MAIN TOPICS OF IF CRASC ’15

Legal issues in Engineering:

- Mediation Procedures - Investigation Procedures Civil Forensic Engineering:

- Environmental Pollution and Sanitary Engineering - Noise Pollution and Vibrations - Unauthorised Construction and Land Development - Buildings and Infrastructure Issues - Geotechnical Issues (Slope Stability, Tunnels, Foundations, etc.) - Economic loss assessment - Contract and Construction Management - Structural and Land Monitoring - Survey and Computer-Aided Drawing Techniques Industrial Forensic Engineering:

- Chemical Accidents - Plant and Electrical Network Issues - Aeronautical Accidents - Railway Accidents - Naval Accidents - Road Accidents - Risk areas, Major Accidents and Disasters Information Technology Forensic Engineering:

- Computer Security - Telecommunication Network Issues - Electronic System Issues Structural Forensic Engineering:

- Structural Failures and Collapses - Urgent Remedial Measures - Serviceability Loss of Large Facilities and Infrastructures (Dams,

Tunnels, Bridges, Harbour Facilities, Industrial Sites, etc.) - Extreme Load Modelling (Fires, Explosions, Impacts, etc.) and

Structural Response Analysis (Progressive Collapse, etc.) Structural Reliability:

- Risk Analysis and Identification of Contingent Scenarios - Probabilistic and Heuristic Methods - Time-Dependent Behaviour of Structures (Life Cycle, Material

Degradation, Fatigue, etc.) - Multi-Hazard Situations and Chain Events, Structural

Robustness, Dependability Structural Retrofitting:

- Modelling and Analysis of Retrofitted Structures - Protection of Cultural and Archaeological Heritage - Sustainability of Retrofit Interventions - Innovative Techniques

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Nicola Augenti (Chair) Franco Bontempi Antonio Borri Alessandro De Stefano Lorenzo Jurina Gaetano Manfredi Pier Giorgio Malerba Andrea Prota Mauro Sassu Enzo Siviero

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Nicola Augenti Franco Bontempi (Chair) Stefania Arangio Chiara Crosti Konstantinos Gkoumas Fulvio Parisi Francesco Petrini Luca Sgambi

PATRONAGE

The Congress will take place under the auspices of several institutions and associations

SPONSORS

StroNGER s.r.l. research spin-off company

PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

A pre-registration form is available at www.aifitalia.it. Congress delegates must fill in the pre-registration form and sent it to: segreteria.aif@pec.it and ifcrasc15@stronger2012.com

SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME

ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC ENGINEERING

IF CRASC ’15

Second Congress on Forensic Engineering

Sixth Congress on Collapses, Reliability and Retrofit of Structures

School of Civil and Industrial Engineering Sapienza University of Rome

Aula del Chiostro - Via Eudossiana 18

14–16 May 2015

First Announcement

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ORIGIN OF THE IF CRASC CONGRESS

The IF CRASC congress series originated from the institution of a second level Master programme (post-graduate programme) on Forensic Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Such a Master programme was the first one in Europe and includes subjects of both Civil and Industrial Forensic Engineering. Beside the traditional sector of Structural Forensic Engineering (mainly focused on failures and collapses), in the last years, academics, professionals and public institutions have shown a growing interest not only in legal issues of engineering practice (e.g., procedures and responsibilities), but also in forensic fields of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology. This led to an extension of the topics covered by past Congresses on Collapses, Reliability and Retrofit of Structures to additional sectors of Forensic Engineering. The outstanding success of the past IF CRASC Congresses, as well as of other initiatives promoted in Italy and abroad on similar subjects since 2009, has allowed the Italian Association of Forensic Engineering (AIF) to organise the IF CRASC '15 Congress in Rome.

OBJECTIVES OF IF CRASC’15

The main aim of the 2015 edition of IF CRASC Congress is to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience among academics, professionals, public administration managers, private company employees, jurists, and judges in the civil, industrial and information technology fields of Forensic Engineering. Special interest will be given to: - Situations affected by human activities, also in terms of

fault and malicious actions in design, construction, management and control of civil facilities, industrial processes, and both computer and electronic networks.

- Extreme actions (e.g., fires, explosions, impacts) and their complex effects (e.g., progressive collapse phenomena, cascade disasters, catastrophic events).

- Holistic design criteria for systems, structures and infrastructures: resilience, dependability, robustness, sustainability.

The Congress sessions will also cover emerging issues highlighted in the last years in Italy and abroad. The Congress will include general keynotes, invited lectures, oral presentations and a round-table session focused on major legal, technical and scientific issues in Forensic Engineering. Different teams of experts will help to produce guidelines on specific topics.

Sapienza University of Rome, School of Civil and Industrial

Engineering

14–16 May 2015

Past Congresses

- CRASC’01 in Venice, 2001

- CRASC’03 in Naples, 2003

- CRASC’06 in Messina, 2006

- IF CRASC’09 in Naples, 2009

- IF CRASC’12 in Pisa, 2012

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

Italian and English

ABSTRACT AND PAPER SUBMISSION

Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail as PDF files to segreteria.aif@pec.it and ifcrasc15@stronger2012.com together with the pre-registration form. Abstracts should not exceed one A4 page and should be written in accordance with the “Abstract Template AIF” (MS Word file), which can be downloaded from www.aifitalia.it/homeenglish.html. Full papers should not exceed twelve A4 pages and should be written in accordance to the “Paper Template AIF” (MS Word file). This template will be available on the Congress website after the second announcement. Corresponding authors should submit their full papers along with a copy of the bank transfer receipt covering the registration fee.

CONGRESS FORMAT

Delegates will present their research and case studies during oral and poster sessions.

DEADLINES

14 July 2014: Abstract submission 14 September 2014: Abstract acceptance 14 March 2015: Full paper submission

CONGRESS FEES

Registration fees will be communicated in the second announcement in autumn 2014. Different registration fees will be defined for full delegates, authors not attending the Congress (paper fee for the publication in the Congress proceedings), as well as undergraduate students, PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and AIF members (reduced fee).

INFORMATION

Guidance on accommodation and transportation, as well as further information concerning the Congress, will be provided with the second announcement. Any request of information to the Organising Committee should be emailed to ifcrasc15@stronger2012.com.