Concrete Structures

Concrete is the worlds mostly used construction material. The module Concrete Structures offers a comprehensive cluster of courses that, through the application of existing knowledge and insights in new scientific developments, prepares students for the current and future challenges of society relating concrete structures. Various sectors of Civil Engineering and the entire life-span of concrete structures are covered: from the understanding and design of concrete material, the advanced modelling of concrete members taking into account the unique behaviour of concrete, to the design, maintenance of complex concrete structures, such and concrete bridges.

The course will include 5 units, namely:

B3-1: Advanced modelling of concrete structures.

B3-2: Concrete science and technology.

B3-3: Numerical modelling of concrete structures.

B3-4: Concrete structures under special loadings.

B3-5: Concrete bridges.

On completion of this module, the student will be able to: 1. Design concrete structures and members using plasticity theory and fracture mechanics for concrete. 2. Explain and design cement-based building materials and the advanced concrete mixture design methodology, further apply to design, control, and execute durable and sustainable concrete in practice. 3. Create, carry out, interpret, and document nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures or elements. 4. Model the behaviour of concrete members and structures subject to various environmental and anthropogenic loads, and to create appropriate design accordingly. 5. Design and assess precast and cast-in-situ concrete bridges and bridge elements considering the construction methods and the loading conditions.