题目：ROLE OF EMERGING MATERIALS IN SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
演讲人：Professor J. F. Chen
地点：安中大楼A322
时间：2015年7月9日（周四）上午10:30-12:00
ROLE OF EMERGING MATERIALS IN SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Professor J. F. Chen
School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast Northern Ireland, UK
Civil engineering and construction industry plays a key role to meet challenges arising from global warming and exhaustion of fossil energy, because buildings alone are estimated to contribute up to one third of total global greenhouse gas emissions according to a UNEP report. To minimise the life-cycle carbon footprint of buildings and civil infrastructure, many innovations would be required in the design, construction, management and repair of such structures. These may include the innovative use of advanced and emerging materials, development of innovative structural systems making best use of emerging materials, structural health monitoring and live management of energy use incorporated in building information management (BIM), optimal maintenance and repair strategies, lead to high performance intelligent third generation structures. This paper will focus on the role of emerging materials, such as fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC), engineered cementitious composites (ECC), geopolymer concrete and shape memory alloys (SMA).
Professor Jian-Fei Chen is a professor in Civil and Structural Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. He has research interests in the behaviour of granular solids and broad areas in structural engineering, in particular the use of FRP in civil construction. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications, including the book “FRP-Strengthened RC Structures” published by Wiley in 2002. The book has been translated into Chinese, Korean and Persian. Professor Chen is a founding Council member of the International Institute of FRP for Construction (IIFC) and currently the President.