Effective use of High strength s690 steel in construction – are we ready?

Technical Seminar:
Effective use of High strength s690 steel in construction – are we ready?

Date, time & venue:

5 April 2024 (Friday), 19:00-20:30

HKIE Kowloon Centre “EngHub”, Room 309, 3/F, HK NEO, 123 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong

Format: Physical

Jointly Organized by

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (Hong Kong) and The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Civil Division)

Programme Highlight

Applications of high strength S690 steel to buildings and bridges are very attractive owing to their high strength to self-weight ratios which often provide significant savings in costs and time.  However, there are concerns on deterioration in mechanical properties of the S690 steel plates after welding as a result of changes in microstructures.

This presentation will provide latest research findings for high strength S690 steel and their welded sections conducted at CNERC, in particular, structural adequacy of both strengths and ductility of the S690 welded sections.  Examples of construction projects using these high strength S690 steel will also be presented.

Language

English

Fee

Free of Charge.

Speakers
Professor CHUNG Kwok Fai

Professor CHUNG is an internationally renowned academic, researcher and structural engineer with established expertise in steel construction.  Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Founding Director of the Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  He obtained his first degree from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Prof. CHUNG works on a wide range of inter-disciplinary engineering investigations, analyses and simulations, especially on modern steel and steel-concrete composite structures.  His research interests include mechanical properties and structural behaviour of high strength steel, limit state analyses and performance-based design of structural systems, structural fire engineering and fire protection in buildings and tunnels, and design codification.  In the recent years, with strong supports from the construction industry and various government departments and regulatory agents, Prof. CHUNG has extended his applied research interests into effective use of high performance materials, sustainable infrastructure development, and corrosion protection of structural steelwork.

Prof. CHUNG serves as a Member of the Construction Industry Council in Hong Kong since 2018, and he was Vice President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in the U.K. from 2017 to 2020.

Registration & Enquiries

The sharing will be conducted in English and online registration at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1beISDe_1OXj_apNkJ7cpvFnw9K0RhY9cZvvVZrHiPsU/viewform?edit_requested=true is required. The number of participants is limited to 45 and applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Priority will be given to Members of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Deadlines for the registration is 29 March 2024.