Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have found increasingly wide applications in civil structures over the last decade. A key issue in the design and construction of structures incorporating FRP composites is the performance of the bond between FRP and another material or between two FRP elements. This IIFC symposium is to provide an international forum for all concerned with the bond behaviour of FRP in all forms of structural applications and a state-of-the-art survey of existing research in this important area.

The conference covers all aspects of bond performance of FRP in structures, including the bond between (external, near surface mounted and internal) FRP and other structural materials such as concrete, masonry, metal and timber as well as between two FRP elements. Topics to be covered include but are not limited to:

Bond tests: standardization and theoretical modelling

Debonding failures in structures: mechanisms and theoretical predictions

Numerical modelling of debonding failure processes

Durability and fire resistance

In addition to papers reporting new research advances, papers providing a summary of a series of recent investigations are invited.