Conference Programme of         SeDIF-Conference 2013

Wednesday, 25.09.2013
17:00 - 19:00 Guided Sightseeing tour through Aachen
19:00 Get-together at the Restaurant EB in Aachen

 

 

Thursday, 26.09.2013

08:00 - 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 10:00

 

Opening of the SeDIF-Conference

and Welcoming speeches

10:00 - 10:30

 

 

 

Keynote lecture:
"Earthquake Damage and Fragilities of
Industrial Facilities"

Prof. Mustafa Erdik (Bogazici University Istanbul)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

 

 

Session 01:

Plenary session on the seismic risk

of industrial facilities

12:00 - 12:30

 

 

 

 

Keynote lecture:

"Critical Industrial Facilities: Simply Applying

Current Importance Factors γI is not enough!"

Dr. Martin Koller (Résonance Ingenieur-Conseils

SA, Switzerland)

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 - 14:00

 

 

 

Keynote lecture:

"Overview of Seismic Regulations for French

Industrial Facilities"

Prof. Alain Pecker (Géodynamique et Structure, France)

14:00 - 15:00

 

 

Session 02:

Plenary Session on International Building

Codes and Guidelines

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 17:10

 

 

 

Session 03:

Seismic Safety

Evaluation

and Retrofitting

 

Session 04:

Innovative Seismic

Protection Systems

 

18:30 - 19:30  Private Organ concert in the Aachen Cathedral
20:00 Conference Dinner

 

 

Friday, 27.09.2013

08:15 - 08:20 Welcome

08:20 - 08:50

 

 

 

Keynote lecture:

"Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Analysis

of Urban Systems, Lifelines and Infrastructures"

Prof. Kyriazis Pitilakis (Aristotle Univ. Thessaloniki)

08:55 - 10:35

 

 

 

Session 05:

Seismic Design of

Secondary Structures

(Part I)

 

Session 06:

Seismic Design of
Primary Structures
10:35 - 11:05 Coffee break

11:05 - 12:25

 

 

 

Session 07:

Seismic Design of

Secondary Structures

(Part II)
 

Session 08:

Soil-Structure-Interaction:

Applications

 

12:25 - 13:25 Lunch break

13:25 - 13:55

 

 

 

Keynote lecture:

"Dynamic Impedance of Foundation on

Multi-Layered Half-Space"

Prof. Gao Lin (Dalian Univ. of Technology, P.R. China)

14:00 - 15:20

 

 

 

Session 09:

Seismic Design of

Silos, Tanks and Vessels

(Part I)

 

Session 10:

Soil-Structure-Interaction:

Scientific approaches
(Part I)

15:20 - 15:50 Coffee break

15:50 - 17:10

 

 

 

Session 11:

Seismic Design of 

Silos, Tanks and Vessels

(Part II)

 

Session 12:

Soil-Structure-Interaction:

Scientific approaches

(Part II)

17:10 Closing ceremony