Sunday, July 29, 2001

17:00 - 18:30 Conference Registration (Mauka Lobby)

18:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Kuakini-Halau)

19:30 - 19:45 Welcoming Remarks (Kahalu'u I & II)
Atorod Azizinamini, Conference Co-chair
Richard Fein, UEF Liaison

Evening Session

19:45 - 20:45 "Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Bridge Design and Construction"
Frieder Seible, Ph.D., P.E.
Eric and Johanna Reissner Prof.
Chairman, Department of Structural Engineering
University of California, San Diego, USA

20:45 - 21:30 Reception (Kahalu'u Lanai)

Monday, July 30, 2001

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Kahalu'u Lanai)

Morning Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

08:30 - 09:00 "Innovative High Performance Steel Girders for Highway Bridges"
Dr. Richard Sause, Hassan Abbas, Bong-Gyun Kim and Adrienne Smith
ATLSS Center, Lehigh University, USA
Dr. Robert Driver
University of Alberta, CANADA

09:00 - 09:30 "Continuous Prestressed Bridges Using "Leadline" Tendons"
Nabil F. Grace
Civil Engineering Department, Lawrence Technological University, USA

09:30 - 10:00 "Development of a Light-Weight Emergency Bridge"
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sedlacek and Dipl. -Ing. Heiko Trumpf
Institute of Steel Construction and Light Weight Structures, GERMANY

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (Kahalu'u Lanai)

10:30 - 10:55 "High Performance Steel for Highway Bridges"
Mr. Vasant C. Mistry
Federal Highway Administration, USA

10:55 - 11:20 "Bond Strength of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics to Structural Steels"
Koichi Ono, Kunitomo Suqiura, and Atsushi Sasaki
Kyoto University, Department of Civil Engineering Systems, JAPAN
Naoki Wakahara
Konishi Co. Ltd.
Hideyuki Komaki
Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Co.

11:20 - 11:45 "Evaluation of Live-Load Deflection Criteria for I-Shaped Steel
Girder Bridges"
Dr. Karl E. Barth, Rachel A. Christopher and Haiyong Wu Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, USA
Charles W. Roeder
University of Washington, USA

11:45 - 12:10 "Upgrading Orthotropic Bridge Decks with Fiber Reinforced
Composites"
Dr. J W Smith and Mr. S.R. Bright
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM

12:10 - 12:25 Discussion

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (Kahalu'u Lanai)

14:00 - 17:45 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time

18:00 - 19:00 Dinner (Kuakini Halau)

Evening Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

19:15 - 19:40 "Corrosion Damage in Composite Wrapped Structures"
Harovel G. Wheat, James O. Jirsa, David W. Fowler and Emily Berver
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Austin, USA

19:40 - 20:00 "High Performance Concrete for the Reconstruction of Wacker Drive"
Sharon L. Tracy, James D. Connolly and Paul D. Krauss Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., USA Stan L. Kaderbek Chicago Department of Transportation, USA

20:00 - 20:20 "Performance of Bridges Constructed in HPC"
Cornelis van der Veen
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS
Niek Kaptijn
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, THE NETHERLANDS

20:20 - 20:40 "Development of High Seismic Performance RC Piers with
Unbonded Bars"
Hirokazu Iemura and Yoshikazu Takahashi
Department of Civil Eng. Systems, Kyoto University, JAPAN

21:00 - 22:00 Discussion and Social Hour (Kahalu'u Lanai)

Tuesday, July 31, 2001

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Kanalu'u Lanai)

Morning Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

08:30 - 09:00 "Controlled Yield Sequence of Reinforcement in Concrete Members"
Fumio Watanabe and Minehiro Nishiyama Department of Architecture and Architectural Systems, Kyoto University, JAPAN

09:00 - 09:30 "The Nebraska High Performance Steel, Two-Box Girder System"
Kenneth D. Price, PE, SE and Patrick A. Cassity, PE. SE
J Muller International, USA
Atorod Azizinamini, PhD. PE
National Bridge Research Organization, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

09:30 - 10:00 "Design of Disturbed Regions in Reactive Powder Concrete Bridge
Girders"
Jackie Voo, Dr. Stephen Foster, Professor R. Ian Gilbert and Dr. N. Gowripalan
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (Kahalu'u Lanai)

