Hosting Organization:

International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB)

Organizers:

Northeast Forestry University (NFU)

Fuzhou University (FZU)

International Association of Bridge Earthquake Engineering (IABEE).

Committee of Sustainable Civil Engineering, Urban Science Research Institute, China

Conference Location:

Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Introduction

Sustainability is a holistic concept that is becoming increasingly important in the construction sector. Jointless bridge meeting sustainable development trend has been widely used in developed and is being promoted to developing countries. Compared with the conventional bridge, it has lower maintenance costs due to elimination of joints, improved vehicular riding quality due to the smooth, uninterrupted deck, lower noise, as well as larger mitigation capability against disaster.

In order to promote the application and development of jointless bridges, the International Association of Jointless Bridges (IAJB) was established during the first international Workshop of jointless bridge held in Fuzhou (China) on March 8-14, 2014. Subsequently, four workshops were held in China and the United States in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. The jointless bridge terminology, international guideline, technical development direction and association work were discussed in these workshops and important progress was made.

The International Association of Jointless Bridge held the first International Symposium on Jointless & Sustainable Bridges (ISJSB'2016) in Fuzhou (China) from May 12^th to 14^th, 2016. Experts and scholars from China, United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, Germany and Turkey participated in the conference, and conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on topics such as design, construction, maintenance and retrofitting of bridges without expansion joints. The topic of sustainable bridge technology was also discussed. The IAJB Association decided to hold the ISJSB meeting every three years, and to organize the second Symposium (ISJSB'2019) in Harbin (China) from July 15-19, 2019.

Experts and researchers are welcome to attend the Symposium to exchange ideas and experiences on bridge design, construction and maintenance issues as well as ideas for future growth and sustainability.

Symposium Topics

Topics to be covered in the Symposium include but are not limited to:

-Codes and guidelines for Jointless Bridges

-Soil Structure Interaction (SSI)

-Seismic Response and Resilience of Jointless Bridges

-Design of Jointless Bridges

-Retrofitting of existing conventional bridges to a new integral configuration

-Development of Sustainable Bridges

-New and high performance materials for durable Bridges

-Life cycle cost of Bridges

-Health monitoring of bridges

-Durability performance of bridges

Registration

The conference registration fee includes: a) attendance; b) proceedings in CD; c) lunch and coffee breaks; e) conference banquet and welcome reception.

Accompanying person will not receive the proceedings.

Call for Abstracts

A request for abstracts for the ISJS2019 Symposium is now open.

The abstract and full paper templates can be downloaded at: http://jointlessbridges.fzu.edu.cn/.

The abstract format file name is: IAJB2019_Abstract_ Template; the full-text format file name is: IAJB2019_FULLpaper_Template.

Please submit your abstracts by April 15, 2019 to the following emails:

E-mail:huangfuyun@fzu.edu.cn or ldzhxldzhx@163.com

Selected papers will be recommended for publication in a special issue of Journal of Bridge Engineering (2019, Jointless Bridge), ASCE.

Important Dates

Committees

Organizing Committee