Service Life and durability of Reinforced Concrete, Marne la Vallée, France

The 8thInternational PhD Student Workshop on Service Life and Durability of Reinforced Concrete will be held in Marne-la-Vallée, France, on September the 26th and 27th 2016, and will be hosted by LRMH.

The topics should be related to durability performance of reinforced concrete, service life modelling, prevention, protection and repair. Some suggested topics are:

- Causes and mechanisms of deterioration for new binders
- Durability modelling and prediction and their reliability for new and existing structures
- The role of cracks for initiation and propagation of corrosion
- Corrosion assessment techniques
- Structural behaviour following degradation of concrete structures
- Prevention, protection and repair of damage in concrete structures

The workshop is intended exclusively for PhD students who work at the frontier of knowledge in the field of durability of reinforced concrete. In order to achieve a high quality of the meeting the workshop is open for attendance by a limited number of PhD-students within an informal and friendly atmosphere. The major objectives are :

- to bring together PhD students, in the stage of just starting to well advanced in their study;
- to put PhD students from the same field of research in contact with each other and promote a scientific dialogue between them;
- to help students to become more familiar with the presentation of their research activities and to generate technical discussions in a more relaxed environment;
to exchange ideas on methods and scientific goals;
and to contribute to international exchange of knowledge.