PATRON

TECHNICAL AND PUBLICATION COMMITTEE

Dr. Girish Sahni

Director-General, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR

Dr. A. Rama Mohan Rao, CSIR-SERC - Chairman

Prof. Amlan K. Sengupta, IIT Madras
Dr. M.B. Anoop, CSIR-SERC
Dr. S. Arul Jayachandran, IIT Madras
Dr. K. Balaji Rao, CSIR-SERC
Dr. K. Chinnaraju, Anna University, Chennai
Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan, CSIR-SERC
Dr. G.S. Palani, CSIR-SERC
Dr. G. Raghava, CSIR-SERC
Prof. B.N. Rao, IIT Madras
Prof. Ravindra Gettu, IIT Madras
Dr. Rupen Goswami, IIT Madras
Prof. S. R. Satish Kumar, IIT Madras
Dr. Selvi Rajan, CSIR-SERC
Dr. U. Saravanan, IIT Madras
Prof. R. Senthil, Anna University, Chennai
Dr. P.K. Umesha, CSIR-SERC
Dr.Ing. Saptarshi Sasmal, CSIR-SERC - TPC Secretary

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Prof. S.K. Bhattacharyya, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. S.S. Chakraborty, CES(I), Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. A.K. Dadarya, ED(B&S), RDSO
Prof. T. K. Datta, IIT Delhi
Prof. B. Dattaguru, IISc Bangalore
Prof. Durgesh C. Rai, IIT Kanpur
Dr. B. K. Dutta, BARC
Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati
Mr. V.N. Heggade, Gammon India Ltd.
Prof. Mahesh Tandon, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Manmohan Kalgal, President, ICI
Mr. T.V.B.S.S. Murthy, BGR Energy
Prof. D. K. Paul, IIT Roorkee
Dr. V. Ramachandra, Ultra Tech Cements Ltd.
Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, L&T Ltd.
Prof. Sudhir K. Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar
Prof. Tarun Kant, IIT-Bombay

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Santosh Kapuria, Director, CSIR-SERC - Chairman
Prof. A. Meher Prasad, IIT Madras - Co-Chairman
Prof. K.P. Jaya, Anna University, Chennai - Co-Chairperson
Prof. Anjan Dutta, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharya, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. A. K. Bhaduri, IGCAR
Prof. B. Bhattacharjee, IIT Delhi
Dr. P. Devadas Manoharan, Anna University
Prof. Devdas Menon, IIT Madras
Prof. C. V. R. Murty, Director, IIT Jodhpur
Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, DG, NIWE
Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, IISc Bangalore
Prof. R. S. Jangid, IIT Bombay
Mr. K. Jayasankar, Ultra Tech Cements Ltd.
Prof. C. S. Manohar, IISc Bangalore
Prof. K. Nagamani, Anna University, Chennai
Mr. K. P. Pradeep, E-in-C, Master Builder
Dr. B. S. Sarma, L&T Ltd.
Mr. Sthaladipti Saha, L&T Ltd.
Prof. K.V.L. Subramaniam, IIT Hyderabad
Prof. Subrata Chakraborty, IIEST Shibpur
Dr. P.V. Varde, BARC
Dr. J. Rajasankar, CSIR-SERC
Dr. B. H. Bharat Kumar, CSIR-SERC - Treasurer
Dr. K. Ramanjaneyulu, CSIR-SERC - Organizing Secretary

First Announcement

Structural Engineering Convention 2016

(SEC-2016)
21-23 December 2016

SPONSORSHIP
Sponsorship or co-Sponsorship is solicited from private, semigovernment
and
government
organizations
involved
in
manufacturing, construction, consultancy and R&D.
Category of
sponsor
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Co-sponsor

Sponsorship Fees
(Rs.)
5,00,000
2,00,000
1,00,000
50,000
30,000

Entitlement
of free delegates
8+20 minutes presentation
6+10 minutes presentation
4
2
1

In addition to the above entitlements, names, logos and website

links of the sponsors will be placed on SEC-2016 website. All
categories of sponsors would have an option for keeping their
leaflet/brochure in the registration kit, and also their names would
appear in banners placed at prominent places of the convention
venue. Sponsors may make payment by demand draft (DD) in
favour of "CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre"
payable at Chennai, or through e-payment. Organizations willing to
come forward and financially support SEC-2016 can get in touch
with SEC-2016 secretariat.

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

The Organizing Secretary, SEC - 2016 Secretariat
CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre
CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
Email: sec2016@serc.res.in
The information will be updated periodically and will be accessible
through the website http://sec2016.serc.res.in .

