Program - Plenary Speakers

CONCREEP 11+ will feature a combination of Plenary Debates and Plenary Lectures during the conference. 

Plenary Debates

Topic: Autogenous Shrinkage

Zdeněk P. Bažant

Unsaturated Nano-Poro-Mechanics of Century-Scale Creep and Hygrothermal Deformations of Concrete

Franz-Josef Ulm

Self-Desiccation vs. Colloidal Eigenstress? – Driving Forces Matter For Autogneous Shrinkage

Topic: Chemical effects in the evaluation of long-term deformation of clay

Andrew Whittle

It is necessary to account for chemistry in the evaluation of long-term deformation of clay.

Beatrice Baudet

It is not necessary to account for chemistry in the evaluation of long-term deformation of clay.

Topic: Multiscale Modeling of Concrete

Emanuela Del Gado

The physics of cement cohesion

Erik Schlangen

Micromechanical testing and modelling of elastic, visco-elastic and fracture behaviour of cementitious materials

Plenary Lectures