PATRON Dr. Girish Sahni Director-General, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. S.K. Bhattacharyya, IIT Kharagpur Prof. S.S. Chakraborty, CES(I), Pvt. Ltd. Mr. A.K. Dadarya, ED(B&S), RDSO Prof. T. K. Datta, IIT Delhi Prof. B. Dattaguru, IISc Bangalore Prof. Durgesh C. Rai, IIT Kanpur Dr. B. K. Dutta, BARC Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati Mr. V.N. Heggade, Gammon India Ltd. Prof. Mahesh Tandon, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd Dr. Manmohan Kalgal, President, ICI Mr. T.V.B.S.S. Murthy, BGR Energy Prof. D. K. Paul, IIT Roorkee Dr. V. Ramachandra, Ultra Tech Cements Ltd. Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, L&T Ltd. Prof. Sudhir K. Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar Prof. Tarun Kant, IIT-Bombay

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Santosh Kapuria, Director, CSIR-SERC - Chairman Prof. A. Meher Prasad, IIT Madras - Co-Chairman Prof. K.P. Jaya, Anna University, Chennai - Co-Chairperson Prof. Anjan Dutta, IIT Guwahati Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharya, IIT Kharagpur Dr. A. K. Bhaduri, IGCAR Prof. B. Bhattacharjee, IIT Delhi Dr. P. Devadas Manoharan, Anna University Prof. Devdas Menon, IIT Madras Prof. C. V. R. Murty, Director, IIT Jodhpur Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, DG, NIWE Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, IISc Bangalore Prof. R. S. Jangid, IIT Bombay Mr. K. Jayasankar, Ultra Tech Cements Ltd. Prof. C. S. Manohar, IISc Bangalore Prof. K. Nagamani, Anna University, Chennai Mr. K. P. Pradeep, E-in-C, Master Builder Dr. B. S. Sarma, L&T Ltd. Mr. Sthaladipti Saha, L&T Ltd. Prof. K.V.L. Subramaniam, IIT Hyderabad Prof. Subrata Chakraborty, IIEST Shibpur Dr. P.V. Varde, BARC Dr. J. Rajasankar, CSIR-SERC Dr. B. H. Bharat Kumar, CSIR-SERC - Treasurer Dr. K. Ramanjaneyulu, CSIR-SERC - Organizing Secretary

TECHNICAL AND PUBLICATION COMMITTEE Dr. A. Rama Mohan Rao, CSIR-SERC - Chairman Prof. Amlan K. Sengupta, IIT Madras Dr. M.B. Anoop, CSIR-SERC Dr. S. Arul Jayachandran, IIT Madras Dr. K. Balaji Rao, CSIR-SERC Dr. K. Chinnaraju, Anna University, Chennai Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan, CSIR-SERC Dr. G.S. Palani, CSIR-SERC Dr. G. Raghava, CSIR-SERC Prof. B.N. Rao, IIT Madras Prof. Ravindra Gettu, IIT Madras Dr. Rupen Goswami, IIT Madras Prof. S. R. Satish Kumar, IIT Madras Dr. Selvi Rajan, CSIR-SERC Dr. U. Saravanan, IIT Madras Prof. R. Senthil, Anna University, Chennai Dr. P.K. Umesha, CSIR-SERC Dr.–Ing. Saptarshi Sasmal, CSIR-SERC - TPC Secretary SPONSORSHIP Sponsorship or co-Sponsorship is solicited from private, semi-government and government organizations involved in manufacturing, construction, consultancy and R&D.

Category of sponsor

Sponsorship Fees (Rs.)

Entitlement of free delegates

Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Co-sponsor

5,00,000 2,00,000 1,00,000 50,000 30,000

8+20 minutes presentation 6+10 minutes presentation 4 2 1

In addition to the above entitlements, names, logos and website links of the sponsors will be placed on SEC-2016 website. All categories of sponsors would have an option for keeping their leaflet/brochure in the registration kit, and also their names would appear in banners placed at prominent places of the convention venue. Sponsors may make payment by demand draft (DD) in favour of "CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre" payable at Chennai, or through e-payment. Organizations willing to come forward and financially support SEC-2016 can get in touch with SEC-2016 secretariat.

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE The Organizing Secretary, SEC - 2016 Secretariat CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India Email: sec2016@serc.res.in The information will be updated periodically and will be accessible through the website http://sec2016.serc.res.in .

First Announcement

Structural Engineering Convention 2016 (SEC-2016)

21-23 December 2016

Organized by

CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre Jointly with

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Anna University, Chennai

Under the auspices of

Indian Association for Structural Engineering (IASE) Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)

Venue CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre

CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113, India

ABOUT THE CONVENTION The journey of Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) began in 1997 with the pioneering efforts of CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), Chennai and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, with the first event held at Chennai. It is a biennial national event, attracting a large number of structural engineers from India and abroad from both academia and industry. The journey continued through IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, IISc Bangalore, SERC-Chennai, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, SVNIT Surat, and IIT Delhi.

