International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada on May 4 – 5, 2015
Monday
MAY 4
8:00 AM
Official Opening of Conference
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Keynote Lecture I:
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Geomaterials Applications in Environmental Geomechanics
A.P.S. Selvadurai
McGill University, Canada
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
Coffee Break
10:20 AM – 11:05 AM
Keynote Lecture II:
Gas Generation and Migration in Safety Assessment of Deep
Geological Repositories for Nuclear Wastes
Mamadou Fall
University of Ottawa, Canada
11:05 AM – 12:05 PM
Session Name:
Geotechnical Engineering
Session Chairs:
Dr. Chadon Lee
11:05 AM – 11:25 AM
Paper 330: Multiphysics Modelling of the Behaviour of
Cemented Tailings Backfill Materials
Liang Cui, Mamadou Fall
University of Ottawa, Canada
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM
Paper 297: Time and Soil Type Dependent Suction Change in
Clods
Samuel O. Fadipe, Amy B. Cerato, Oluwaseyi T. Ogunsola
University of Oklahoma, USA
Session Chairs:
Dr. Mamadou Fall
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Registration
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
12:05 PM – 1:35 PM
Paper 143: Numerical Evaluation of Bearing Capacity of
Square Footing on Geosynthetic Reinforced Sand
Adel Belal, Nabil Nagy, Ahmed Elshesheny
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime
Transport, Egypt
Lunch
1:35 PM – 2:55 PM
Session Name:
Structural Mechanics I
Session Chairs:
Dr. Alan Redmond
1:35 PM – 1:55 PM
Paper 267: Adhesive Stresses in Wide Flange Steel Beams
Bonded to GFRP Plate Under Twist
Phe Van Pham, Magdi Mohareb
University of Ottawa, Canada
1:55 PM – 2:15 PM
Paper 302: Maximum Reinforcement Ratio of Concrete Beam
Prestressed with Unbonded CFRP Tendons
Chadon Lee, Sangmin Shin
Chung-Ang University, Korea
2:15 PM – 2:35 PM
Paper 269: Monitoring of Long-Term Effects on Concrete
Bridge Realised by Balanced Cantilever Method
Martin Moravcik, Frantisek Bahleda, Jozef Jost, Katarina
Dolinajova
University of Zilina, Slovakia
2:35 PM – 2:55 PM
Paper 333: Linear Behaviour of Thin Walled Open Sections
using GBT
Rakhi Jain, S. Arul Jayachandran
Indian Institute of Technology, India
2:55 PM – 3:15 PM
Coffee Break
3:15 PM – 3:55 PM
Session Name:
Building Materials & Construction
Session Chairs:
Dr. Hozayen Hozayen & Dr.
Adel Belal
3:15 PM – 3:35 PM
Paper 291: Employing an Exploratory Research Stage to
Evaluate Green Building Technologies for Sustainable
Systems
Alan Redmond, Tamer El-Diraby, Manos Papagelis
University of Toronto, Canada
3:35 PM – 3:55 PM
Paper 325: Results of Static, Dynamic and Long-Term Tests
on Composite Beams
Vincent Kvočák, Daniel Dubecký
Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Tuesday
MAY 5
9:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Session Name:
Transportation Engineering
Session Chair:
Dr. Morteza Kolahdoozan
9:45 AM – 10:05 AM
Paper 279: Liberalization of Public Passenger Railway Transport
in Slovak Republic
Jaroslav Masek, Martin Kendra, Juraj Camaj, Anna Dolinayova
University of Zilina, Slovakia
10:05 AM – 10:25 AM
Paper 256: Influence of Railway Wagon Types for Intermodal
Transport to Variable Costs
Anna Dolinayová, Jaroslav Mašek, Juraj Čamaj, Martin Ľoch
University of Zilina, Slovakia
10:25 AM – 10:45 AM
Paper 273: Design of Public Transport Vehicles Drive Based on
Real Operating Parameters
Dalibor Barta, Martin Mruzek
University of Zilina, Slovakia
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Paper 327: Effect of Climate Environmental Conditions on
Pavement Overlay Thickness
Hozayen Hozayen, Alghwaj Fouad
Cairo University, Egypt
11:05 AM – 11:25 AM
Coffee Break
11:25 AM – 12:25 PM
Session Chairs:
Dr. A.P.S. Selvadurai
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Keynote Lecture III:
Advances in Materials and Technologies for Sustainable
Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Concrete Bridges
Ashutosh Bagchi
Concordia University, Canada
Session Name:
Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering
Session Chairs:
Dr. Chadon Lee
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM
Paper 282: Advancements in the Use of Micropile Slab Brackets
William C. Bracken, Jose C. Busquets
Bracken Engineering Inc., Florida
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
Paper 283: Underpin Restoration Methods: Stabilization,
Restoration and Preventative
William C. Bracken, Jose C. Busquets
Bracken Engineering Inc., Florida
12:05 PM – 12:25 PM
Paper 293: Hydrodynamic Performance Evaluation of Step
Floating Breakwaters through Experiment and Artificial
Intelligence
Morteza Kolahdoozan, Omidreza Taheri, Hadi Ghasemi
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
12:25 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:10 PM
Session Name:
Structural Mechanics II
Session Chairs:
Dr. Hozayen Hozayen
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM
Paper 268: Adhesive Stresses in Wide Flange Steel Beams
Bonded To GFRP Plate under Transverse Bending
Phe Van Pham, Magdi Mohareb
University of Ottawa, Canada
2:20 PM – 2:35 PM
Paper 303: Numerical Modelling of Transfer Length for Precast
Prestressed Concrete Beams
Chadon Lee, Songhee Lee
Chung-Ang University, Korea
2:35 PM – 2:50 PM
Paper 299: Estimation of Prestress Loss by Steam Curing
Process
Chadon Lee, Minhyeok Ko, Songhee Lee
Chung-Ang University, Korea
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM
Paper 292: Solving the One Dimensional Advection Diffusion
Equation Using Mixed Discrete Least Squares Meshless Method
Morteza Kolahdoozan, Saeb Faraji Gargary
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran