Title :Civil
Engg. for Sustainable Development(1996-97)
Sponsoring Agency : University
of Roorkee
Brief Description :
This international conf. was organised by the
Deptt. as a part of Sesquicentennial celebrations at the Civil Engg. Deptt.
of University of Roorkee which completed 150 years of its existence in
Nov. 1997. Civil Engineering is an old discipline but a lot of Civil Engineering
activity is necessary in the country to meet the vital needs of drinking
water, food, housing, energy and transport. Sustainable development is
aimed at "meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising
the needs of the future generations" and the deliberations of
the conference provided new impetus to projects related to Civil Engineering
Title :ICORT
(1995-96)
Sponsoring Agency : University
of Roorkee
Brief Description :
The Second International Conf. on Roads and Road
Transport Problems (CORT-95) was essentially an effort to bring togetherthe
latest and the prevalent practice including problems and possible solutions
on various aspects of Roads and Road Transport Problems through technical
papers on the subject. The Conference gave a boost to the process of exchange
of information on the latest works being carried out in different countries
of the World.
Title : Wind
Engg. (1994-95)
Sponsoring Agency : University
of Roorkee
Brief Description :
The Ninth International Conf. on Wind Engineering
(9ICWE) was held at New Delhi, from January 9 to 13, 1995 to discuss subjects
related to the research and practice of Wind Engineering. This 4-yearly
World Conference rotates amongst the Asia-Pacific region, Americas, and
Europe and Africa, and was held for the first time in South East Asia,
a region frequently lashed by strong cyclones and wind storms, which had
witnessed some of the worst wind disasters of the century. The conference
was organised by the Indian Society for Wind Engineering under the auspices
of the International Association for Wind Engineering. The papers covered
a wide spectrum of themes related to wind engineer- ing, which include
Wind Characteristics, Extreme Winds, Bluff Body Aerodynamics, Wind Tunnel
Techniques & Studies, Field/Proto-type Measurements, Computational
Fluid Dynamics & Fluid-Structure Interaction, Bridges and Cable Structures,
Roofs and Low Rise Buildings, Tall Buildings, Towers, Chimneys and Transmission
Lines, Vibrations and Dampers, Atmospheric Dispersion and Particle Drifting,
Wind Breaks, Wind Power and Waves, Wind Codes and Design Problems, and
Disaster Assessment and Reduction.
