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Syllabus |
1. Nonlinear behaviour models for materials: reinforcement, mortar and concrete.
2. Advanced models to study the mechanical behaviour of structural composite elements: Bond models, Cracking and deformation models, Ultimate behaviour models with interaction of internal forces, Global behaviour models, Ductility and rotation capacity.
3. Elaboration of design tools.
4. Experimental evaluation of the mechanical behaviour of structural composite elements: Conception of test models, test procedures, Instrumentation, Data processing.
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Main Bibliography |
- Richard M. Christensen, Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2005.
- Hsu, T.T.C., Mo, Y.L., Unified Theory of Concrete Structures, Wiley, 2010.
- Ghali, A. and Favre R. Concrete Structures. Stresses and Deformations. E & FN SPON, 1994.
- Hartamn, Tim, Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Stockholm, 1999.
- “Lightweight Aggregate Concrete: Codes and Standards”, State-of-the-Art Report, Lausanne. Aug. 1999.
- fib Bulletin 45, Practicioners´guide to finite element modelling of reinforced concrete structures. State-of-art report, 2008.
- Lourenço P.B., Métodos computacionais na mecânica dos sólidos não-linear. Relatório 99-DEC/E-1, Universidade do Minho, 1999.
- Criesfield, M.A., Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Structures. Chichester, West Sussex: John Willey & Sons, 1991.
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