Advanced Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Sustainable Infrastructure

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory and Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) This course surveys scale linkage in built infrastructure systems and its interaction with the natural environment. Fundamental analytic tools from fracture mechanics and micromechanics are introduced. Topics include elastic crack mechanics, energy principles, fiber cement composite design, infrastructure durability and material damage mechanics as it impacts infrastructure life cycle analyses.