Auckland 1988 - Pacific Concrete Conference
 
Auckland
8 – 11 November 1988

TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER

       Keynote Address: "A Review of New Zealand Reinforced Concrete Building Structures"

       B J Wood, Consulting Engineer, Holmes Consulting Group Ltd

Session 1A: Building, Ductility

1       'Moment Resisting Frames Incorporating Precast Concrete'
         Park R - Civil Engineering Department, University of Canterbury

2       'Toward the Ductility Design of Concrete Members - Overview of Researches in Kyoto University'
         Watanabe F, Muguruma H - Kyoto University, Japan

3       'Experimental Study on the Mechanical Behaviour of Precast Beam-Column Joint Type CZ with Multistorey Column'
         Yunfei X, Qingchang H - Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, China

4       'Strength and Ductility of Exterior Beam-Column Joints in Monolithic Reinforced Concrete Frames'
         Kaku T, Asakusa H - Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Session 1B: Concrete Supply and Properties

1       'Concrete Supply - Quality Assurance in New Zealand'
         J B Tait - Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand

2       'Experimental Considerations on Compaction Characteristics of Extremely Stiff Consistency Concrete Due to Surface Vibrator'
         Kagaya M, Tokuda H, Kawakami M, Sasaki Y - Akita University, Japan

3       'Properties of No-Fines Concrete with Super-Plasticizer'
         Tamai M - Kinki University, Japan

4       'Experimental Studies on Surface Layer Strength of Mortar and Concrete'
         Sugawara T, Saeki N, Shoya M - Hachinohe National College of Techology, Japan

Session 2A: Beams and Columns - Flexure

1       'Local Tensile Strength Research of Reinforced Concrete Beams'
         Wang Z, Li Y

2     'Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis and Design Concepts of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Impulsive Load'
         Miyamoto A, Fujii M, King MW - Department of Civil Engineering, Kobe University, Japan

3     'Seismic Behaviour of a Reinforced Concrete Beam Sustaining a Gravity Load'
         Megget LM, Fenwick RC - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Auckland

4     'Flexural Strength and Ductility of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Various Quantities of Transverse Reinforcement'
         Soesianawati MT, Park R - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury

Session 2B: Formwork

1     'Formwork - the Responsibility of the Designer'
         McAdam P, Consulting Engineer, Queensland, Australia

2     'Formwork - Loading and Structural Design'
         Potter R J - Cement & Concrete Association of Australia

3     'Formwork - Efficient, Economical Concrete Construction'
         Orchard IH - Cement & Concrete Association of Australia

4     'Research into Particleboard Formwork in Australia'
         Murray JH, Halligan AF - Capricornia Institute, Rockhampton, Australia

Session 3A: Beams and Columns - Flexture and Joints

1     'Flexural Behaviour of Lightly Reinforced Concrete Beams'
         Fenwick RC, Dickson AR - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Auckland

2     'Development of Design Procedures for the Flexural Strength and Ductility of Reinforced Concrete Columns'
         Zahn FA, Park R, Priestley MJN, Chapman HE - Morrison Cooper & Partners, Wellington

3     'Concrete Frame Corners'
         Shaoliang B, Yuanhui L - Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering, China

4     'Behaviour of Unreinforced and Lightly Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints'
         Blaikie E L - Works & Development Corporation, Wellington

Session 3B: Construction

1     'Tilt-up Construction: Australian Development'
         Orchard IH - Cement & Concrete Association of Australia

2     'Construction of Precast Caisson by Press-In Caisson Method'
         Izumi M, Nogiwa T, Okumura T - Meijo University, Japan

3     'District Heating Tunnel Under Copenhagen Harbour'
         Munch-Petersen C, B Hojlund Rasmussen, Denmark

WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER

       Keynote Address: "Evaluation and Strengthening of Concrete Buildings for Improved Seismic Performance"

       L Wyllie, Jr - Structural Engineer, H J Degenkolb Associates, California

Session 4A: Buildings

1     'NZI Centre - Design of Multistorey Towers'
         Billings IJ, Thom CW - Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd, Auckland

2     'Auckland Trotting Club New Grandstand'
         Brown PB - Thorburn Davidson Ltd, Auckland

