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Basic Material and Concrete Structures
Code
CE-BET1
Version
1.0
Offered by
Civil Engineering
ECTS
5
Prerequisites
Basic statics
Main purpose
The course aims to gain a basic knowledge of concrete as a material and the calculation of concrete beams in both the ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state.
Knowledge
After the course, the student must:
- Have gained knowledge of the basic composition and structure of concrete.
- Have gained knowledge about aggregates for concrete.
- Have gained basic knowledge about decomposition of concrete and the causes hereof.
-Have gained knowledge of curtailment of reinforcement in beams.
Skills
After the course, the student must be able to:
- Choose relevant concrete based on durability requirements (environmental impacts).
In the ultimate limit state:
- Be able to calculate the ultmate resistance of arbitrary reinforced concrete cross-sections subjected to bending moment and axial force using the geometrical, physical and statical conditions. Be able to perform the relevant sketches for this.
- Be able to perform cross-sectional bearing capacity calculations by iterative method using MathCad.
- Be able to understand, explain and use the diagonal strut method for shear-reinforced concrete beams.
- Be able to calculate some few examples of abutments.
- Be able to calculate continuous beams one-way spanning slabs.
In the serviceability limit state:
- Have knowledge of requirements for concrete structures, including requirements for maximum crack widths.
- Be able to calculate stresses in concrete cross-sections using the method with transformed cross-sections.
- Be able to calculate deflections and crack widths in reinforced concrete beams and slabs.
Competences
At the end of 4 semesters, the student must be able to use the acquired knowledge and skills to, in collaboration with other students, be able to plan, make the relevant concrete material choices and design simple concrete beams in the ultimate limit state and service ability limit state.
Topics
Teaching methods and study activities
In-class teaching, experiments in laboratory and submitting of assignments.
Resources
EN 1992-1-1, Eurocode 2
EN 1992-1-1 NA
Concrete structures by Bjarne Chr. Jensen
Teknisk ståbi
Evaluation
Examination
Exam prerequisites:
The assignments must be submitted to be able to join the exam. At least 80% must be submitted.
Exam type:
Individual oral exam, 25 min., internal assessment.
Tools allowed:
All
Re-exam:
Conducted as the ordinary exam with new assignments.
Grading criteria
Grading based on the Danish 7-point scale
Additional information
Responsible
Ivan Nielsen
Valid from
01-08-2022 00:00:00
Course type
Keywords
General knowledge of concrete and simple beam calculations.