With delegates from over 50 countries and 265 presentations, the 2014 IABSE Conference was a huge success. 

Our presentation on the “Design checks and nonlinear response of a full 3D model of a box girder bridge” was very well received and promoted a great deal of questions and discussion both during the presentation and later at our booth.  

We would like to thank everyone to came to visit us at the booth and look forward to staying in touch and meeting again at future events.

Gerd-Jan Schreppers and Maziar Partovi have returned from Bochum reporting their attendance at what was an interesting and worthwhile event.  There were many valuable and constructive conversations, with people from both industry and academia, regarding the latest technogies in the numerical simulation of tunnels and associated underground complexes. 

Language:  English

Registration:  Free

In the last century, a large number of dams have been constructed for the purpose of water management and hydro-electric power generation in mountainous areas. These dam structures are usually very large and their mechanical behaviour is complex mainly because of loading conditions. Typical loading conditions that must be considered in dam analysis are the soil-structure interaction, the fluid-structure interaction, seepage and thermal effects. As many of these dams are constructed in earthquake zones, the response of dynamic loadings is of interest.