There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

In this module, you will demonstrate extensive, detailed and critical knowledge and understanding of advanced topics on structural concrete design. In the first part, you will learn to critically assess and examine the impact of a variety of materials for making concrete, you will critically explore concrete mix design principles and estimate the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. Materials science and Fracture Mechanics for Concrete will be the foundation for you to exercise appropriate judgement and assess concrete strength, dimensional stability and durability considerations, enabling the creation of inspection and maintenance strategies. In the second part, you will begin by conceptualizing Prestressed Concrete Design principles and you will advance towards producing complex calculations for Prestressed Concrete and Composite Prestressed/RC Structures (Bending and Shear).Finally, you will analyse Composite Steel-Concrete structures problems and display mastery of designing composite sections (ULS) and shear connectors.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically appraise the physical, material and structural properties of fresh and hardened concrete under varied loading and environmental conditions.

LO2: Analyze the non-linear mechanical/structural behaviour of concrete and reinforcement.

LO3: Critically appraise reinforced concrete durability, main causes and mechanisms involved in RC deterioration and assessment/rehabilitation techniques of RC affected by corrosion, with a view towards enhancing sustainability of concrete construction.

LO4: Examine elements of the background and development of advanced structural Eurocodes.

LO5: Apply and critically assess principles of DESIGN for reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and components according to Eurocodes EC0, EC1, EC2.

LO6: Apply and critically assess principles of design for composite steel-concrete structural elements according to Eurocodes EC0, EC1, EC4.