Conference: Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete IV

在世界范围内，组合钢和混凝土构件越来越多地被用于建筑结构的主要结构体系。这些结构的设计充分利用了钢和混凝土的特性。2000年初夏，大约100名研究人员聚集在加拿大班夫，参加由联合工程基金会主办的一次会议，交流最新的详细研究成果，并介绍最近与复合材料结构创新有关的案例研究。这次会议提供了一个独特的机会来举办一次研讨会，以提供一个实质性的总结和交流在世界范围内的复合材料建筑的研究，从而牢固地确立该领域的最先进水平，并帮助确定未来几年的研究需求。研讨会将允许国际研究人员和实践者总结当前世界范围内建筑结构创新复合材料建造的进展并展望趋势，其中一个重点是美国、日本和其他国家在结构抗震领域进行的大量研究。

Composite steel and concrete members are increasingly used worldwide in the primary structural systems for building structures. These structures are designed to take advantage of the properties of both steel and concrete. In early summer 2000, approximately 100 researchers are gathering in Banff, Canada for a conference sponsored by the United Engineering Foundation to exchange the latest, detailed research findings and present recent case studies relating to innovations in composite construction. This gathering presents a unique opportunity to hold a symposium to provide a substantive summary and exchange of worldwide research in composite construction, so as to establish firmly the state-of-the-art in this area, and to help identify research needs for the next several years. The symposium will permit international researchers and practitioners to summarize current worldwide advances and forsee trends in innovative composite construction for building structures, with one emphasis of the symposium being on the large amount of research that has taken place in the U..S. Japan, and other countries in the area of seismic resistance of structures.