Centre d'études interuniversitaire des structures sous charges extrêmes (CEISCE)

CEISCE members regularly organize scientific activities, including colloquia and seminars. The annual colloquium of the strategic cluster generally gathers more than 150 participants each year. During this colloquim, renowned speakers are invited to give keynote presentation on various topics related to the topics covered by CEISCE. Special sessions are often proposed by CEISCE within national conferences such as those organized by ACFAS, CSCE and CCEE. CEISCE members also promote several activities within each member institution, e.g. Research Day of the structural engineering research group of Polytechnique Montréal, seminars given by guest speakers, etc.

Examples of CEISCE activities are given below.

COLLOQUIUM 2022 (Polytechnique Montréal, May 9th, 2022)

PROGRAM

Keynote presentation : Climate change and structures

by Mr. Gilles Brien, Meteorologist

Gilles Brien is a privileged witness to the evolution of climate for the past 40 years, particularly in Quebec, as a professional meteorologist, scientific communicator and author of books and television and radio programs.

Presentations by CEISCE members

Athanasiou, A., Tirca, L., and Stathopoulos, T. Concordia University – A novel performance-based framework for the assessment of tall steel buildings under wind and earthquake.
Freitas, M., BenFtima, M., Léger, P., and Bouaanani, N. Polytechnique Montréal – Structural Stability of Dams under Extreme Loads: 3D contribution of Shear Keys.
Kraiem, M.-H., Khaled, A., and Nollet, M.J. École de Technologie Supérieure – Évaluation de la capacité latérale des murs en carré de madriers.
Bazarchi, E., Davaran, A., Mohebbi, S., Lamarche, C.P., Roy, N., and Parent, S. Université de Sherbrooke – The tallest modular building in Canada: development of structural concepts to resist seismic, wind, and transportation loads. (1st price winner)
Yang, S., Chouinard, L., and Langlois, S., McGill University – Probability of Fretting Fatigue due to Aeolian Vibrations. (2nd price winner)
Tavakoli, S., Shakibaeinia, A., and Bouaanani, N. Polytechnique Montréal – Numerical modeling of the interaction between river flow, ice floes, and structures using a fully Lagrangian approach. (3rd price winner)
Mahrous, A., Galal, K., Bouaanani, N., and Léger, P. Concordia University – Seismic Performance Assessment of Reinforced Masonry Core Walls with Boundary Elements.
Li, L., Aleseyedan, M., Paquet, J., and Boissonnade, N. Université Laval – O.I.C.-design of steel sections in case of fire.
Inamasu, H., Lignos, D., and Tremblay, R. Polytechnique Montréal – Development of dissipative steel columnbase connections for steel moment-resisting frames under seismic loading.
Segura, R.L., Fréchette, V., Miquel, B. and Paultre, P. Université Sherbooke – Évaluation probabiliste de la stabilité de la fondation rocheuse en utilisant des modèles de substitution.

Download the complete program of the colloquium: Program of the 2022 CEISCE colloquium

Student competition for the best presentations and posters

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COLLOQUIUM 2021 - Colloquium 207 of the 88th CONGRESS OF ACFAS (online, May 7th 2021)

CEISCE organizes the colloquium 207 of the 88e online Congress of Acfas (Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences). The theme of the colloquium is Towards infrastructure that is resilient to natural disasters and extreme events (in french, «Vers des infrastructures résilientes face aux catastrophes naturelles et événements extrêmes»).