3     'Mid City Toweres - an Efficient Precast Concrete Framed Building'
         Poole RA, Clendon JE - Holmes Consulting Group, Christchurch

Session 4B: Concrete Properties

1     'Influence of Cement Paste Flocculation on its Rheological Properties'
         Nawa T, Eguchi H, Fukaya Y

2     'Blended Cements Inhibit AAR Expansion'
         Kennerley RA - New Zealand Cement Holdings Ltd

3     'Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete - a Problem in New Zealand Too'
         Rowe G H, Smith L M, Freitag S A, Doyle R B, St John D A - Central Laboratories, Works Corporation

4     'Strength of Cement-Aggregate Bond'
         Taylor MA, University of California, Davis, USA

Session 5A: Walls

1     'Structural Walls of Limited Ductility'
         Paulay T, Mestyanek JM - Department of Civil Engineering, Universtiy of Canterbury

2     'Experiments on Vertical Joints of Precast Concrete Wall Panel Structures Considering Restricting Effects of Horizontal Ties'
         Mochizuki S - Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan

3     'A Study on Failure Control and Ductility of Layered Shear Wall Frame System'
         Mochizuki M, Umeda M - Kogakuin University, Japan

4     'Modelling Fire Performance of Concrete Walls'
         Buchanan AH, Carr AJ, Munukutla R - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury

Session 5B: Steel-Cement Composites and Construction

1     'Development and Commercialisation of Advanced Strength Steel Cement Composites'
         Busck C J, Fibre Cement Technology Ltd, Auckland

2     'Ferrocement Applications in Housing'
         Paramasivam P, Lee SL - National University of Singapore

3     'Top-Down Construction - Construction Joints in Underground Concrete Structure'
         Takahei Y - Takenaka Technical Research Laboratory, Japan

4     'A Top-Down Method of Constructing Permanent and Temporary Concrete Retaining Walls Incorporating Soil Nailing'
         Ashley A, Bird A - Smith Lecuhars Ltd, Auckland

Session 6A: Bridges

1     'Design of Rigid Frame Prestressed Concrete Bridge'
         Lin Shuh-Juh, Yeh Ming Hwang, Chen Ming-Yun, Lin Song-Yun - China Engineering Consultants Inc, Taiwan

2     'Underpinning at the Conway River Rail Bridge'
         Park RJT, Fisher RW - NZ Railways Corporation, Wellington

3     'Low Cycle Fatigue Characteristics of Bridge Deck Reinforced Concrete Slabs Under the Repetition of Wheel Loads'
         Tanihira T, Sonoda K, Horikawa T, Kitoh H - Kinki University, Japan

Session 6B: Durability - Concrete Specifications

1     'Basic Concrete Specification (BCS) in Denmark'
         Munch-Petersen C, B Hojlund Rasmussen, Denmark

2     'Background to Design for Durability Section in AS3600'
         Potter RJ - Cement & Concrete Association of Australia

3     'High Range Water-Reducer for High Concrete Durability'
         Burge TA - Research and Development SIKA A G, Switzerland

THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER

       Keynote Address: "Durability of Concrete Structures"

       Dr R D Browne, Director, Taywood Engineering Ltd, UK

Session 7A: Beams and Columns - Flexure, Shear and Torsion

1     'Confinement by Rectilinear Ties in Reinforced Concrete Columns'
         Sakai K, Sheikh S A, Kakuta Y, Ohta T - Hokkaido University, Japan

2     'Hysteretic Restoring Force Characteristics of Unbonded Prestressed Concrete Framed Structure under Earthquake Load'
         Nishiyama M, Muguruma H, Watanabe F - Kyoto University, Japan

3     'Shear Design of Reinforced Concrete Members Based on the Plastic Theory'
         Minami K, Kuramoto H, Wakabayashi M - Department of Architecture, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan

4     'Research on Precast Concrete Members with Joints in Torsion and the Provisions of Codes in Japan'
         Izumi M - Meijo University, Japan

Session 7B: Masonry and Strengthening

1     'Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures by Structures by Shotcrete Using Alkali-Resistant Glass Fibers and Ultra-Rapid Hardening Cement'
         Miyata S, Tottori S, Ushijmia S - Track an Structure Laboratory (RTRI) Tokyo, Japan

