New Concretes for Structures
Frequency
Every year
Summary
This course provides an in-depth coverage of mechanical and physical properties of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concretes (UHPFRC), in the framework of new concretes for sustainable structures. It provides an extended and comprehensive insight on these materials.
Content
- Basic components,binders,admixtures and adjunctions. - Rheology of fresh cementitious materials. - Bases of Fibre Reinforced Concretes. - Formulation of UHPFRC. - Hydration, heat transport, moisture transport. - Mechanics of strain hardening fibre reinforced concretes and combination with rebars. - Time dependent behaviour of UHPFRC - creep and shrinkage, response under restraint. - Applications on new and existing structures - case studies. - Ways towards conceptual design of innovative structures with UHPFRC.
Keywords
Cementitious Composites, Fibres, UHPFRC, Strain hardening, Creep, Shrinkage, Formulation, Rheology. Modelling
Learning Prerequisites
Recommended courses
Basic course on Building Materials, Continuum Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Physics and Chemistry
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- design UHPFRC mixes, characterize and model their physical, chemical and mechanical properties; to use UHPFRC to create new structures or maintain existing ones in a sustainable way.
In the programs
- Exam form: Oral (session free)
- Subject examined: New Concretes for Structures
- Courses: 21 Hour(s)
- Exercises: 7 Hour(s)
- Type: optional