Print Email Facebook Twitter Briefing Title Briefing: Activities by IABSE WG8 (Forensic Structural Engineering) Author Terwel, K.C. (TU Delft Steel & Composite Structures; Coenraedt B.V.) Palmisano, Fabrizio (PPV Consulting) Date 2016-03-30 Abstract A working group on forensic engineering (WG8) was established within the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) in 2011. This working group aims to mitigate structural failures and improve forensic engineering practices. To accomplish this goal, several activities were organised such as an international survey among 48 countries to compare forensic engineering practices. Furthermore, several interesting forensic engineering sessions were organised at IABSE conferences with various presentations. Moreover, a pre-conference short course focusing on various types of failures and the process of forensic investigation was well received. It appears that there is great interest in forensic structural engineering both from practitioners and from researchers. This briefing article describes the activities of WG8 in detail. Subject Failure To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:102b0ddd-13fe-4d3d-b837-8af1e0a3d772 DOI https://doi.org/10.1680/jfoen.15.00017 Embargo date 2017-04-30 ISSN 2043-9903 Source Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering (online), 169 (2), 29-30 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 K.C. Terwel, Fabrizio Palmisano Files PDF jfoen.15.00017.pdf 298.08 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:102b0ddd-13fe-4d3d-b837-8af1e0a3d772/datastream/OBJ/view