The 6th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural

Reliability and its Application

Shanghai, China

May 28-30, 2016

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Hosted by

Tongji University

International Association for Structural

Safety and Reliability (IASSAR)

Cooperating Organizations

Risk and insurance Research Branch of China Civil Engineering Society

Shanghai Institute of Disaster and Relief

Leibniz Universitat Hannover

Institute for Risk & Uncertainty of University Liverpool

Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems of university of Western Australia

Underground Engineering Technical Committee

Shanghai Society of Civil Engineering

TC304 of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

APSSRA2016

CONTENT

Welcome Message ............................................................................................................ 1

Organization ...................................................................................................................... 2

Suzanne Laccase Lecturer ............................................................................................... 5

Keynote Speakers ............................................................................................................. 5

General Program............................................................................................................... 7

Detailed Session information (Day 1: Sunday, 29 May) .................................................. 10

Detailed Session information (Day 2: Monday, May 30) .................................................. 16

Poster .............................................................................................................................. 20

Reception, Lunch and Banquet ....................................................................................... 21

Welcome Reception (28 May) .................................................................................. 21

Lunch (May 29, 30) .................................................................................................. 21

Coffee Break (May 29, 30) ....................................................................................... 21

Banquet (May 29) .................................................................................................... 21

Conference Venue .......................................................................................................... 22

Location ................................................................................................................... 22

Conference Venue Map ........................................................................................... 23

Accommodation .............................................................................................................. 24

Locations of Hotels .................................................................................................. 24

Transportation ................................................................................................................. 25

To Tongji University .................................................................................................. 25

Metro Map of Shanghai ............................................................................................ 26

General Information ........................................................................................................ 27

Registration and information desk ............................................................................ 27

Meals and Coffee breaks ......................................................................................... 27

Tickets ...................................................................................................................... 27

Useful Telephone Numbers ...................................................................................... 27

Emergency contacts ................................................................................................ 27

Map of Tongji Campus ............................................................................................. 28

Welcome Message

As conference co‐chairs, we would like to welcome you to the 6th Asian‐Pacific Symposium on

Structural Reliability and its Applications. China is a remarkably beautiful country and Shanghai a

wonderful city to be in for the most important that occurred every four years. We have one of

the most successful conferences to date, with 121 papers, the Suzanne Lecture, 7 Keynotes, and

19 Technical Sessions.

The Conference focuses on application of probabilistic and reliability methods in structural and

civil engineering. In particular, we are interested in summarizing what we have achieved and

future development of structural reliability method and its applications in civil engineering.

The Conference could not have happened without the effort and dedication of many people who

worked tirelessly throughout the year. We would like to thank the authors for their excellent

contributions to the conference. We are grateful the volunteer work of our special session

organizers and the reviewers. We appreciate the advices and help offered by the Scientific

Committee and the technical Committee. Last but not the least, we thank the organizing

Committee for their hard work in every aspect to make this event a most successful one.

Shanghai is a unique cosmopolitan city where traditional Chinese culture has been blended

seamlessly into those from all over the world. Over the last three decades, Shanghai has

experienced great expansion in infrastructure construction, resulting in hundreds of showcase

projects representing high‐level designs and theories in geotechnical engineering. The

geotechnical and underground engineering in Shanghai currently is still under rapid

development.

Thank you for participating in the Conference Let’s enjoy the Conference, learn as much as we

can, meet old friends, make new ones, and take advantage of many things that Shanghai has to

offer. We hope you have a wonderful experience in Tongji and in Shanghai!

Hongwei Huang

Jie Li

Organization

Co‐Chairmen

H.W. Huang Tongji University, Chian

J. Li Tongji University, China

Scientific Committee

Name Institute Name Institute

A.H.‐S. Ang University of California D.Q. Li Wuhan University

I. Au University of Liverpool J.P. Li Tongji University

J.L. Beck California Institute of Technology B.K. Low Nanyang Technological University

M. Beer University of Liverpool D.G. Lu Harbin Institute of Technology

M. Cassidy University of Western Australia R.E. Melchers The University of Newcastle

J. Ching National Taiwan University T. Moan

Norwegian University of Science

and Technology

G. Deodatis Columbia University T.L.L. Orr Trinity College Dublin

B.R. Ellingwood Georgia Institute of Technology S. Paikowsky

University of Massachusetts

Lowell

H. Furuta Kansai University K.K. Phoon National University of Singapore

R. Ghanem University of Southern California C. Proppe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

R.B. Gilbert University of Texas at Austin T. Sato Southeast University

J.X. Gong Dalian University of Technology G.L. Sivakumar Babu Indian Institute of Science

D.V. Griffiths Colorado School of Mines A.‐H. Soubra Nantes University

M. Jaksa The University of Adelaide D. Straub Technical University of Munich

H.A. Jensen University Santa Maria Y. Wang City University of Hong Kong

C.H. Juang Clemson University L.M. Zhang

The Hong Kong University of

Science and Technology

S. Lacasse Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

Technical Committee

Name Institute Name Institute

M. Calvello

Università degli Studi di

Salerno

Z. Luo University of Akron

X.S. Chen

Lanzhou University of

Technology

Q. Lv Zhejiang University

R. Cheung

Geotechnical Engineering

Office of HKSAR

S. Nishimura Okayama University

S.M. Dasaka

Indian Institute of Technology

Bombay

A. Rodriguez‐Marek

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

and State University

L. Duenas‐osorio Rice University J. Song Seoul National University

S.J. Feng Tongji University G. Stefanou

National Technical University of

Atherns

M. Huber Deltares A. Stuedlein Oregon State University

H. Jensen

University Federico Santa

Maria

M. Uzielli Georisk Engineering S.r.l.

I. Kougioumtzoglou Columbia University D.Y. Wang

Tianjin Institute of Urban

Construction

C. Jiang Hunan University J.P. Wang

Hong Kong University of Science

and Technology

D.Q. Li Wuhan University N.Y. Wang University of Oklahoma

J.H. Li Harbin Institute of Technologys J.F. Xue Federation University Australia

Q.W. Li Tsinghua University D.X. Yang Dalian University of Technology

Z.J. Liu China Three Gorges University L.F. Yang Guangxi University

Z.Q. Liu

Norwegian Geotechnical

Institute

W.T. Zheng

Guang Dong Electric Power

Design Institute

Z.H. Lu Central South University K. Zuev

California Institute of

Technology

Organizing Committee

Name Institute Name Institute

J. Zhang (Co‐chair) Tongji University J.B. Chen (Co‐chair) Tongji University

Y.D. Xue (Treasure) Tongji University C. Zhao Tongji University

D.M. Zhang (Ms) Tongji University Y.B. Peng Tongji University

D.M. Zhang (Mr) (Secretary) Tongji University W. Liu Tongji University

Q.F. Hu Tongji University J.J. Qin Tongji University

F. Wang Tongji University F.L. Zhang Tongji University

F. Liu Tongji University H.W. Huang (Ms) Tongji University

M. Peng Tongji University L.L. Zhang

Shanghai Jiaotong

University

F.F. Ren Tongji University Z.H. Liu Tongji University