An international group of expert key speakers have been brought together to present current advances in computational modelling and nico/nano characterisation of cementitious materials.
There is no fee to attend the workshop.
However, delegates are reqired to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation and complete a registration form.

A limited number of opportunities (10-15) are available for short, 10 minute, presentations on current research during an “open session”. Please submit 1 page abstracts by the 15th of December to be considered for the open session.

DEADLINE for registration and submission of abstracts for open session – 15th DECEMBER 2004

Background to the workshop

Full consideration of a complex, heterogeneous and coupled nature of cementitious composites is increasingly needed to explain the behaviour of cementitious materials under extreme conditions (e.g. high temperature) or their durability in long term exposures. Similarly, the same arguments apply in the engineering and design of novel cementitious materials with specific performance characteristics in mind, where an integration of computational modelling strategies bridging different scales and micro/nano characterisation of cementitious materials represents one of the principal research challenges in computational mechanics.

The Centre for Microstructural Modelling and Chararacterisation of Cementitious Materials represents an interuniversity initiative between the Computational Mechanics Group (CMG) at the University of Glasgow and the Advanced Concrete and Masonry Centre (ACM) at the University of Paisley, supported by the EPSRC Research Funding Council in the UK. One of the main aims of this Centre is to contribute towards an integration of recent advances in multiscale computational modelling and novel micro/nano characterisation techniques, especially in cases of exposure to extreme conditions. This aim is in line with the interests of the RILEM TC-197 Committee on Nanotechnology in Construction Materials.