Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Concrete Committee

Newsletter

 

No.9. April 2007

 

n         Message from the Chairman 

Professor Toyoaki MIYAGAWA, Kyoto University, became the new chairman in April 2007.

 

 

 

n         Recommendations for Design and Construction of Ultra High Strength

 Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structures (draft)

 

The Concrete Committee of Japan Society of Civil Engineers published “Recommendations for Design and Construction of Ultra High Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structures (draft)” in 2004 and published the English version in September 2006. The publication of the recommendations aimed to promote the utilization of Ultra High Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete(UFC) as an innovative construction material in the 21st century.

 

 

 

l         JSCE Guidelines for Concrete No.9
Recommendations for Design and Construction of Ultra High Strength Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structures (draft) (106 pages)
Selected Examples of Description;
  - Contents
  - Chapter 1  General
  - Chapter 3  Design Values of Materials

 

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n        Subcommittee on Coupled Problems of Concrete and Foundation (JSCE 332)

 

Under the JSCE Concrete Committee, there are more than 30 subcommittees. The subcommittee 332 focuses on coupled problems of concrete and foundations, including design of underground structures. It was

organized in October 2004 and will publish a report on its activities of

the first two years in May 2007.

 

 

 

n        JSCE Standard Specifications for Concrete Structures

 

The revised version of JSCE Standard Specifications for Concrete Structures for Design, Materials and Construction, Maintenance, Dam will be published in this year. The English translated versions will also be published two years hence.

Information of the current English version of the Standard Specifications, published in 2001 and 2002 is in Newsletter No.2.

 

 

 

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Editor-in-Chief: Koji Sakai

Associate Editors: Hikaru Nakamura,

Takumi Shimomura,

Atsushi Hattori,

Yuichi Uchida

 and Makoto Hisada