The increasing number and age of in-service bridges worldwide, accelerating environmental and climate changes, extreme traffic and accidental loads, and natural disasters such as earthquakes and windstorms result in accelerated degradation of bridge structures and their functions. There is also a need to meet the ever-increasing social demands for transportation capacity and speed. Addressing t...
On the evening of October 18th, 2024, from 20:00 to 22:00 (GMT+8), the International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB) held the second meeting of its 3rd Executive Committee (EC) online. As shown in Figure 1, the meeting brought together 11 EC members from various regions worldwide.The meeting was chaired by Prof. Bruno Briseghella, a professor at Fuzhou University, China, and the current...
Announcement for the 4th International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges (ISJSB 2025)( No.1 )All interested organizations and individuals:The increasing number and age of in-service bridges worldwide, the accelerating environmental and climate changes, extreme traffic and accidental loads, and natural disasters such as earthquakes and windstorms result in accelerated degradation of b...
On the morning of June 24, the National Science and Technology Award Conference was held in Beijing. Prof. Bruno Briseghella, academic leader of the Jointless Bridge Team and President of the International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB), was honored with the 2023 China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award and received the award as a representative of the award.Prof. B...
In November 21~22, 2022, the 3rd International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges(ISJSB) was successfully held in Fuzhou. The Symposium was co-sponsored by International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB) and Fujian University of Technology. It was sponsored by Shenzhen Geokey Group Co. Ltd., and co-organized by Fuzhou University and Bridge Magazine. The supporting organizations ...
The 3RD International Symposium on Jointless and Sustainable Brioges
1. INTRODUCTION Sustainable development is a holistic concept that has been becoming more important in bridge engineering since the last decades. The reason is mainly related to the need of resource conservation to ensure a sustainable growth in human society. Sustainability deals with durability, maintenance, environmental impact, lifecycle, risk assessment, etc. It associates with uncertain...
In the evening of October 5th, 2022, 20:00-21:30 (GMT+8), the International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB) Executive Committee (EC) online meeting was hosted. One of 10 EC members from all over the world attended the meeting.At first, the meeting reviewed the previous activities of the Association and in particular the 2nd International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges (ISJ...
The Postpone Announcement of the 3rd International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges(ISJSB 2022)Due to the new regulation of COVID-19, the organizing committee decided to postpone the 3rd International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges(ISJSB 2022)to November 21-22, 2022. Further information on ISJSB 2022 will be issued in the official webpage of the International Socie...
The 3rdInternational Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges(ISJSB 2022)1.INTRODUCTIONSustainable development is a holistic concept that has been becoming more important in bridge engineering since last decades. The reason is mainly related to the need of resource conservation to ensure a sustainable growth in human society. Sustainability deals with durability, maintenance, environmenta...