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2022/06/16

PIANC Asian Seminar 2022 (Report)

PIANC Asian Seminar 2022 (Report)

Outline

PIANC-Japan successfully held the PIANC Asian Seminar 2022 on 27 May 2022. This seminar, the second of its kind, was organized as a webinar open to the world, mainly targeting Asian engineers. This time, we invited top-ranking researchers and experts in Asian region as lecturers in the Seminar featuring "Toward Sustainable and Smart Marine Infrastructure - Maintenance Technology for Concrete Port Infrastructure - " With the support of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a total of 280 people from 17 countries/regions participated in the Seminar and gained a deeper understanding of maintenance technology for concrete port infrastructures. About 80 people attended the Seminar from overseas (mostly from the Philippines, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Indonesia), and thus we have achieved a big success as an international seminar.

Program

Date: 11 May 2021, 15:30-18:00 JST (GMT+0900)

Facilitator: Mr. Yutaka Tanaka, Senior Researcher, Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan

Opening Address

Mr. Mitsuhiko Okada, Vice President of PIANC, and Chairman of PIANC-Japan

Video Massage from President of PIANC

Mr. Francisco Esteban Lefler, President of PIANC

Lecture 1: "Latest Topics on Maintenance of Port Structure in Japan"

Dr. Mitsuyasu Iwanami, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Outline of Presentation:

Deterioration cases of concrete port structure

Appropriate maintenance of port structure (Preventive maintenance management)

Trend of research and development on maintenance technology (Maintenance technology based on AI)

Lecture 2: Part I "Thai Standard for Chloride Attack"

Part II "Development of Concrete Skin by Mixed with Crystalline Materials and Applied with

Electricity"

Dr. Wanchai Yodsudjai, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Outline of Presentation:

Part I "Thai Standard for Chloride Attack"

Chloride attack standard of Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, Ministry of Interior,

Thailand

Part II "Development of Concrete Skin by Mixed with Crystalline Materials and Applied with Electricity"

Introduction of crystalline materials (MgO - AL₂O₃ - SiO₂)

Results of electricity applying test (Concrete mixed with crystalline materials and with electrical charge has the highest compressive strength and the strongest resistance to chloride penetration)

Lecture 3: "Durability of Concrete Structures: Bangladesh Perspective"

Dr. Mohammed Tarek Uddin, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh

Outline of Presentation:

Sustainability of construction materials (Recycling of brick aggregate concrete as coarse aggregate, utilization of alternative construction materials such as slag and blocks, utilization of mineral admixtures with cement)

Concrete carbonation and superiority of utilization of slag-based cement against chloride attack

Lecture 4: "Durability enhancing method and maintenance in port concrete structures in Japan"

Dr. Toru Yamaji, Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan

Outline of Presentation:

Deterioration of concrete structures and mechanism of reinforced corrosion

Technical standards for port facilities in Japan (Durability of concrete) and enhancing methods of durability

Question and Answer

Several questions were asked such as: the possibility of AI utilization in maintenance technology, and the utilization characteristics of aggregates in Bangladesh.

Q＆A　Session

At the end of the Seminar, Mr. Mitsuhiko Okada, Chairman of PIANC-Japan expressed his appreciation to the lecturers for their excellent contribution and presented a commemorative plaque to them.

　Facilitator: Mr. Yutaka Tanaka

Seminar Secretariat

Acknowledgements

PIANC-Japan would like to express sincere thanks to Dr. Mitsuyasu Iwanami, Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan and Director of PIANC-Japan, for his invaluable support in making this Seminar a great success. Also, our heartfelt appreciation is extended to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan and the parties concerned of PIANC-Japan for their enormous contribution in the preparation of the Seminar. PIANC-Japan will hold the third Asian Seminar on a different theme next year.

Q&A

Q＆A in PIANC Asian Seminar 2022.pdf

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