PROGRAM

Presentations by students

Rocio Segura, Benjamin Miquel, Patrick Paultre, Jamie E. Padgett, Université de Sherbrooke – Prise en compte des incertitudes dans l'évaluation de la sécurité des barrages poids: Une approche probabiliste avec optimisation de l'échantillonnage.
Azarm Farzam, Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz, Marie-José Nollet, Hamza Fezai, École de Technologie Supérieure – Une application web interactive pour l'évaluation des dommages post-séisme du réseau de ponts.
Édouard Berton, Najib Bouaanani, Charles-Philippe Lamarche, Nathalie Roy, Université de Sherbrooke – Statistiques et modèle de prédiction des collisions véhicule-pont au Québec. (honorary price of the public)
Andrés González Ureña, Robert Tremblay, Colin Rogers, McGill University – Cadres contreventés à diagonales intentionnellement excentrées. (winner 1st price)
Guillaume Knuchel, Andrea Mellado-Cusicahua, Jianguo Wang, Saeed Tavakoli, Najib Bouaanani, Ahmad Shakibaeinia, Polytechnique Montréal – Méthodes numériques pour prédire les risques et les impacts d’inondations avec et sans présence de glace. (winners 3rd price)
Roxanne Carrier, Gessica Sferrazza Papa, Azarm Farzam, Marie-José Nollet, Maria Adelaide Parisi, École de Technologie Supérieure – Évaluation de la vulnérabilité sismique des églises en maçonneries non renforcées au québec : la typologie conefroy.
Tarik Saichi, Sylvain Renaud, Najib Bouaanani, Benjamin Miquel, Polytechnique Montréal – Modélisation multi-échelle des interfaces barrage-fondation rugueuses pour l'évaluation de la stabilité au glissement des barrages-poids. (winner 2nd price)
Pedro Henrique Correa Rocha, Sébastien Langlois, Sébastien Lalonde, Université de Sherbrooke – Évaluation de la vie en fatigue des conducteurs de lignes de transport d’énergie en utilisant des modèles éléments finis et des critères de fatigue multiaxiale.
Derek Millichamp, Lucia Tirca, Concordia University – Comportement des structures hybrides en acier composées de contreventements concentriques avec amortisseurs à friction et cadres résistants aux moments.
Pedro Alexandre Conde Bandini, Jamie E. Padgett, Patrick Paultre, Gustavo Henrique Siqueira, Université de Sherbrooke – Modèle de mélange gaussien pour l'analyse de la fragilité sismique des ponts.
Mahmoud Trimech, Charles Darwin Annan, Scott Walbridge, Université Laval – L’utilisation des alliages d’aluminium dans les infrastructures de ponts résilientes.
Rémi Rigail, Rola Assi, École de Technologie Supérieure – Étude comparative de la vulnérabilité sismique des composants non-structuraux d’un bâtiment selon les méthodes du FEMA P58 et de la norme CSA S832-14.

More details on the conference program can be found at this link.

Student competition for the best presentations

Colloquium 2019 - 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering (Hôtel Fairmont Château Frontenac, Québec, June 17th-20th, 2019)

COLLOQUIUM 2018 (Centre culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke, May 24th, 2018)

PROGRAM

Great conference : Le Nouveau Pont Champlain presque rendu à la ligne d'arrivée

by Guy MAILHOT, Ing., Infrastructure Canada

Guy Mailhot has held the positions of Director and Senior Director of Engineering at Société Les Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Inc. Since 2012, he has been working for Infrastructure Canada, where he acts as Chief Engineer for the New Champlain Bridge.

Presentations by students

Mechmachi, Y. et Bouaanani, N., Polytechnique Montréal – Simulation hybride expérimentale de la réponse sismique 3D d'un bâtiment multi-étages contreventé par un mur de refend en béton armé en forme de 'C'. (1st price winner)
Segura, R., Paultre, P. et Padgett, J.E., Université de Sherbrooke – Seismic Fragility Assessment of Concrete Gravity Dams via machine learning techniques. (3rd price winner)
Thimbo, A. et Léger, P., Polytechnique Montréal – Fissuration sismique des barrages-poids : modélisation de l’effet du taux de déformation sur la résistance dynamique du béton.
Nassar, M., Guizani, L., Nollet, M.-J. et Tahan, A., École de technologie supérieure – Approche probabiliste pour évaluer la fiabilité des ponts isolés à la base sous l’effet simultané des séismes et de la température en régions froides.
Abdellaziz, M., Bayoumi, A., Jeudy, B. et Karray, M., Université de Sherbrooke – Development of new seismic simulator for the evaluation of dynamic behavior of soil.
Barrière, M., Proulx, J. et Roy, N., Université de Sherbrooke – Influence de l’interaction sol-structure sur la réponse sismique des ponts routiers.
Murugananthan, U. et Koboevic, S., Polytechnique Montréal – Seismic design of foundations for steel braced frames.
De Macedo, R. et Tirca, L., Concordia University – The dynamic effects of coupling guyed-tower conductor-system.
Cormier, M., Annan, C.-D., Fafard, M. et Desjardins, V., Université Laval – Développement d’assemblages de dispositif de retenue pour les ponts à platelage en aluminium. (2nd price winner)
Nikolaidou, V., Rogers, C. et Lignos, D., McGill University – Contribution of non structural components to the lateral stiffness of cold-formed steel structures.

