The Eight International Conference "Bridges in Danube Basin"

Twenty Years Devoted to International Conferences on Bridges Across Danube - Trends in the Application of High-Performance Steel in European Bridge Building - Economic Composite Constructions for Bridges: Construction Methods Implementing Composite Dowel Strips - The Assessment of Riveted Railway Bridges in Accordance with Swiss Codes SIA 269 - Some General Aspects of the Bridge Refurbishment - Concise History of Liberty Bridge in Budapest - Assessment of Cable-Stayed Pedestrian and Motorway Overpass - Rehabilitation of the Gazelle Road Bridge in Belgrade - Railway Road Bridge Across the Danube in Novi Sad - Design and Construction - The Bridge over the Ijssel - a Railway Bridge in Line with the Landscape - The First Fully Welded Integral Tube-Truss Bridge of Germany - The Approach Bridges for Sava Crossing in Belgrade, Serbia - Design And Redesign under Fidic Red Book And Yellow Book -Hanger Intersection Points in Box Sections of Steel Bridges Chords - Calculation Models for Consistent Dimensioning Rules - Experimental Investigation of the Fatigue Behaviour of Concrete Dowels for the Use in Composite Constructions - The Dynamic Behaviour of Railway Ballast Beds: Influence of Different Conditions on the Stiffness and Damping Ratio Shown on a Test Bridge -Innovative Composite Deck Slab for Railway Bridges Finite Element Studies and Comparison with Test Results -Investigation and Simulation of Dynamic Behaviour of Railway Bridges with Ballast Substructure - Assessment of Riveted Railway Bridges Across the River Pegnitz - The Role of Traffic in Sustainability Assessment of Road Bridges - Design of The Two-Line Railway Bridge with the Longest Span in Slovakia - Behaviour of Steel-Concrete Composite Truss Beams - Pre-Stressed Granite Bridges: A New Generation of Granite Bridges - Assessment and Re-Analysis of Existing RC / PC Bridges in Germany General Aspects and Exemplary Presentation of an Incrementally Launched 2 x 3 Lane Autobahn bridge Across the Danube - VTR® - A

Assoc. Prof.Dr.-Ing. Edward PETZEK teaches at the "Politehnica" University of Timi oara, Faculty of Civil Engineering and starting with the year 2006 he leads the design office SSF-RO Ltd. Mr. Petzek is an ECCS member in the Bridge Committee and in the Commission TC6.

Prof. Dr. Ing. Radu BANCILA is Professor for Steel Constructions at the University "POLITEHNICA" Timi oara (Romania), Faculty for Civil Engineering.