ENEQ676-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022

Special Topic: Advanced Reinforced Concrete

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

Description

Studies of the behaviour and strength of reinforced concrete structures and elements, long-term volumetric changes, deflections, shear, bond, cracking, ‘progressive’ collapse, response to impulsive and cyclic demands. Review of historical and state-of-the-art research and pertinent literature. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation of existing structures and the background, use, and limitations of present design specifications and evaluation methods.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain from fist principles and/or tangible evidence the mechanics of concrete under combined axial, lateral (confining), and shear stresses considering the effects of:
-transient cyclic and monotonic demands,
-sustained demands,
-strain rate,
-cracking,
-concrete mix proportions, and
-curing conditions
-volumetric changes related to water loss
2. Estimate effects of long-term volumetric changes (creep and shrinkage) on the response of RC structural elements
3. List, describe, and critique experimental evidence related to the bond stresses occurring between reinforcing steel and concrete in RC.
4. List, describe, and critique experimental evidence related to the ability of RC to resist shear stresses.
5. Describe in detail the response of RC structures to demands causing redistribution of moments, formation of plastic failure mechanisms, and/or disproportionate (or ‘progressive’) collapse
6. Quantify the reliability of available methods to estimate the rotational capacity of reinforced concrete elements (beams, columns, walls).
7. List the limitations of current knowledge on the topics mentioned in the previous outcomes.

Prerequisites

ENCI436 or equivalent

Course Coordinator

Santiago Pujol Llano

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Opinion paper 33% Opinion paper
Opinion paper 33% Opinion paper
Opinion paper 34% Opinion paper

Textbooks / Resources

Essential textbooks:
Principles of Reinforced Concrete. Sozen, Ichinose, Pujol. CRC Press.
The Elements of Style. Strunk, White, Kalman. The Penguin Press.
Simple and Direct. Barzun. The University of Chicago Press.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Tufte. Graphics Press.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,133.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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