Fibre-Reinforced Concrete: Fundamentals, Modelling, Design & Applications (Completion)

Fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) is concrete with suitable discontinuous fibres added to it for the purpose of achieving a desired level of performance, primarily in tensile properties. It is increasingly used in the construction industry as it offers unique solutions to numerous structural engineering problems. The proper use of fibres significantly extends the boundaries of concrete as the prevalent construction material worldwide; moreover, when combined with conventional reinforced and prestressed concrete, FRC enables them to extend their own boundaries to levels unparalleled so far. It is anticipated that, in the coming years, FRC will see increasing integration and market penetration in every aspect of construction, offering an array of new structural solutions. This course focuses on the fundamental understanding of FRC behaviour and modelling, and provides the participants with a sufficiently strong basis to design a FRC composite, perform structural design with it, and use it with confidence. It provides answers to the questions: What do fibres do to concrete? What do fibres do to structural concrete? How to understand FRC key mechanical properties? How to model tension, compression, bending and shear? What are its unique applications? This course is truly unique in that it is not available in any university curriculum, worldwide. It is offered for the first time in Asia, in its present form, with a supporting textbook. It covers today what likely will be taught in university courses ten or twenty years from now.