INTERNATIONAL US-POLAND WORKSHOP
Multiscale Computational Modeling of Cementitious Materials

 
 

THURSDAY, October 18, 2012

 

10:00 am – 5:00 pm  ¨  IBIS Hotel

Registration

 

 

11:45 am– 12:30 pm  ¨  Senate Hall, Cracow University of Technology

Opening Ceremony

 

 

12:45 – 1:00 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

General Introduction / Workshop Overview

Florence Sanchez (Vanderbilt Univ.)

 

 

1:00 – 2:00 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Opening Lecture

Moderator: Florence Sanchez (Vanderbilt Univ.)

 

Multiscale and multi-chemo-mechanistic approach to the lifecycle assessment of structural concrete

Koichi Maekawa, University of Tokyo, Japan

 

 

2:00 – 2.30 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Coffee Break (Snacks & Sandwiches)

 

 

2:30 – 4:20 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Topical Session – Topic 1. Molecular and Atomistic Methods

Moderator: Florence Sanchez (Vanderbilt Univ., US)

Keynote Speaker: Roland J.-M. Pellenq (MIT, US)

Topic Leader: Andrey Kalinichev (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France)

 

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Cement: a multi-scale porous material under the nanoscope

Roland J.-M. Pellenq, MIT, US

 

3:00 – 3:20 pm

Slow diffusional dynamics of water in cement nanopores: multiscale challenges for atomic modeling

Andrey G. Kalinichev, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France

 

3:20 – 4:20 pm

Panel Discussion: Research needs / Future directions

Topic Leader: Andrey G. Kalinichev (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France)

Panel Members: Rouzbeh Shahsavari (Rice Univ., US), Joe Biernacki (Tennessee Tech., US), Roland J.-M. Pellenq (MIT, US), Jorge S. Dolado (TECNALIA Research & Innovations, Spain)

 

 

4:20 – 4:40 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Coffee Break (Snacks & Sandwiches)

 

 

4:40 – 6:30 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Topical Session – Topic 2. Chemical Kinetics and Microstructure Prediction Methods

Moderator: Jan Olek (Purdue Univ.)

Keynote Speaker: Karen Scrivener (EMPA, Switzerland)

Topic Leader: Hamlin Jennings (Concrete Sustainability Hub, MIT, US)

 

4:40 – 5:10 pm

Beyond the acceleration period: factors affecting the hydration kinetics of cementitious materials from 10 hours to 28 days.

Karen Scrivener, EMPA, Switzerland

 

5:10 – 5:30 pm

Coupling nano and mesoscale structure of cement paste: A key to the mechanisms that control properties

Hamlin Jennings, Concrete Sustainability Hub, MIT, US

 

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Panel Discussion: Research needs / Future directions

Topic Leader: Hamlin Jennings (Concrete Sustainability Hub, MIT, US)

Panel Members: Joe Biernacki (Tennessee Tech., US), Gaurav Sant (UCLA, US), Karen Scrivener (EMPA, Switzerland), Jorge S. Dolado (TECNALIA Research & Innovations, Spain)

 

 

6:30 – 7:30 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Poster Session

 

 

8:30 – 10:30 pm  ¨  Malencon Restaurant, Hotel “Pod Wawelem”

Welcome Reception

 


FRIDAY, October 19, 2012

 

 

8:00 – Noon  ¨  Conference Hall

Topical Session – Topic 3. Multi-Component and Multi-Phase Reactive Transport Modeling & Topic 5. Thermo-chemo-mechanical coupling methods

Moderator: Hamlin Jennings (Concrete Sustainability Hub, MIT, US)

Keynote Speaker: Dariusz Gawin (Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland)

Topic Leader: David S. Kosson (Vanderbilt Univ., US)

 

8:00 – 8:30 pm

Modeling chemo-hygro-thermo-mechanical couplings in cementitious materials

Dariusz Gawin, Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland

 

8:30 – 8:50 pm

Challenges in predicting long-term performance of cementitious materials in nuclear waste applications

David S. Kosson, Vanderbilt Univ., US

 

