CARRS2020: Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation & Retrofitting of Structures IIT Hyderabad Hyderabad, India, December 12-15, 2021

About CARRS 2020

CARRS-2020 provides a platform for the research community, practising engineers, contractors, academicians and government agencies to discuss various aspects of rehabilitation and retrofitting jointly. 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 several 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 straightforward. Thus, the condition assessment and strengthening of civil infrastructure is a complex and inter-disciplinary field. 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 have 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-2020” aims to achieve this objective.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

• Abstract submission deadline: 31^st August 2021
• Full-length paper submission begins: 20^th September 2021
• Deadline for submission of full-length paper: 30^th September 2021

List of Topics

Structural Condition Assessment and Health Monitoring

• Deterioration science and durability aspects
• Condition assessment of heritage and conventional structures
• Non-destructive techniques
• Health monitoring of structures
• Periodic evaluation of repaired structures

Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures

• Structural rehabilitation and retrofitting
• Repair of fire-damaged structures
• Retrofitting of structures for dynamic and seismic loads
• Case Studies and practical applications

Strengthening using FRP Composites

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

Innovative Repair Materials and Strengthening Techniques

• Fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM)
• Role of anchorages in strengthening systems
• Special materials and technologies
• Repair materials and performance

Invited Speakers

• Prof. D J Belarbi, University of Houston, USA
• Prof. Brahim Benmokrane, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
• Prof. Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Swinburne University, Australia
• Prof. Anil Agrawal, CUNY, USA
• Prof. Rolf Eligehausen, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Prof. Sri Sritharan, Iowa State University, USA
• Prof. Josko Ozbolt, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Prof. Venkatesh Kodur, Michigan State University, USA
• Prof. Sriram Narasimhan, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Prof. Antonio Nanni, University of Miami, USA.
• Prof. Joaquim Barros, University of Minho, Portugal
• Prof. Michael C Forde, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
• Prof. Alper Ilki, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• Prof. Nemkumar Banthia, UBC, Canada
• Dr. Peter Emmons, Structural Technologies, USA.
• Dr. Tarek Alkhrdaji, Vice President, Structural Inc., USA 

• Dr. Samir Dirar, University of Birmingham, UK
• Dr. Akanshu Sharma, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Dr. Fabio Matta, University of South Carolina, USA
• Dr. Lesley Sneed, Missouri S&T, USA
• Dr. Yuma Kawasaki, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Publication

Selected full-length papers will be published in Scopus/SCI index proceedings. Also, extended versions of the select papers will be invited for submission to reputed international journals.

Venue

IIT Hyderabad, India

Contact

Dr. S. Suriya Prakash

Organizing Secretary-International Conference CARRS 2020

Condition Assessment and Retrofitting &Rehabiltiation of Structures- CARRS 2020 www.carrs2020.org

Professor, Room C-411

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Kandi, Sangareddy 502285Telangana, India

Email: carrs2020@iith.ac.in