ESIS Newsletter December 2023

Newsletter #70-2023

- TC20 mini-symposium host by Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. The planned date is the 5 th or 6 th of December 2024 (still to be confirmed). The proposed topics for the mini symposium are: “Investigation of architectural finishes - Procedure, methodology and docu mentation of results”; “Enhancing integrity and Fire Protection in Cultural Heritage Buil dings: challenges and opportunities.” (Still TBD the final one). On behalf of all the working team of the TC20, I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Paolo Lazzarin

Stojan Sedmak

Aleksandar Sedmak

Chiara Bertolin

TC20: and Preservation/Restoration of Historical Buildings Structural Integrity

TC21: Hydrogen Embrittlement and Transport

ESIS TC21 Hydrogen embrittlement and transport Activities 2023-No.2 - ESIS TC21 chairs Milos B. Djukic, Tom Depover, and Motomichi Koyama, together with Frank Cheng, Lívia Cupertino Malheiros, Masoud Moshtaghi, and Birhan Sefer will organize the upcoming TC21 Thematic/Special Symposium with a round table and panel discussions: ”Hydrogen embrittlement in metallic materials: pipeline transport, hydrogen storage, and other applications” within the framework of the 24 th European Conference on Fracture - ECF24 (LINK), August 26 - 30, 2024, Zagreb, Croatia. More details will be available very soon. - ESIS TC21 chairs Milos B. Djukic and Tom Depover, together with May Martin and Hisao Matsunaga, organizing the ongoing special issue (SI) of Engineering Failure Analysis (EFA) journal entitled “Understanding Environmentally Hydrogen Assisted Cracking of Metals: Key Towards a Sustainable Future” (LINK). The manuscript submission deadline is extended until 15 February 2024 (LINK). This SI will include a selection of papers presented at the TC21 Thematic/Special Symposium with a round table and panel discussions: ”Hydrogen embrittlement of metals: Problems and solutions” within the framework of the 5th International Conference on Structural Integrity (LINK), 29 August - 1 September 2023, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

In 2023 the main activity of the TC20- Struc tural Integrity and preservation/Resto ration of Historical Buildings has been the organization of the ESICC Conference 2023 (LINK) - Energy efficiency, Structural Integrity in historical and modern buildings facing Climate change and Circularity, held at the Istituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon the 4 th of July 2023. The contributions to the ESICC Conference have been published concurrently to the event as a book of abstracts (LINK). After the conference the authors have submitted their contributions as papers to the Elsevier Journal Procedia Structural Integrity (LINK) in a dedicated Special Issue. The peer reviewed process has been carried out over the period July-December 2023. It is expected that the ESICC special issue will be published in 2024 with 28 contributions. For the 2024 , the TC20 is planning three events as follows: - TC20 thematic symposium within the ECF24 planned in August in Zagreb, Croatia. The proposed titles are as follows: “Durability problems of 20th century reinforced concrete historical/military/strategic structures and their restorations”; “From identification to protection of historical structures through innovative monitoring and risk assessment: challenges and opportunities” (Still TBD the final one). - TC20 mini-symposium host by the EEA Grant PROJECT GREENER - GREEN roofs and walls hydraulic performance: Evaluation of the contribution towards Resilient cities. The mini symposium is planned for the 8 th of November 2024 at the Istituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon, Portugal. The topic is: “historical nature-based solutions integrated to buildings and/or infrastructures.”

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