2     'The Use of Sprayed Concrete in the Strengthening of Earthquake Risk Buildings'
         Leuchars J - Smith Leuchars, Auckland

3     'In-Plane Bending of Single-Leaf Block Walls'
         Symons MG, Amey DJ, Johnston R - South Australian Institute of Technology

4     'New Zealand Masonry Design and Construction Code Review'
         Barnard DP, Gaerty L - Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand

Session 8A: Precast Building Systems

1     'Fanshawe Street Building - A Precast Concrete Study'
         Silvester DB, Dickson AR - Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd, Auckland

2     'Precast Concrete Moment Resisting Framing System'
         O'Leary AJ, Mason JE, Monastra DP - Morrison Cooper & Partners, Wellington

3     'Precast Buildings Using Cruciform Columns'
         O'Grady CR - O'Grady Mitchell, Auckland

Session 8B: Rehabilitation

1     'Reliability of a Repairing Method for Cracked and Damaged Reinforced Concrete Slabs of Bridge Deck'
         Sonoda K, Hiyashi H, Okino M, Matsui S - Osaka City University, Japan

2     'A Simple and Economic Method for Rehabilitation of Wharf Piles in Remote Tropical Areas'
         Robinson RA - Contech Group Ltd, Auckland

3     'Protection of Cracked Concrete Facade Elements Showing Early Deterioration'
         Geiker M, Rostam S - Izard Manufacturing Co Ltd, Wellsford, New Zealand

4     'Replacement of Horizontal Prestressing on a Major Reservoir'
         Hopkins DC, Leslie PD - KRTA Ltd, Wellington

Session 9A: Building Slabs and Shear

1     'An Estimation Method for Seismic Effects of Reinforced Concrete Non-Structural Walls to Structural Frame Members'
         Ohkubo M - Kyushu Institute of Design, Japan

2     'Post-Tensioned Concrete Membrane Design'
         Ellen PE - Elspan International Ltd, Hong Kong

3     'Punching Shear Design in the New Australian Code for Concrete Structures'
         Rangan BV - University of New South Wales, Australia

4     'Test of Single Pile Supported Pile Cap Subjected to Vertical Loading'
         Zhang Bing You, Zhu Guo Jie, Wang Xiang Lin - Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China

Session 9B: Reservoirs and Pipes

1     'Precast Concrete Reservoirs in New Zealand'
         McSaveney LG - Firth Stresscrete, Auckland

2     'The Moment Curvature Response of Concrete Reservoir Walls'
         Vitharana ND, Dean JA, Preistley MJN - Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury

3     'Application of NZS 3106:1986 to the Design of Prestressed Concrete Reservoirs'
         Taylor RG - Works & Development Corporation, Wellington

4     'Design of High Strength Centrifugally Reinforced Concrete Pipe'
         Kawakami M, Tokuda H, Kagaya M, Ohmori Y - Akita University, Japan

FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER

       Keynote Address: "Renovation of Prestressed Concrete Structures"

       Professor R Lacroix, President A F P C - French Association for Construction

Session 10A: Bridges

1     'Design and Construction of a New Steel-Concrete Composite Slab Bridge'
         Ohta T, Hino S, Imai F, Asakura H - Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

2     'Cracking Strength and Deflection of Partially Prestressed Concrete Hollow Slab Bridge'
         Kawakami M, Shimizu T, Modorikawa K, Sasaki Y - Akita University, Japan

3     'Design of a Curved 414m Long Continuous Concrete Railway Bridge to Resist Earthquake Motions'
         Jury RD, Hollings JP, Catley TJ - Becca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd, Wellington

Session 10B: Durability and Shrinkage

1     'Prevention of Shrinkage Cracking in Concrete by Incorporation of Admixtures'
         Shoya M, Sugita S, Sugawara T

2     'Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete and its Prevention by Cathodic Protection'
         Mussinelli G L, Tettamenti M, Irwin R W, Lawson M J - Oronzio de Nora, Switzerland

3     'Development of New Corrosion Protection Prestressing Tendons and their Use in Bonded and Unbonded Prestressed Concrete Members'
         Muguruma H, Watanabe F, Nishiyama M - Kyoto University, Japan

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