Task Group 5.1
Forensic Engineering Mission Statement/Objectives: By sharing knowledge of technical, human and organizational causes of failures and of investigation methods and techniques, the task group intends to: -mitigate new structural failures -enhance the improvement of forensic practices -rise the interest of (younger) engineers from over the world for forensic structural engineering -have fun in collaboration between international experts Scope & Limitation Forensic Structural Engineering is the professional practice of determining the cause or causes of failure of a constructed facility and of laying out the technical bases for identifying the parties responsible for that failure (Ratay, 2009). Failure of a structure can be defined as a state or condition in which the structure cannot observably or measurably fulfil some or any of its intended functions during its use. Examples are cracks, unacceptable vibrations and deflections until full collapse. Forensic Structural Engineering is not limited to any building material or type of structure. The task group will focus on the exchange of knowledge about causes of structural failures and of forensic investigation methods and techniques within the field of Forensic Structural Engineering. Past and Future Activities: 1. Report on forensic practices in various countries, based on international survey. Conference paper were published to the IABSE Congress 2023 at New Delhi and IABSE Congress 2024 at San Jose. 2. IABSE Academy on Forensic Structural Engineering is now officially launched and can be accessed at https://iabse.org/Academy. 3. Pre conference workshops in New Delhi 2023 and Costa Rica 2024 were organized. 4. Case Studies 4 on Case Studies on Failure Investigations in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering was published in 2023 SED website: Click Here. 5. Special issue forensic engineering in Structural Engineering International Journal (SEI Journal) was published in August 2024. 17 documents were included in this special issue. SEI journal is a science indexed journal that publishes technical reports and scientific papers with a focus on structural engineering, to bridge the gap between professionals and academics. Special issue website: Structural Engineering International: Vol 34, No 3. 6. Various ways of forensic investigation processes are listed and if needed a new protocol will be drafted. 7. The possibilities of new technologies (like AI) for forensic structural engineering are explored. Forensics Information Hub: Please click here to download the list of resources.Start Date: September 19, 2022
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Video Link (Karel Terwel, Laurent Rus) Chair Members John Duntemann, USA Leigh Appleyard, Australia Adele Scamponi, USA
Alastair Soane, UK Zhi Zhang, USA Svein Erik Jakobsen, Norway Martin Hohberg, Switzerland |
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