Semester

Semester 2, 2018

• Enrique Del Rey Castillo
• Rick Henry (director, coordinator)

Lectures: Tuesday 5-8pm
Tutorials: Additional tutorials offered closer to exam

Behaviour of reinforced and prestressed concrete components and systems under complex loading and environmental conditions. Thermal and other loading conditions in bridge structures. Prerequisite: CIVIL 313 or equivalent

Further notes

Philosophy:

Advanced Structural Concrete combines theoretical aspects of the design of reinforced concrete with more practical aspects. The endeavour is to have a paper that gives students an insight into relevant issues affecting the design of reinforced concrete structures today. A strong emphasis is placed on “cutting edge” aspects of concrete construction and the course content is regularly updated to include new developments from both research and practice.

Advanced Structural Concrete builds on knowledge gained from previous courses on the design of reinforced concrete. The focus of the course is on introducing students to “high performance” concrete, including prestressed, precast, alternative concrete mixes, and low-damage seismic resisting systems. Methods of analysis and design for these advanced materials are introduced. In addition, methods are taught that allow students to analyse the actual response of concrete members beyond the simplified expressions developed for design practice.

Course outline:

Section 1: Prestressed concrete:
• Mechanics, applications and problems.
• Design of prestressed members.
• Comparison of bonded and unbonded post-tensioning.
• Post-tensioning practical considerations and applications.

Section 2: Precast concrete
• History, advantages and practicalities of precast concrete.
• Typical types of precast elements and connection detailing.
• Seismic performance of precast concrete systems.

Section 3: Advanced mechanics of concrete members:
• Confined concrete behaviour.
• Moment-curvature relationships.
• Concept of ductility and how it relates to the seismic design of concrete structures.
• Advanced shear theories.

Section 4: Low-damage concrete systems:
• Introduction low-damage concrete systems used for seismic resistance.
• Design of post-tensioned concrete walls.
• Design of slotted beam connections.
• Detailing of connections and consideration of deformation compatibility.

The notes for Advanced Structural Concrete have been arranged into a course book that is available for sale for UBS. Additional reference material that may be useful is listed for each section of notes.

Coursework consists of three design assignments worth a total of 40% of the final mark for the course worth 60%.

The exam is open book and 3 hours long. A minimum 40% mark is required in the final examination to pass the course.

Students are urged to discuss privately any impairment-related requirements face-to-face and/or in written form with the course convenor/lecturer and/or tutor.

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