Engineering of existing structures
CIVIL-511
Summary
The engineering of existing structures encompasses the examination of
condition and load-carrying capacity, decision criteria, and methods for
rehabilitation or reinforcement. This course presents the bases necessary for
this approach at the level of materials, structural response, calculation,
evaluation, and decision methods. It principally covers the case of reinforced
and prestressed concrete structures. E. Denarié handles parts on deterioration
mechanisms, condition evaluation, non-destructive testing, updating of
resistances, reinforcement with new concretes, UHPFRC and external
prestressing. A. Nussbaumer handles parts on updating of action effects, in
depth examination: updating by semi-probabilistic analysis, required safety
level, condition evaluation and reinforcement by means of glued CFRP lamellas.
