From 8 to 13 July the Summer School 2022 will take place at the Lecco Campus.

The new trends adopted in standards to face the structure safety in case of exceptional loads conditions will be presented. An introduction to blast and impact behaviour will be carried out by Prof. Alejandro Perez Caldentey, followed by the exposition of numerical procedures to model blast, fire and impact actions and their reliability when compared to experimental tests proposed by Prof. Ozbolt. Then prof. Taerwe illustrated the effectiveness of reinforced concrete when exposed to fire. Finally prof. di Prisco spoke about the possibility to improve the bearing capacity of tunnel segments when exposed to blast and fire by using layered high performance fibre reinforced solutions.

Course description:

The course on Performance, protection, strengthening of structures under extreme loading is offered to PhD students in Civil and Structural Engineering and MS Engineers interested to deepen the computation of structural safety of constructions subjected to exceptional loads like, fire, blast and impact.

The attendants come usually from different Universities and are Italian and foreigners. It will be offered in Hybrid modalities: in presence and in remote configuration. The official language is English. The lecturers come from four different countries: Germany, Belgium, Spain and Italy.

For the in-presence attendants, the socialization will be favoured by the social events organized during the week-end: a trip on Lake Como and its famous villas on Saturday afternoon and an excursion to the mountains dominating the lake Como on Sunday.

The course is arrived to its third edition: the previous editions were nicely appreciated by both the attendants and the lecturers. The slide presented will be distributed to all the participants, as well as many literature references. A certificate of attendance will be distributed as the end of the course.

At the end of the course a multiple choise form will be distributed: a minimum of 18 correct answers over 32 questions will be required to obtain the recognizing of the CFP Credits (continuous formation planned in Italy for the practitioners). A homework related to a design example will be proposed to all the PhD students: they will have around 2 months to perform it. A final discussion of the homework will be planned to obtain the final evaluation and the ECTs credits.

You can download the registration form and the programme by cliking here.