Proceedings of the 2021 session of the 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Fabrice Gatuingt (1) , Torrenti Jean-Michel (2)

1 LMT - Laboratoire de mécanique et technologie
2 Université Gustave Eiffel

The 13th fib Symposium was to be held in Paris in 2020, following the previous symposium in Prague in 2018. Due the Covid-19 pandemic, we decided to split the symposium into two parts. In 2020 (26 to 28 August), we had an online symposium with the hope to be able to organise an in-person symposium in 2021. Unfortunately, the evolution of the pandemic did not allow us to envisage this. The second session of the 13th fib Symposium is therefore also be organised online on 21-22 July 2021. Two organisations are involved in the preparation of these events: The University Gustave Eiffel and the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, with the support of the French association of civil engineering (AFGC - representing the national fib group) and the University - Association of Civil Engineering (AUGC) and, of course, of the fib. After a classic review process, the 35 selected papers for 2021 are divided into four themes for the oral presentations with two parallel sessions over two days. Thirty minutes are allowed for each presentation in order to have the opportunity for a long discussion, which is a part of the spirit of these PhD symposia. The best papers will be rewarded by our sponsor (EFB-école française du béton) and by the fib. It is a great pleasure for us to express our gratitude to all the sponsors who contributed to the organisation of the symposium. For 2021, a keynote also enriches the program as in 2020. Magali Anderson (https://www.holcim.com/magali-anderson) will present a talk entitled: “Why concrete and cement are key for a net-zero world?” A topic close to the 2020 one and also very important, especially for the researchers of the future. Finally, let us wish to all participants – especially PhD students – an interesting event. We hope that this Symposium will help them to progress in scientific work and perhaps also in the fib activities.

Domaines: Génie civil

Fabrice Gatuingt, Torrenti Jean-Michel (Dir.). Proceedings of the 2021 session of the 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering. 2021. ⟨hal-03333545⟩