 | ASCE New Orleans Branch Members & Subscribers: The ASCE SEI Chapter has as the following event for April 16: More to Concrete Than Meets the Eyes UNO Kirschman Hall, Room KH210 This entertaining and informative presentation has been planned for those who work with concrete via designs and specifications, production, installation, verification of properties in the field or lab, troubleshooting or making decisions about acceptance. We shall start by exploring the time and length scales used to measure concrete behavior, noting that the duration of the construction period is typically less than 0.1% of the length of the expected service life, noting that short-term changes in the material and the construction environment have long-term consequences. We will then explore what happens when “water meets cement,” find out why water control is by far the most significant aspect of concrete quality control, and track the fate of concrete as it transitions from liquid to solid. Or, from a geotechnical point of view, concrete transitions from a saturated soil with variable cohesion to an artificial rock, and does so in a matter of hours! We shall understand the truth to the statement, when one looks closely enough, “Wild things are happening down inside the concrete.” | Speaker: | Dr. Kenneth C. Hover, P.E.
Professor of Civil & Environmental Eng. and Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York | | Program: | 5:00-5:30 PM Registration (Sandwiches & Soft Drinks)
5:30-5:35 PM Introduction
Om P. Dixit, P.E.., C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, New Orleans, LA.
5:35-7:35 PM Main Presentation
Dr. Kenneth C. Hover, P.E.., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
7:35-7:45 PM
Questions-Answers & Vote of Thanks
Jay Jani, Ph.D., P.E., Chair., ASCE SEI NO Chapter,
Engineering Consulting Services, Inc., Marrero, LA. | | Cost: | $10 All registered on or before April 13, 2009
Free - Full Time Student with valid ID registered on or before April 13, 2009
Free - Engineers 65 and older registered on or before April 13, 2009
$20 For All at the door | | Registration: | For registration or more information please contact:
Melinda Crutti,
ASCE-SEI New Orleans Chapter
Post Office Box 304
Harvey, La. 70059
504-366-6783 or 504-259-6783 | | PDH: | 2.0 PDH can be earned by attending this seminar. |
UNO Kirschman Hall is located in the Northeast quadrant of the Lakefront Campus near Elysian Fields and Lakeshore Drive. Click here for a UNO Campus Map detailing building and parking locations. Room KH 210 is located on the second floor. For the latest ASCE New Orleans Branch and Structural Engineering Institute New Orleans Chapter news and events, please visit our website at www.asceneworleans.org. Sincerely, ASCE New Orleans Branch
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