[1] Advanced Concrete Mechanics – CIVL 6961

Title: Advanced Concrete Mechanics (CIVL 6961)

Institution: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (NY), USA.

Terms: Fall 2008;

Number of students: 21;

Course Objective: The objective of this course is to introduce graduate and senior undergraduate students to advanced topics on the mechanics of concrete behavior. Students will do this by building on the knowledge gained through all mechanics related courses of the undergraduate curriculum (statics, mechanics of materials, concrete design, etc.). Upon successful completion of the course, students will have an advanced understanding of concrete behavior as well as knowledge of specific modeling theories that can be used for the numerical simulation of concrete structures. Having successfully completed this course, students will have the necessary skills to conduct concrete research as well as to solve advanced concrete design problems.

Course Outcomes: After successfully completing this course students will be able to:

1. Perform experimental tests in compression;
2. Perform experimental tests in tension (direct and indirect);
3. Analyze and report experimental results;
4. Use advanced constitutive models for concrete to compute the response of structures;
5. Use linear elastic fracture mechanics to predict the maximum capacity of brittle materials;
6. Analyze and report numerical results.

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