Organized by

CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre

Jointly with
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Anna University, Chennai
Under the auspices of
Indian Association for Structural Engineering (IASE)
Indian Concrete Institute (ICI)

Venue
CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre
CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India

ABOUT THE CONVENTION

The journey of Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) began in
1997 with the pioneering efforts of CSIR - Structural Engineering
Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), Chennai and Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Madras, with the first event held at Chennai. It is a
biennial national event, attracting a large number of structural
engineers from India and abroad from both academia and industry.
The journey continued through IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, IIT
Kharagpur, IISc Bangalore, SERC-Chennai, Annamalai University,
Chidambaram, SVNIT Surat, and IIT Delhi.
The Tenth Structural Engineering Convention 2016 (SEC-2016) will
be organized by CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre
jointly with IIT Madras and Anna University, Chennai during 21-23
December 2016 at CSIR-SERC Chennai, India. CSIR-SERC is a
constituent national laboratory of the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, and is making
pioneering contributions in the field of advanced structural
engineering, including analysis and design, cyclone and
earthquake disaster mitigation, sustainable materials, bridge
engineering, fatigue and fracture, transmission line towers, and
structural health monitoring.
The objective of Structural Engineering Convention (SEC-2016) is to
provide a common platform for professional structural engineers,
academicians and researchers in the broad fields of engineering
mechanics and structural engineering to make themselves abreast
of the latest R&D trends, interact, exchange ideas and establish
relationships with a view to further enrich the research and
development activities in the area of structural engineering in the
country.
While the main theme of SEC-2016 is Advances in Structural
Engineering, technical papers dealing with other contemporaneous
areas in the broad subject of engineering mechanics and structural
engineering are also welcome. The suggested themes of the
convention are listed for the benefit of the prospective authors and
participants.
A few sessions will be dedicated to honour eminent researchers in
the field of structural engineering.
CSIR-SERC, IIT Madras and Anna University, Chennai, the joint
organizers of SEC-2016, invite the structural engineering fraternity
to participate and contribute immensely for the success of
SEC-2016.

THEMES/TOPICS
Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures
Analysis and Design of Steel Structures
Heritage Structures
Computational Structural Mechanics
Static and Vibration Testing of Structures
New Building Materials for Sustainable Construction
Mitigation of Structures against Natural Hazards
Structural Health Monitoring
Wind and Earthquake Engineering
Vibration Control and Smart Structures
Condition Assessment and Performance Evaluation
Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofit of Structures
Advances in Construction Techniques/ Practices
Behaviour of Structures under Blast/Impact Loading
Fatigue and Fracture
Durability and Performance Based Design of Structures
Composite materials and structures
Large Deformations and Plasticity
Structures for Non-conventional Energy (Wind and Solar)

KEY DATES

Submission deadline for 2-page extended abstract : June 30, 2016

Notification of acceptance of abstract
:
July 31, 2016
Submission deadline for 6-page manuscript : September 15, 2016
Notification of review comments & acceptance : October 15, 2016
Submission of 6-page finalized manuscript
: October 30, 2016

REGISTRATION FEES
S.No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Category of
Delegates
#

IASE Members
Non- IASE
Members
Students
*

SAARC Countries
Other (NonSAARC) Countries

Early bird
Registration Fees
upto October 30,
2016
6000

Registration
Fees
7000

7000

8000

4000
7000

4500
8000

US$300

US$400

CALL FOR PAPERS 1st ANNOUNCEMENT

ABSTRACT

# Indian Association for Structural Engineering (IASE)

* South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Prospective authors are hereby invited to upload 2-page extended

abstract at http://sec2016.serc.res.in. Full contact information
(name, affiliation, e-mail ID and Tel/Fax number) of the
corresponding author must be provided. Abstracts will be reviewed
by the technical committee, and the acceptance of abstracts will be
notified on the convention web site. Templates for preparation of
extended abstracts and full length papers are available in the
convention web page.

The registration fees may be paid through e-payment or demand

draft drawn in favour of CSIR-Structural Engineering
Research Centre payable at Chennai. Registration can be done
by filling out the form available at http://sec2016.serc.res.in.
Details of e-payment will be made available in the convention web
site in due course.

FULL-LENGTH PAPER
A maximum of 6-page manuscript soft copy (in the form of MS office
document) should be uploaded at http://sec2016.serc.res.in.
The paper should be strictly well within 6 pages fully inclusive of
text, illustrations and references. The manuscript would be peerreviewed and authors would then be informed of the
comments/review/suggestions of the review process and invited to
submit the revised manuscript. Conference participants will be
provided with a book of abstracts and e-proceedings containing 6page full-length papers. Best Paper Awards will be given in
experimental and theoretical research categories.

PUBLICATION IN REPUTED JOURNALS

Few selected papers will be recommended for publication, through a
required review process, in Journal of Structural Engineering
(CSIR-SERC Publication) and other journals.

GENERAL INFORMATION
ACCOMMODATION: Chennai is one of the leading metros in
India and has several hotels and guest houses. Limited
accommodation will be arranged in identified guest houses on firstcome, first served basis. The delegates have to make payment at
respective places of stay as per the existing rates specified by the
concerned authorities.

PRESENTATION AIDS: All the modern facilities for projection will

be provided for presentations.
CLIMATE: The city is popular for its extreme treasure of tourist
attractions. The climate in the city will be generally pleasant during
the month of December with the temperature ranging between
200C and 240C.