Programme
The draft programme for FPCC can be found below. Note that this is subject to change.
Wednesday 7th September 2022
10:00 Welcome and opening - FPCC organisers
10:10 Opening Address - University of Bradford
10:20 Keynote: Industry Trends and the Opportunities for Composites
Jeff May, Construction Products Association
Session: Codes & Design
10:50 A Structural Eurocode for Fibre-polymer Composite Structures
Luigi Ascione, University of Salerno
11:20 Break/Networking
Session: Codes & Design continued...
11:50 Developing an Assurance Framework for Fibre-polymer Composites
Mike Gower, NPL
12:20 Preparation of a Resistance Formula for Net-Tension Failure of Single and Multi-rowed Bolted Connections of Fibre-Polymer Composite
Toby Mottram, University of Warwick
12:50 Parametric Modelling of FRP Strengthened RC Flexural Elements
David Tann, University of East London
13:20 Lunch/Networking
Session: Composite Rebar
14:30 Keynote: Shear Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams With Embedded FRP Bars
Samir Dirar, Birmingham University
15:00 Composites Rebars as a Catalyst for Decarbonisation of Concrete Infrastructure
Kunal Kansara, National Composites Centre
15:15 Influence of Aggressive Environmental Conditions and Sustained Load on the Degradation Mechanisms of Vinyl Ester GFRP Rebars
Nora Susanne Bies, Matthias Pahn, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
15:45 Break/Networking
Session: Bridges
16:00 Development of an Innovative FRP Footbridge
Andy Cross, Network Rail
16:30 Design and Fabrication of Pultruded Cellular FRP Road Bridges
Lee Canning, Jacobs
17:00 DAY 1- CLOSE
Optional reception and conference dinner in the evening, starting at 19:15
Thursday 8th September 2022
09:30 Keynote: The Construction Industry - Where's it Heading?
Mike Moseley, i3P/KTN Construction
Session: New Materials
10:00 Evaluation of Processing Parameters on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of
Compression Moulded Unsaturated Polyester Resin Reinforced with Date Palm Sheath Fibre
Said Awad, Mizi Fan, Evina Katsou, Brunel University, Tamer Hamouda, National Research
Centre, Cairo & Mohamad Midani,German University of Cairo
10:30 Glass-GFRP Sandwich: Structurally Superior Laminated Glass
Feyza Yildirim, University of Southampton & Mithila Achintha, Manchester University
11:00 Break/Networking
Session: Structural Strengthening
11:30 Shear Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Near Surface Mounted- Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Laminates
Mohammad Ibrahim Awad Al-Zu'bi, Mizi Fan, Lorna Anguilano, Yousef S. Al Rjoub, Ahmed M. Ashteyat and Mazen J. Al-Kheetan, Brunel University
12:00 Numerical Investigation of FRP-strengthened Cast-iron Beams Subjected to Temperature Cycles
Tim Stratford, University of Edinburgh
12:30 Lunch /Networking
Session: Monitoring
13:30 Keynote: Development Towards Unique Real-time and In-situ 3-dimensional Strain Monitoring of Laminated Composites Using Embedded Planar Optics
Christopher Holmes, University of Southampton
14:00 Evaluation of Bond in the Deformability Indices of CFRP Pretensioned Concrete Structures
Eleni Toumpanaki, University of Bristol
14:30 Break/Networking
15:00 Effect of Strip Stiffness in Reinforced Concrete Members Strengthened with Carbon and Basalt
Fibre-Reinforced Polymers
Szymon Grzesiak, Matthias Pahn and Milan Schultz-Cornelius, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
15:30 Modelling of the Splitting Failure Mode in Textile-Reinforced Concrete
Philipp Preinstorfer, University of Cambridge
16:00 2022 CONFERENCE CLOSE