1.0Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Universitätsverlagehttps://universitaetsverlage.euXMLRPChttps://universitaetsverlage.eu/author/xmlrpc/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://universitaetsverlage.eu/bucher-e-books/titel/long-term-behaviour-of-dams-ltbd09-ebook/">Long Term Behaviour of Dams, LTBD09</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! 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The city of Graz, where thecampus of the University of Technology is located, was the European Capital of Culture of the year2003. The impressive Old Town belongs to the best preserved in Europe and is on the UNESCOlist of World Culture Heritages. Graz has four universities with about 40,000 students. One of themis Graz University of Technology, a long-established institution of scientific research and teachingin Austria, which covers the areas of engineering sciences and technical natural sciences.The Conference LTBD09 is the second international conference based on the scientific andtechnical co-operation between Graz University of Technology (Graz, Austria), Vienna University ofTechnology (Vienna, Austria), the University of Innsbruck (Innsbruck, Austria), Hohai University(Nanjing, China) and Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and it is jointly organized by these fiveuniversities. The First International Conference was launched at Hohai University in 2008 with themain aim of encouraging an exchange of views between engineers, scientists and operators onvarious aspects related to the long term behaviour of dams. Encouraged by the success of the FirstConference the Second Conference aimed to provide another excellent opportunity to present andexchange experiences and the latest developments related to the design, performance andrehabilitation of earth dams, rockfill dams and concrete dams including roller compacted andconventional concrete dams. The high number of abstracts submitted for the conference clearlyshows that this goal has been achieved. The papers included in these proceedings have beenpeer-reviewed and selected for presentation at LTBD09. The contributions are divided into thefollowing five topic areas:• Methods of Design and Analysis of Dams• Dam Monitoring and Instrumentation• Properties of Construction Materials for Dams and their Constitutive Modelling• Seismic Aspects and Earthquake Analysis• Dam Safety Assessment, Maintenance, Rehabilitation and HeighteningOn behalf of the Organizing Committee I would like to express our profound gratitude to those whoassumed the Auspices over the conference as well as to the members of the International AdvisoryCommittee and the supporting organizations. I am indebted to the co-chairs of the OrganizingCommittee, the chairmen and co-chairmen of the sessions, the sponsors and all other colleaguesfor their support. My sincere gratitude goes to Graz University of Technology, and in particular toRector Hans Sünkel, for providing an excellent scientific environment. I am grateful for the supportof Christine Vitas, Karin Bauer and Harald Breinhälter from the conference office. Finally I wouldlike to thank all the conference participants for their interest in the conference and their scientific contributions.Erich BauerConference Chairman