Workshop contents

08:00 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:30 Opening remarks

09:30 – 12:30 Morning Session

09:30 – 10:45 Presentation block 1 – Chairman: Stefan Haun

09:30 – 09:55
Using transients in penstocks for diagnostic purposes
Marco Ferrante, Università degli Studi di Perugia

09:55 – 10:20
Framework for fatigue crack growth assessment in steel-lined pressure shafts
Alexandre Pachoud, Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE

10:20 – 10:45
The Japanese Technical Standards for Penstocks (Steel and FRP)
Hiroshi Murayama, Consulting Engineer

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30 Presentation block 2 – Chairman: Norbert Enzinger

11:15 – 11:40
Ampezzo power plant: penstock rehabilitation
Roberto Castellano, A2A

11:40 – 12:05
Case studies of rehabilitation of penstocks in South Tyrol
Giulio Lanzingher, ALPERIA

12:05 – 12:30
Case studies rehabilitation works in high pressure concrete shafts and tunnels by
installation of geosynthetic liners
Marco Bacchelli, MAPEI

12:30 – 14:00 lunch time

14:00 – 17:30 Afternoon Session

14:00 – 15:30 Presentation block 3 – Chairman: Gerald Zenz

14:00 – 14:25
Non-conformities found in welded fabrication in the workshop and on site on penstocks
and linings of pressure tunnels or shafts
Eric Barthelet, Swiss Welding Association

14:25 – 14:50
Problems in a spiral weld
Norbert Enzinger, Graz University of Technology

14:50 – 15:05
The EWG Bulletins on pressurized waterways: work in progress
Antonella Frigerio, RSE

15:05 – 15:30
Bulletin “Pressurized waterways: state-of-the-art”
Nicolas Crocheton, Tractebel

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:15 Presentation block 4 – Chairwoman: Antonella Frigerio

16:00 – 16:25
Bulletin “Pressurized waterways: surveillance and control methodologies, maintenance
and rehabilitation activities, main recurring problems”Carmen Badina, EDF

16:25 – 16:50
Bulletin “Pressurized waterways: design and safety assessment”
Wolfgang Richter, Graz University of Technology

16:50 – 17:15
Bulletin “Pressurized waterways: risk assessment and insurance issues”
Luigi Papetti, Frosio Next

17:15 – 17:30 Open discussion and closing of the Workshop

17:30 – 21:30 Visit of the Hydraulic Laboratory with light dinner