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Design-Oriented Numerical Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Structures


Technical University of Denmark


General course objectives:
The scope is to present relevant state-of-the-art research and best practices within the field of structural concrete, with the aim that students develop sound and refined design and assessment capabilities. The course covers several topics ranging from the main principles in conceptual design of reinforced concrete to advanced numerical modelling.

Learning objectives:
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
  • A student who has met the objectives of the course will: Understand the concept of limit state design
  • Have an insight into the prerequisites for a safe and sound application of plasticity-based approaches to structural concrete
  • Understand the importance and implications of the deformation capacity of materials and structures
  • Understand and apply the concept of Finite Element Limit Analysis (FELA) to design, analysis and verification of concrete structures
  • Understand the extremum theorems and the duality in weak upper- and lower-bound solutions with respect to FELA
  • Understand and apply the concept of Finite Element Serviceability Analysis (FESA) to analyze and to evaluate the serviceability behaviour of reinforced concrete structures
  • Understand and apply the concept of Elastic-Plastic Stress Fields (EPSF) for design and assessment of structures
  • Understand and be capable of applying the limit state safety format in a numerical modelling context

Contents:
The course is structured around lectures and practical exercises covering both analytical and numerical approaches. In the exercises, students will work with analytical models, MATLAB code and existing software programs, focusing on the design and assessment of practical cases. The lectures will cover topics such as: • Concepts of limit state design and safety. • The theory of plasticity and the fundamental theoretical basis for the formulation of numerical modelling of concrete structures. • Convex optimization methods and description of the corresponding FEM formulation to optimize the collapse load. • Energy principles for elastic structures and description of the corresponding optimization-based FEM formulation for service limit state analysis • Non-linear fracture mechanics and behaviour of cracked structural concrete • Displacement-based FEM formulations and the application to fully cracked concrete structures. • Considerations on serviceability limit state and cracking of structures • Reliability concepts and application within the frame of limit analysis The lectures will be given by experts from DTU.

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Course organizer
Cao Linh , Peter Noe
Place/Venue
Anker Engelunds Vej 1
City
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Country
Denmark
Workload
2.5
Link
http://kurser.dtu.dk/course/41992