Call For Papers

Authors willing to make a presentation at this conference must send a summary before 31 December 2007. Depending on the topic of the presentation, the summaries have to be sent to:

The summary must give all information to allow the reviewers deciding whether the presentation fits within the topics of the conference and whether it contains sufficient relevant new information. Too short summaries expressing only vague intentions for the presentation will be dismissed.

Suitable topics for the conference are any discussion on the behaviour of structural system subjected to fire, including post earthquake fires, fires due to explosions, fires impact on infrastructures, bridges and tunnels, fire proofing systems, fire resistant materials.

Sprinklers, smoke and heat detectors, human behaviour, tenability and description of earthquake, blast or impact, will not be covered by this conference.

Fire developments can be discussed only if there is a specific aspect with respect to structural behaviour.