SECOND BRAZILIAN WORKSHOP ON CONCRETE PAVEMENTS The SECOND BRAZILIAN WORKSHOP ON CONCRETE PAVEMENTS will be held in Salvador, Bahia State – Brazil, on September 7-8,2008 together with the 50º Brazilian Concrete Congress. This special workshop makes series with the previous 2004 workshop held in Florianópolis. WORSHOPS Julie M. Vandenbossche – University of Illinois - USA "Design, Construction and Applications, of Ultrathin Whitetoppings - The US experience" 08/09 – Oxalá Auditorium – 02:00pm to 02:40pm Presentation Oral Presentation President: Túlio Nogueira Bittencourt Coordinators: José Tadeu Balbo Tatiana Cureau Cervo Scientific Committee: Estela Oliari Garcez José Tadeu Balbo Libânio Miranda Pinheiro Luiz Prado Vieira Junior Tatiana Cureau Cervo Vladimir Antônio Paulon Wellington Repette   The main themes that they will be developed during the workshop are:   THEME 1: CONCRETE PAVEMENTS – DESIGN AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Design criteria critical review Design practices around the world Curling due to thermal stresses on concrete slabs Warping due to moisture Numerical modeling of slabs Joint design and new practices THEME 2 : CONCRETE PAVEMENT MATERIALS Fast Track concretes Strength and Modulus of Elasticity Aspects Alternative aggregates and cements for concretes slabs and bases Curing concrete for high early performance Cracking mitigation in early ages Chemical control of fresh concrete shrinkage THEME 3: MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE Monitoring concrete pavements Equipments and construction innovations Roughness measurements in early and advanced ages Modeling faulting, cracking and roughness Long term economics and financial costs studies using special evaluation tools THEME 4: CONTROL OF CONSTRUCTIO QUALITY FOR CONCRETE PAVEMENTS Controlling strength and modulus of elasticity Bars positions control when using automatic insertion in slipform pavers New control techniques for releasing concrete to traffic Surface grooving techniques Evenness control of surface finishing The Workshop schedule also includes for each section special lectures provided by experts In addition, authors are reminded that the deadline for submission of abstractsand the full papers. Comitê Organizador do SEGUNDO WORKSHOP BRASILEIRO SOBRE PAVIMENTOS DE CONCRETO Rua Julieta do Espírito Santo Pinheiro, 68 Bairro Jardim Olímpia São Paulo - SP - Brasil 05542-120 Fone/Fax: +55 11 3735-0202 Fax: +55 11 3733-2190 e-mail: office@ibracon.org.br www.ibracon.org.br