The river Danube is an international waterway flowing 2857 km across Europe from the heights of the Schwarzwald massif down in the Black Sea delta. In its passage, the secong longest European river crosses 22 geographical longitudes, joining 8 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The International Conference on Bridges across the Danube has become a traditional international event in bridge engineering, initiated by Prof. Miklos Iványi and organized periodically each third year in different Danube countries: 1992 on a ship, sailing on the Danube from Vienna via Bratislava to Budapest, 1995 in Bucharest, 1998 in Regensburg, 2001 in Bratislava, 2004 in Novi Sad, 2007 in Budapest and 2010 in Sofia. The Eight International Conference on Bridges across the Danube took place in Timisoara (Romania) and Belgrade (Serbia) in October 2013 aiming at analysing present trends in bridge construction in every Danube country.

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Assoc. Prof.Dr.-Ing. Edward PETZEK teaches at the Politehnica University of Timioara, 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 BNCIL is Professor for Steel Constructions at the University POLITEHNICA Timioara (Romania), Faculty for Civil Engineering.

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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 Acrossthe Danube.- VTR® - A Modern Composite Bridge Concept.- New Integral Bridges Solutions for the Romanian Motorway.- Seismic Isolation and Decrease of Seismic Effects on Bridges.- Seismic Resistance of the Existing Highway Bridges in Bulgaria.- Determination of the Safety Factor of Bridges Applying Full-Probabilistic Approach.- The Design and Experimental Verification of a Bascule Bridge in the River Port eské Vrbné.- Lateral Torsional Buckling Resistance Of Steel Plate Girders According To Euronorms.- Holistic Approach to Design of New Bridges Across Sava River in Zagreb.- The Necessity to Mentain in Operation the Old Metal Bridges.- Design of Bridges According to the Balanced Lift Method.- Effect of Shear Forces for the Deflection of Steel Railway Girder Bridges.- The First European Approval for an Expansion Joint Flexible Plug Joint System with New Material.- About Some Solutions for a Prestressed Concrete Bridge Rehabilitation.- Analysis of Auxiliary Bridge Structural Elements with Advanced Design Method.- Danube Bridge Günzburg.- Bridges in Slovakia.- Historical Development of Danube Bridges in Slovakia.- Presentation of the Design and Construction of the New Bridge Over The Danube River Near Beka.- Construction of Zemun-Borca Bridge Across Danube and its Approach Roads.