U.S.-Singapore Workshop on the Durability of Concrete with Particular Emphasis on the Marine Environment, Singapore, July 16-19, 1993

该奖项提供资金，允许佛罗里达大西洋大学海洋工程系D.V.Reddy博士和南达科他州矿业与技术学院土木工程系V.Ramakrishnan博士，与新加坡国立大学土木工程系P.Parasivam博士共同举办关于混凝土耐久性的研讨会，重点是海洋环境。9名美国与会者以及来自新加坡、马来西亚、印度尼西亚和文莱的至少同等数量的与会者将由研讨会领域的专家顾问小组选出。这次研讨会是为将于1993年7月14日和15日在新加坡举行的第四届国际结构失效、耐久性和翻新会议举行的卫星会议。耐久性问题的严重性是相当大的。在估计价值6万亿美元的混凝土基础设施中，目前因耐久性不足而导致的更换和维修需求保守估计为数十亿美元。研讨会将重点介绍新的辅助胶结材料、防腐剂、改进的配合比设计、钢筋类型和施工技术。合作者是该领域的知名研究人员。这个项目与发展中国家的科学计划的目标有关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、思想和技术来提高美国和发展中国家科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。通过在共同感兴趣和利益的问题上进行合作，培养技能和技巧。

This award provides funds to permit Dr. D.V. Reddy, Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, and Dr. V. Ramakrishnan, Department of Civil Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to conduct with Dr. P. Paramasivam, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, a workshop on the durability of concrete with particular emphasis on the marine environment. Nine U.S. participants and at least an equal number from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei will be selected by an advisory panel of experts in the field of the workshop. This workshop is a satellite conference for the 4th International Conference on Structural Failure, Durability, and Retrofitting which will be held in Singapore, July 14 and 15, 1993. The magnitude of the durability problem is considerable. In the concrete infrastructure estimated at $6 trillion, current replacement and repair requirements caused by inadequate durability is conservatively estimated at several billion dollars. The workshop will focus on the use of new supplementary cementing materials, corrosion inhibitors, improved mix design, rebar types, and construction techniques. The collaborators are well known researchers in this field. This project is relevant to the objectives of the Science in Developing Countries Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and developing country scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual interest and benefit.