The workshop is organized within the Project Vinci funded by the “Università Italo Francese” of Turin to support the collaboration between the “Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze dell’Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale” of Padua and the “Ecole Doctorale Sciences Pratique” of Cachan. The workshop is supported by Ecole Française du Béton. It aims at promoting the formation of doctoral students.