10:30 - 11:00 "Modeling the Long-Term Strength of Slender HSC Columns Under
Sustained Loads"
Sofia M.C. Diniz
Federal University of Minas Gerais, BRAZIL

11:00 - 11:30 "Compactness and Bracing Requirements for High Performance Girders"
Dr. Christopher J. Earls and S.J. Thomas
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA
B.J. Shah
Sprint Corporation, USA

11:30 - 12:00 "Design of HSC Columns with Steel Fibers"
Dr. Stephen Foster
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

12:00 - 12:25 Discussion

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Kahalu'u Lanai)

13:30 - 17:45 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time

18:00 - 19:00 Dinner (Kahalu'u IIII & IV)

Evening Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

19:15 - 19:35 "Rapidly Installed Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Plates for
Upgrade of Reinforced Concrete Bridges for the Military"
James C. Ray and Gerardo I. Velasquez
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA
Anthony J. Lamanna and Lawrence C. Bank
University of Wisconsin, USA

19:35 - 19:55 "Quality Control Considerations for Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
Reinforcing Materials"
Peter B. Milligan
Fyfe Company, USA

19:55 - 20:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Criteria For Selecting Short Span Bridges. Should It
Be Steel, Concrete or Wood?

21:00 - 22:00 Discussion and Social Hour

Wednesday, August 1, 2001

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (kahalu'u Lanai)

Morning Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

08:30 - 09:00 "A 'Compositely Acting' FRP Deck and Girder System"
Patrick Cassity, PE., SE
J. Muller International, USA
Dan Richards, PhD. PE Martin Marietta Composites, Inc.
John Gillespie, Jr. PhD.
University of Delaware, USA

09:00 - 09:30 "High Performance Steel Cost Comparison Study"
Edward Power, P.E. and Richard Horton, P.E.
Senior VP & National Bridge Director, HDR Engineering, Inc., USA
Kristi Van Ooyen
Nebraska Department of Roads, USA
Atorod Azizinamini, Ph.D., P.E.
National Bridge Research Organization, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

09:30 - 10:00 "Shear Capacity of High Performance-Hybrid Steel Plate Girders"
Brian Hash
National Bridge Research Organization, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (Kahalu'u Lanai)

10:30 - 11:00 "Connections for Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Bridges-
Issues Related to Design"
Irene Scott
Cardno MBK Pty, Ltd., AUSTRALIA
Russell Bridge
University of Western Sydney. AUSTRALIA

11:00 - 11:30 "The Superconcrete and Its Application in the Field of Bridge Construction
Industry in Hungary"
Prof. Gyorgy Farkas, Kalman Szalai and Tamas Kovacs Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HUNGARY

11:30 - 12:00 "Recent Developments in Wood Bridge Engineering in the U.S."
Mike Ritter
USDA Forest Service, USA

12:00 - 12:25 Discussion

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Kahalu'u Lanai)

14:00 - 17:00 POSTER SESSION (Kahalu'u III)
1. "Shear and Flexural Performance of Reinforced Beam Using Ductile Fiber Cement Composite"
Satoru Nagai, Tetsushi Kanda and Makoto Maruta
Kajima Corporation, JAPAN
Yoshikazu Takaine
Tokyo Metropolitan University, JAPAN

2. "Autogenous Shrinkage Development of HPS"
Drago Saje and Franc Saje
Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

3. "Seismic Performance Evaluation of Beam-Column Joints for Prestressed RC Buildings with High Performance Materials"
Takashi Kashiwazaki and Hiroshi Noguchi
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, JAPAN

4. "Rehabilitation of a Multi-Span Bridge Using FRP Composite Materials"
Vistasp M. Karbhari, Paul Schuman and Frieder Seible
Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, USA
Charles Sikorsky
California Department of Transportation, USA

5. "Repair of Road Bridges in Romania Using High Performance Concrete"
Victor Popa, dr. eng. and Marcello Machetti
Iptana Search Consulting, ROMANIA

6. "Interface Shear Transfer for High Strength Concrete and High Strength Shear Friction Reinforcement"
Susumu Kono, Hitoshi Tanaka and Fumio Watanabe
Kyoto University, JAPAN

7. "Shear Strength of Normal and High Strength Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP Bars"
Shawn P. Gross, Joseph Robert Yost, David W. Dinehart, Erik Svensen and Ning Liu
Villanova University, USA

