At the fib symposium 2017, I presented a paper titled "Determination of loading protocol and stop criteria for proof loading with beam tests". The abstract of the paper is as follows: Proof loading of existing bridges is an interesting option…
I recently presented a paper titled "Extended Strip Model for slabs subjected to a combination of loads " at the fib symposium in Maastricht. The abstract of the paper is: Reinforced concrete slab bridges are assessed for a combination of…
At the ACI Spring Convention in Detroit, MI, I gave a presentation in the committee meeting of ACI 437. In this presentation, I gave a quick overview of the research we've been doing in the Netherlands related to load testing.…
I recently received the following email from a reader (edited for anonymity):Hi,I am invited to participate in a roundtable discussion next month, and I was wondering if you have any tips for participants. I am a PhD candidate and the…
I recently presented a paper at the annual meeting of TRB, the Transportation Research Board. The abstract of the paper is as follows: The bridges built during the development of the Dutch road network after the Second World War are…
I recently gave a presentation to the ACI Student Chapter of Universidad San Francisco de Quito. They asked me to tell something accessible about doing experiments, so I decided to chronicle my journey to the work that I am currently…
This year, I was author and co-author of three papers at SEMC 2016, the conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation in Cape Town, South Africa. While I did not have the chance to travel, my students Mr. Valdivieso and…
Recently, at the fib symposium 2016 in Cape Town, I presented a paper that I co-authored with a junior colleague, who wrote his first paper. Here is the abstract of the paper: As the bridge stock in The Netherlands and…
I recently presented a paper at the 2016 fib symposium in Cape Town on the shear capacity of the Ruytenschildt Bridge. The abstract of the paper is as follows: In August 2014, the Ruytenschildt Bridge, a reinforced concrete solid slab…
I recently gave a guest lecture at my alma mater, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. You can also find some photographs of this even on the Facebook page of the group Mechanics of Materials and Constructions. The abstract for the presentation was…