Concrete structures are of paramount importance in the context of Civil Engineering infrastructures. The ability that this type of structure has in optimizing two structural materials \u2013 concrete and steel \u2013 \u00a0(i.e., \u00a0their mechanical properties complement each other), allied to the high durability in the long-term, are competitive factors when compared to other solutions. Typically, with a design lifetime that ranges usually from 50 to 100 years, we, as a society, will be facing during the current XXI century the end of the lifetime of several of them. Consequently, this means that the assessment, in addition to the design and construction, will become a required skill in future generations of structural engineers. In other words, the paradigm of the study of concrete structures is being pushed to incorporate the society’s requirements, i.e. updating the knowledge on their effective lifetime by utilizing better simulations on the effective behaviour of such critical structures.<\/p>\n
In this context, and according to the Eurocode 2 \u2013 Design of concrete structures<\/em>, this course aims to offer the fundamental knowledge devoted to (i) the design and (ii) assessment requirements of concrete structures, by considering the entire lifetime. Based on a clear and comprehensive approach, this course is planned in a set of modules with an independent focus but altogether builds the required holistic view of the subject in the presented context.<\/p>\n In this context, the course objectives can be organized as follows (bottom-up):<\/p>\n Limited places.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction Concrete structures are of paramount importance in the context of Civil Engineering infrastructures. The ability that this type of structure has in optimizing two structural materials \u2013 concrete and steel \u2013 \u00a0(i.e., \u00a0their mechanical properties complement each other), allied to the high durability in the long-term, are competitive factors when compared to other solutions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":57360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0"},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[494,499,1060],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-55579","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-architecture","product_cat-civil-engineering","product_cat-featured-en","entry","has-media","first","outofstock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable","has-rating","has-product-nav","col","span_1_of_3","owp-content-center","owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","owp-btn-normal","owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","has-no-thumbnails"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nObjectives<\/h3>\n
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