17:00 - 18:00 Ad hoc sessions and/or Free Time

18:00 - 19:00 Dinner (Kalan/Kai Klub)

Evening Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

19:15 - 19:35 "Energy Absorption Capacity of the Laminated Fiber Reinforced Rubber
Installed at Girder Ends"
Yukihide Kajita and Nobutaka Ishikawa
Department of Civil Engineering, National Defense University, JAPAN
Yasushi Nishimoto
Shibata Industrial Co. Ltd., JAPAN
Eiichi Watanabe
Kyoto University, JAPAN

19:35 - 19:55 "Design Rules for Composite Structures with High Performance
Steel and High Performance Concrete"
Dipl.-Ing. Peter Doinghaus
Aachen Technical University, GERMANY
Norbert Will
Aachen University of Technology, GERMANY

19:55 - 20:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Criteria For Selecting Short Span Bridges. Should It
Be Steel, Concrete or Wood? (Continued)

21:00 - 22:00 Discussion and Social Hour (Kahalu'u Lanai)

Thursday, August 2, 2001

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Kahalu'u Lanai)

Morning Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

08:30 - 09:00 "Development of High Performance Timber Bridges for Medium
Span Applications in Australia"
Assoc Prof. Keith Crews
University of Technology, AUSTRALIA

09:00 - 09:30 "Extension of Fatigue Life by Additional Weld Around Box Welds
Using Low Transformation Temperature Welding Materials"
Akihiko Ohta, Naoyuki Suzuki and Yoshio Maeda
National Institute for Material Science, JAPAN

09:30 - 10:00 "High Performance Joints Between Prefabricated Traffic Slab
Elements for Industrial Bridge Construction"
Peter Harryson, M. Sc. in Civil Engineering and Kent Gylltoft
Department of Structural Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (Kahalu'u Lanai)

10:30 - 11:00 "Bond Model for Prestressed Strands in Fire Exposed Concrete"
Joris H.H. Fellinger, M.Sc.
TNO Building and Construction Research, THE NETHERLANDS
Prof. Jan W.B. Stark and Prof. Joost C. Walraven
Delft University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS

11:00 - 11:30 "Time-Dependent Behavior of Normal and High Strength Concrete
Beams with GFRP Bars Under Sustained Loads"
Shawn P. Gross, Joseph Robert Yost and George J. Kevgas
Villanova University, USA

11:30 - 12:00 "Earthquake-Resistant Properties of High Strength Prefabricated
Concrete Piles"
Takuya Nagae and Shizuo Hayashi
Structural Engineering Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN

12:00 - 12:25 Discussion

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Kahalu'u Lanai)

13:30 - 18:45 Ad hoc sessions and/or Free Time

19:00 - 21:00 Luau (Kuakini Halau)

Friday, August 3, 2001

07:00 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Kahalu'u Lanai)

Morning Session (Kahalu'u I & II)

08:30 - 09:00 "Experimental Studies of Prestressed Concrete Box-Girder Bridges with
Corrugated Steel Webs"
Y.L. Mo and Chyuan-Hwan Jeng
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, USA
H. Krawinkler
Stanford University, USA

09:00 - 09:20 "Recent Advances in the Field of Prestressed Concrete Bridges"
Gale Barnhill and Lyman Freemon
Nebraska Department of Roads, USA

09:20 - 09:40 "HPS70W Research and Implementation for Shop Fabrication"
Scott W. Kopp, Welding Technician
High Steel Structures, Inc., USA

09:40 - 10:00 "Design Issues and Constructability of a CFRP Grid Reinforced Bridge
Deck"
Dr. Robert E. Steffen, Charles H. Goodspeed and Martha Bowman
University of New Hampshire, USA
David L. Scott
New Hampshire Department of Transportation, USA
Jody Trunfio
VHB Inc., USA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (Kahalu'u Lanai)
10:30 - 10:50 "Prestressing with CFRP Tendons"
Prof. Gyorgy L. Balazs and Adorjan Borosnyoi
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HUNGARY

10:50 - 11:10 "Flexural Capacity of High Performance Steel Plate Girders"
Atorod Azizinamini, PE, PhD
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

11:30 - 12:00 noon Conference wrap-up and discussions

Lunch and Conference adjournment

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