Description
Course Objective
This continuing education course, designed for engineers in the civil, structural, sanitary, and highway/traffic/railroad industries, covers the fundamental elements of concrete and its properties, ingredients, manufacturing process, material properties, and reinforced concrete principles, making it ideal for those interested in grasping the core concepts of concrete and its multifaceted role in the engineering industry.
Course Description
Crafted in a reader-friendly manner, the “Fundamentals of Concrete” course delves into the essence of concrete. Exploring its components and tracing the evolution from ingredient blending to end products, this course offers its students a sturdy knowledge base in concrete. The curriculum covers concrete ingredients, coupled with a module about the transformative process concrete undergoes when transitioning from a mixture to a solid material. The course also talks about the unique characteristics concrete possesses(workability, weight, and potency) and details prudent measures and influential variables. Additionally, it addresses the impact of evaporation on freshly placed concrete and provides students with usable preventative strategies to combat it.
The course seamlessly progresses into a unit about reinforced concrete, concrete beam stresses and complications, and the vital task of reinforcing steel. It thoroughly explains pre-cast and post-tensioned beam principles, featuring various pertinent crossovers. This course wraps up by introducing fundamental concepts in formwork design.
Although this continuing education course is not design-oriented, it offers calculations and foundational scenarios related to specific real-world design criteria and moments in the designing processes for reinforced concrete beams and formwork designs for vertical structures like walls and columns using reinforced beams.
Author: Professor Patrick L. Glon, PE
Course Number: 095
Course Hours: 3 PDH