8:50 – 9:50 pm

Panel Discussion: Research needs / Future directions
Topic Leader: David S. Kosson (Vanderbilt Univ., US)

Panel members: Gaurav Sant (UCLA, US), Zack Grasley (Virginia Tech., US), Dariusz Gawin (Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland), Filip Norys (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland), Szymon Seręga (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland)

 

 

9:50 – 10:10 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Coffee Break

 

 

10:10 – Noon

Panel Discussion: Research needs / Future directions

Topic Leader: David S. Kosson (Vanderbilt Univ., US)

Panel members: Gaurav Sant (UCLA, US), Zack Grasley (Virginia Tech., US), Dariusz Gawin (Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland), Filip Norys (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland), Szymon Seręga (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland)

 

 

Noon – 1:00 pm  ¨  IBIS Hotel

Lunch

 

 

1:00 – 2:50 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Topical Session – Topic 4. Mechanical property prediction methods

Moderator: Jerzy Pamin (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland)

Keynote Speakers: Piet Stroeven (TU Delft, the Netherlands) and Christian Hellmich (Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria)

Topic Leader: Jacek Tejchman (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland)

 

1:00 – 1:30 pm

Analogue simulation by DEM of material structure for property estimation of cementitious materials

Piet Stroeven (TU Delft, the Netherlands)

 

1:30 – 2:00 pm

Multiscale continuum mechanics of cementitious materials: creep and strength

Christian Hellmich (Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria)

 

2:00 – 2:20 pm

Modeling of concrete using lattice and discrete element method

Jacek Tejchman (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland)

 

2:20 – 2:50 pm

Panel Discussion: Research needs / Future directions

Topic Leader: Jacek Tejchman (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland)

Panel Members: Chloe Arson (Georgia Tech, US), Jan Olek (Purdue Univ., US), Piet Stroeven (TU Delft, the Netherlands), Christian Hellmich (Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria), Mahmoud Reda Taha (Univ. of New Mexico, US), Marta Słowik (Lublin Univ. of Technology, Poland) , Andrzej Truty (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland), Krzysztof Chudyba (Cracow Univ. of Technology, Poland)

 

 

2:50 – 3:10 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Coffee Break

 

 

3:10 – 5:00pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Topical Session – Topic 6. Multiscale Computational Principles and Scale Bridging Methods

Moderator: Andrzej Winnicki (Cracow University of Technology, Poland)

Keynote Speaker:  Witold Cecot (Cracow University of Technology, Poland)

Topic Leader: Pablo Zavattieri (Purdue Univ., US)

 

3:10 – 3:40 pm

Reliability of computational homogenization

Witold Cecot (Cracow Univ. of Tech., Poland)

 

3:40 – 4:10 pm

Multiscale computational modeling for bridging size scales in the failure of cementitious-based materials: Recent progress, current challenges, gaps and opportunities

Pablo Zavattieri (Purdue Univ., US)

 

4:10 – 5:10 pm

Panel Discussion: Research needs / Future directions

Topic Leader: Pablo Zavattieri (Purdue Univ., US)

Panel members: Caglar Oskay (Vanderbilt Univ., US), W. Cecot (Cracow Univ. of Tech., Poland)

 

 

5:10 – 5:20 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Coffee Break

 

5:20 – 5:55pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Discussions on Strategies for a Research Roadmap

Moderators: Florence Sanchez (Vanderbilt University), Jan Olek (Purdue University),

Joe Biernacki (Tennessee Tech., US), Andrzej Winnicki (Cracow University of Technology, Poland)

 

 

5:55 – 6:00 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Conclusions – Adjourn

 

 

6:00 – 7:00 pm  ¨  Conference Hall

Executive Committee Meeting

Organizing Committee and Topic Leaders

 

 

7:30 – 9:30 pm  ¨  IBIS Hotel

Dinner

 

 

Venues:

 

IBIS Hotel, 15 Pawia St.

Senate Hall, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska St.

Conference Hall – Spółdzielnia “Kłos” (Cooperative “Grain Ear”), 65 Szlak St., Ground floor

Malencon Restaurant, Hotel “Pod Wawelem”, 22 Na Groblach Pl.