Download the complete program of the colloquium: Program of the 2018 CEISCE colloquium

Student competition for the best presentations and posters

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COLLOQUIUM 2017 (Hôtel OMNI Mont-Royal, Montréal, May 4th and 5th, 2017)

PROGRAM

May 4th – Presentations by students

Hassan Fatemi, Patrick Paultre, Charles-Philippe Lamarche, Université de Sherbrooke – Hybrid testing to investigate higher mode effects on ductile RC shear walls.
Mohammed Albutainy, Khaled Galal, Concordia University – Effect of boundary elements confinement level on the behaviour of reinforced masonry structural walls with boundary elements.
Tania Zand Miralvand, Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz, Rola Assi, École de technologie supérieur – Probabilistic Assessment of Seismic Floor Acceleration Demands in Instrumented Buildings.
Taleb Sabbek, Sébastien Langlois, Frédéric Légeron, Université de Sherbrooke – Influence de l’amortissement et des hypothèses de calcul des forces de vents sur la demande en ductilité des structures soumises à des charges de vent.
Son Nguyen, Ted Stathopoulos, Lucia Tirca, Concordia University – Wind-induced shear force and torsional moment in low-rise and medium-rise buildings according to the NBCC 2015 provisions.
Marc-Denis Rioux, Marie-José Nollet, Sanda Koboevic, Denis Lebœuf, Bertrand Galy, École de echnologie supérieure – Modélisation directe de l’interaction dynamique sol-structure par la méthode des éléments finis.
Miad Saberi, Charles-Darwin Annan, Jean-Marie Konrad, Université Laval – Numerical simulation of geo-structures using an advanced interface constitutive model. (1st price winner)
Kevin Boulerice, Olivier Gauron, Mamar Saidou, Steeve Ambroise, Patrick Paultre, U. Sherbrooke – Quantification de l'endommagement minimal détectable par des mesures de vibrations sur des poutres de ponts en béton armé.
Édouard Berton, Najib Bouaanani, Charles-Philippe Lamarche, Nathalie Roy, Polytechnique Montréal – Analyse de risque et modélisation des chocs de véhicules sur les ponts. (2nd price winner)
Étienne Favre, Pierre Léger, Polytechnique Montréal – Évaluation de la stabilité des ouvrages poids soumis à la submersion lors des crues: application de la dynamique numérique des fluides (CFD).
Paul Mottier, Robert Tremblay, Colin Rogers, Polytechnique Montréal – Réhabilitation sismique de bâtiments de faible hauteur au Canada au moyen de contreventements berçants gravitaires en acier. (3rd price winner)
Violetta Nikolaidou, Patrick Latreille, Colin Rogers, Dimitrios Lignos, McGill University – In-plane response of cold-formed steel framed diaphragm structures and influence of nonstructural components.
Vincent Brière, Veronica Santos, Colin Rogers, McGill University – Earthquake-resistant high-strength cold-formed steel sheathed and framed shear walls.

May 5th – Presentations by guest speakers - Symposium Denis Mitchell

Patrick Paultre, Université de Sherbrooke – Research by Denis Mitchell: A Personal Point of View.
Michael P. Collins, Evan C. Bentz, Allan Kuan, Giorgio T. Proestos, University of Toronto – Detailing for Torsion Revisited.
Evan Bentz, University of Toronto - Kani’s Lost Shear Test and Denis Mitchell.
Anca C. Ferche, Frank J. Vecchio, University of Toronto - Influence of Crack Spacing Parameters on MCFT Calculations of the Behaviour of Shear-Critical Beams without Transverse Reinforcement.
Patrick Paultre, Hassan Fatemi, Steeve Ambroise, Yannick Boivin, Charles-Philippe Lamarche, Université de Sherbrooke – Seismic Shear Amplification Due to Inelastic Effects of Higher Modes: An Experimental Investigation.
Dan Kuchma, Tom Nagle, Tufts University – Design of Longitudinal Reinforcement in Prestressed Girders.
René Tinawi, Polytechnique Montréal – Shaken, But Not Stirred: Seismic Performance of Bridges.
Robert Tremblay, Poulad Daneshvar, Morteza Dehghani, Pierre Léger, Najib Bouaanani, Polytechnique Montréal – Selection and Scaling of Ground Motions for Performance-Based Design of Bridges in Accordance with CSA S6-14.
Eric Samson, Yannick Protière, Jacques Marchand, SIMCO Technologies – Combining Field Performance Assessment, Durability Modeling and Structural Analyses to Estimate the Remaining Service Life of Reinforced Concrete Structures.