The Tenth Structural Engineering Convention 2016 (SEC-2016) will be organized by CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre jointly with IIT Madras and Anna University, Chennai during 21-23 December 2016 at CSIR-SERC Chennai, India. CSIR-SERC is a constituent national laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, and is making pioneering contributions in the field of advanced structural engineering, including analysis and design, cyclone and earthquake disaster mitigation, sustainable materials, bridge engineering, fatigue and fracture, transmission line towers, and structural health monitoring.

The objective of Structural Engineering Convention (SEC-2016) is to provide a common platform for professional structural engineers, academicians and researchers in the broad fields of engineering mechanics and structural engineering to make themselves abreast of the latest R&D trends, interact, exchange ideas and establish relationships with a view to further enrich the research and development activities in the area of structural engineering in the country.

While the main theme of SEC-2016 is “Advances in Structural Engineering”, technical papers dealing with other contemporaneous areas in the broad subject of engineering mechanics and structural engineering are also welcome. The suggested themes of the convention are listed for the benefit of the prospective authors and participants.

A few sessions will be dedicated to honour eminent researchers in the field of structural engineering.

CSIR-SERC, IIT Madras and Anna University, Chennai, the joint organizers of SEC-2016, invite the structural engineering fraternity to participate and contribute immensely for the success of SEC-2016.

THEMES/TOPICS

Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures Analysis and Design of Steel Structures Heritage Structures Computational Structural Mechanics Static and Vibration Testing of Structures New Building Materials for Sustainable Construction Mitigation of Structures against Natural Hazards Structural Health Monitoring Wind and Earthquake Engineering Vibration Control and Smart Structures Condition Assessment and Performance Evaluation Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofit of Structures Advances in Construction Techniques/ Practices Behaviour of Structures under Blast/Impact Loading Fatigue and Fracture Durability and Performance Based Design of Structures Composite materials and structures Large Deformations and Plasticity Structures for Non-conventional Energy (Wind and Solar) CALL FOR PAPERS – 1st ANNOUNCEMENT

ABSTRACT Prospective authors are hereby invited to upload 2-page extended abstract at http://sec2016.serc.res.in. Full contact information (name, affiliation, e-mail ID and Tel/Fax number) of the corresponding author must be provided. Abstracts will be reviewed by the technical committee, and the acceptance of abstracts will be notified on the convention web site. Templates for preparation of extended abstracts and full length papers are available in the convention web page. FULL-LENGTH PAPER A maximum of 6-page manuscript soft copy (in the form of MS office document) should be uploaded at http://sec2016.serc.res.in. The paper should be strictly well within 6 pages fully inclusive of text, illustrations and references. The manuscript would be peer-reviewed and authors would then be informed of the comments/review/suggestions of the review process and invited to submit the revised manuscript. Conference participants will be provided with a book of abstracts and e-proceedings containing 6-page full-length papers. Best Paper Awards will be given in experimental and theoretical research categories.

PUBLICATION IN REPUTED JOURNALS Few selected papers will be recommended for publication, through a required review process, in Journal of Structural Engineering (CSIR-SERC Publication) and other journals.

KEY DATES • Submission deadline for 2-page extended abstract : June 30, 2016 • Notification of acceptance of abstract : July 31, 2016 • Submission deadline for 6-page manuscript : September 15, 2016 • Notification of review comments & acceptance : October 15, 2016 • Submission of 6-page finalized manuscript : October 30, 2016 REGISTRATION FEES

S.No. Category of Delegates

Early bird Registration Fees upto October 30, 2016

Registration Fees

1. IASE# Members ₹6000 ₹7000

2. Non- IASE Members ₹7000 ₹8000

3. Students ₹4000 ₹4500 4. SAARC* Countries ₹7000 ₹8000

5. Other (Non-SAARC) Countries US$300 US$400

# Indian Association for Structural Engineering (IASE) * South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) The registration fees may be paid through e-payment or demand draft drawn in favour of “CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre” payable at Chennai. Registration can be done by filling out the form available at http://sec2016.serc.res.in. Details of e-payment will be made available in the convention web site in due course.

GENERAL INFORMATION ACCOMMODATION: Chennai is one of the leading metros in India and has several hotels and guest houses. Limited accommodation will be arranged in identified guest houses on first-come, first served basis. The delegates have to make payment at respective places of stay as per the existing rates specified by the concerned authorities. PRESENTATION AIDS: All the modern facilities for projection will be provided for presentations. CLIMATE: The city is popular for its extreme treasure of tourist attractions. The climate in the city will be generally pleasant during the month of December with the temperature ranging between 200C and 240C.