF FLY ASH CONCRETE
Ist Topic: Advantage of Use of Fly Ash
(introduction)
In 2007, JSCE concrete board
committee established a sub-committee on design and practice for fly ash
concrete to further promote the effective use of fly ash in accordance with the
performance-based design.
The subcommittee
will report the activity of 6 working groups at regular intervals in a
newsletter in 2009.
click here for detaiｌ (JSCE279)
INFORMATION
The English version of
The 2007 edition of JSCE Standard Specifications will be published in the
Autumn of 2009!
The JSCE Concrete Committee expects to
publish the English version of the 2007 edition of JSCE Standard Specifications
of Concrete Structures. The English version of the standard specifications
consists of 4 parts, “Design”, “Materials and Construction”, “Maintenance”,
“Dam Concrete”.
READERS VOICE
Readers Voice is
posted by Dr. Somnuk Tangtermsirikul, Professor of
Thammasat University, Thailand
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Deputy Director, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University Center Head, Construction and Maintenance Technology Research Center Secretary General, Thailand Concrete Association |
International
Conferences
JSCE will
support the following international conferences.
4th International Conference on
Construction Materials : Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications
(ConMat '09), Nagoya, Japan, 24 - 26 August, 2009
http://www.jci-web.jp/conmat09/
5th Kumamoto International
Workshop on Fracture, Acoustic Emission and NDE in Concrete (KIFA-5), Kumamoto, Japan, 17 - 18
September, 2009
http://ndtsrv.civil.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/kifa5/
6th International Conference on
Concrete under Severe Conditions Environment and Loading (CONSEC'10), Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico, 7-9 June, 2010
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Editor-in-Chief: Koji Sakai
Associate Editors: Hikaru Nakamura,
Phan Huu Duy Quoc,
Atsushi Hattori,
Kohei Nagai,
Eiji Owaki,
and Takumi Shimomura