CARRS 2023: Condition Assessment, Rehabilitation & Retrofitting of Strucutres Hyderabad, India, December 10-13, 2023

Civil infrastructures define the historical, economic and development status of a country. Civil infrastructure includes but not limited to heritage structures, residential buildings, office/factory/commercial buildings, lifelines such as roads, rail, and hospitals. Structures when exposed to harsh environmental conditions lose their aesthetics as well as strength. New structures constructed using reinforced concrete or fully steel can also have number of performance issues. Large numbers of relatively new structure collapse every year even under service loads. Condition assessment of structures when exposed to natural events such as earthquakes, extreme winds, cyclones, tsunami is also not straight forward. Thus, the condition assessment and strengthening of civil infrastructure is a complex and inter-disciplinary field. Considering the socio-economic aspects related to the proper maintenance of civil infrastructure, the condition of structures need to be periodically assessed. To improve the performance, the structures need to rehabilitated or retrofitted after proper assessment. Otherwise, the potential losses can be very significant and cannot be accurately quantified. Advancements in construction technology and materials has made the condition assessment and strengthening process easier. To fill the knowledge gap in this highly interdisciplinary area, regular conduct of workshops/conferences is required. International conference on Condition Assessment Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures “CARRS-2023” aims to achieve this objective. CARRS-2023 provides a platform for the research community, practicing engineers, contractors, academicians and government agencies to jointly discuss various aspects of rehabilitation and retrofitting.

Conference theme

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The papers from the following themes are welcome:

Durability aspects of structures

• Deterioration modelling and mechanisms
• Life-cycle assessments and service life design
• Durability design of structures
• New material technologies for improved durability

Structural Condition Assessment and Health Monitoring

• Condition assessment of heritage and conventional structures
• Non-destructive testing and evaluation of structures
• Health monitoring of structuresUAV and UUV based structural health monitoring
• Evaluation of repaired structures

Repair, Rehabilitation, Retrofitting and Restoration of Structures

• Structural rehabilitation and retrofitting
• Repair of fire damaged structures
• Retrofitting of structures for dynamic and seismic loads
• Case Studies and practical applications
• Role of anchorages in strengthening systems

Strengthening using FRP Composites

• Strengthening of RC structures using FRP composites
• Strengthening of structural steel members using FRP composites
• Prestressed CFRP strengthening

Emerging materials and technologies

• Fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM)
• Smart materials and technologies
• Novel materials for repair (SCC, UHPC)

Committees

Program Committee

• Prof. Alper Ilki, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• Prof. Antonio Nanni, Univeristy of Miami, USA
• Prof. Balthasar Novák, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Prof. Brahim Benmokrane, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
• Prof. DJ Belarbi, University of Houston, USA
• Prof. Joaquim Barros, University of Minho, Portugal
• Prof. Karen Scrivener, EPFL, Switzerland
• Prof. Lesley Sneed, UIC, USA
• Prof. Nemkumar Banthia, UBC, Canada
• Prof. Riaydh Al-Mahaidi, Swinburne University, Australia
• Prof. Sri Sritharan, Iowa State University, USA
• Prof. Sriram Narasimhan, UCLA, USA
• Prof. Sunrendra P Shah, Northwestern University, USA
• Prof. Tetsuya Ishida, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Prof. Venkatesh Kodur, Michigan State University, USA
• Prof. Anil Agrawal, City Univeristy of New York, USA
• Dr. Akanshu Sharma, Purdue University, USA
• Dr. Fabio Matta, University of South Carolina, USA
• Dr. Kohei Nagai, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Dr. Yuma Kawasaki, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Organizing committee

• Prof. K.V.L. Subramaniam
• Prof. S. Suriya Prakash
• Dr. Anil Agarwal
• Dr. Meenakshi Sharma
• Dr. Nikesh Thammishetti

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to carrs2023@ce.iith.ac.in