SP School Structural Safety

3 to 16 May 2025, 2025
São Carlos, SP, Brasil,
São Carlos School of Engineering
University of São Paulo

Abstract

This advanced science school will address the main challenges related to Structural Safety and Infrastructure Resilience in a climate change context, as well as the tools required to address them. Climate change is already producing more frequent and more intense weather-related events, which have an impact on structural loads and their mean return rates. Increasing infrastructure resilience in this context is fundamental to reduce the impact of climate change on social wellbeing. Climate change is also pressing the production of cement with reduced CO2 emissions: yet, the durability of reinforced concrete made with these cements is still unknown. A potential reduction in the expected lifetime of such structures may completely offset the environmental gains in using reduced clinker cement. The compounding effect of more intense storms with unknown lifetime of reinforced concrete structures may be disastrous to the built environment. The above issues can be addressed by Structural Reliability (SR) methods, Performance Based Engineering (PBE) and risk-based optimization. SR methods have been used by the profession to quantify the uncertainties in loads, material strengths and engineering models, leading to objective measures of structural safety. PBE is a modern approach to address the uncertainty in stochastic process loads such as earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes and waves. Risk-based optimization addresses the compromise solutions between structural safety and costs/emissions, considering lifecycle costs such as construction, inspection and maintenance, as well as expected costs of failure.

School topics

Resilience, Performance-Based Engineering, Sustainability in Design, Structural Optimization, Reliability-based Optimization and Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics.

The school will create an atmosphere for high-level apprenticeship and spin-off solutions to a pressing global problem, enabling us to reach emission reductions of the Paris Agreement.

International Lecturers

Brazilian Lecturers

About Our Community

University

Founded in 1934, University of São Paulo is the largest institution of higher education and research in Brazil

Campus

The São Carlos Campus is renowned for its excellence in Exact and Technological Sciences.

City

Located 230 km away from the capital, São Carlos is a medium city in the east-central portion of the state of São Paulo

Location

Organizing Committee

André T. Beck, University of São Paulo

Chair

Edmilson Luchesi

Communications Office EESC-USP

Eduardo Toledo de Lima Junior

Federal University of Alagoas

Eduardo M. B. Campello

Polytechnical School of the University of São Paulo

Henrique Machado Kroetz

Federal University of Paraná

Mauro Real

Federal University of Rio Grande

Wellison José de Santana Gomes

Federal University of Santa Catarina

Newton Santinoni

Culture and Extension Committee EESC-USP

Academic Committee

André T. Beck

Chair, University of São Paulo (USP)

André Jacomel Torii

Latin American Integration University (UNILA)

Bruce Ellingwood

Colorado State University, USA

Gustavo Siqueira

State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Henrique Machado Kroetz

Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

Columbia University, USA

Jochen Köhler

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Leandro F. F. Miguel

Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Mark G. Stewart

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Michael Faber

Aalborg University, Denmark

Rafael H. Lopez

Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Seymour M. J. Spence

University of Michigan, USA

Túlio N. Bittencourt

University of São Paulo (USP)

Vanderley M. John

University of São Paulo (USP)

Sponsors

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Organization

Institutional support

Tentative Program

as of Feb. 19, 2025.
Week 1:Introduction, sustainability, risks. Structural reliability, robustness, optimization.
DayMorningAfternoonLocation
/ event
3/5
Saturday
Early arrival in São Paulo cityEarly arrival in São Paulo city
4/5
Sunday
Arrival in São Paulo cityReception in São Paulo city. Icebreaker BBQ Dinner
5/5
Monday
Opening ceremony.FAPESP presentation.Poli USP
Mark G. Stewart: “Climate change impact on built infrastructure, sustainability, and risk- based approaches to climate resilience”Paolo Gardoni: “Sustainable and resilient critical infrastructure”Auditório Francisco Romeu Landi
6/5
Tuesday
Commuting to São CarlosAndré J. Torii: “Structural Reliability Methods: an Overview”PS1
7/5
Wednesday
Jochen Köhler: “Future Structural Codes: Navigating Safety and Sustainability in Design”Rafael H. Lopez: “Efficient approaches for the minimization of expected value functions”PS2a
8/5
Thursday
André T. Beck: “Optimal redundancy and optimal robustness of building structures”Vanderley M. John: “Climate Change and Infrastructure: Mitigation and Resilience”PS2b
9/5
Friday
Túlio N. Bittencourt: “Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure for Reliability and Resilience”Eduardo M. Mendiondo: “Blue-Green Infrastructure Design and Operation Under Global Changes: the Wild, the Weird and the Wonderful”
Brainstorming session and project development I: students discuss and develop potential applications and/or research project sketch with lecturers
PS3
10/5,
Saturday
Technical visitTechnical visit
11/5
Sunday
Day offDay off
Week 2:Structural Dynamics, Performance-based Engineering tools
12/5
Monday
Mauricio Sanchez-Silva: “Modeling the built environment as Dynamic Systems for Reducing CO2 Emissions”Leandro F. F. Miguel: “Performance- based Design of Transmission Lines and TMD equipped buildings”PS4
13/5
Tuesday
Seymour M. J. Spence: “Reducing Emissions by Performance-based Wind Design”Gustavo H. Siqueira: “Performance- based Design of Bridges and Buildings under Seismic Actions”PS5
14/5
Wednesday
Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou: “Stochastic Engineering Dynamics”Brainstorming session and project development II: students discuss and develop potential applications and/or research project sketch with lecturers
15/5
Thursday
Commuting to São PauloAfternoon departuresLate evening
departures
16/5
Friday
Morning departuresAfternoon departures
PS = Poster Sessions:

PS1: Climate change, infrastructure resilience, sustainability.
PS2: Reliability analysis, design codes, robustness, progressive collapse, optimization.
PS3: SHM, structural materials.
PS4: Performance-based Engineering.
PS5: Structural Dynamics.