CE 241
Advanced Concrete
Technology
CE 241
Advanced Concrete Technology
Instructor: Paulo J.M. Monteiro
725 Davis Hall
Office hours: Monday 1-2 pm, Tu Th 10-11 am at 725 Davis Hall
Email: monteiro@[Link]
Grade: 10% HW + 20 % paper + 10% Presentation + 20% Midterm + 40% Final
Reading
Textbook: Concrete: Structure,
Properties and Materials by Mehta
and Monteiro, Forth Edition,
McGraw-Hill , 2014.
CE 241 web site:
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Why a concrete technology
course?
Paradigm change: More money is
being spent in repairing structures
than in new structures.
15% of 500,000 bridges in distress
~ 200 billion to repair
204 dams with AAR
Need for materials
New materials that you should
specify: green concrete, type of
cement, recycled aggregates, highstrength concrete, low-heat
generation concrete
New criteria
Low-shrinkage
Crack Free
Maximum temperature rise
Architectural concrete
Environmental Impact
Importance
The present consumption of
concrete in the world is of the
order of 33 billion tonnes every
year.
Humans consume no material,
except water, in such tremendous
quantities
TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES
Challenge I: Environmental Impact.
World demand/year
33 billion ton of concrete
3.7 billion ton of cement
2.7 billion ton of water
27 billion ton of aggregate
Consequences (1)
3.7 billion ton of cement
Generates 1.5 billion
ton of CO2
Responsible for 5-7%
CO2 production in
the world
Problem!
Business as usual is
not an option!
Challenges
Challenge II: Long-term durability
Civil Infrastructure quickly
deteriorating
March 17,
2008,
I-95 in
Philadelphia
Major deterioration
Corrosion of reinforced concrete
Sulfate attack
Alkali silica reaction
Hot and cold weather
Consequences
Of the 597,340 bridges in this
country, 73,784, or about
12.4 percent, are structurally
deficient.
Grading of the Report
Organization
Table of Contents, Page No., Tables, Figures, References (5)
Scope
Significance, relation to other topics in concrete course (10)
Depth
Coverage of the state of the art (20)
Conclusion
Conclusive remarks, recommendations (10)
Bibliography
Adequate references (quantity, quality) (5)
Format
First page:
Name
Title of the Report
Date
Be neat
Table of contents
Be comprehensive
Abstract
A summary of the material you
covered.
Introduction
Describe:
Why you select this topic
(importance)
What you are going to cover
What you are not going to cover
Keep it interesting
Main text
Plagiarism will not be tolerated
Quote text and figures properly
Be logical (dont jump around)
Its excellent if you find a
controversy
Dont be afraid of express your
opinion, but always justify it
Conclusions
Dont do it in the last minute.
Most readers will only read the
abstract and conclusions.
References
At least 10 refereed journal papers.
The web can be used but with great
care.
Be careful to provide the complete
reference information
Major Journals
Cement and Concrete Research
American Concrete Institute
Magazine of Concrete
ASCE Materials Journal
Journal of Materials and Structures
(RILEM)
American Ceramics Society
Structure and properties
of hydrated cement paste
Objectives:
Learn how the
microstructure controls the
properties of concrete.
Identify the main crystals
present in concrete
Transition zone
in concrete
Objectives:
Reinforce the concept that
concrete is not a
homogeneous material.
Show that the zone
between the aggregate and
the cement paste is the
weak link of concrete
affecting many of its
properties.
Factors influencing the
strength
Objectives:
Review the main parameters controlling the strength
development of concrete structures.
Concrete strength under
various stress states
Elastic behavior
Creep and drying
shrinkage
Objectives:
To study the mechanisms
of creep, modeling, and
structural consequences.
Show that creep and
shrinkage have the same
mechanism.
Thermal stresses
Objectives:
Analysis and control of thermal stresses due to the
hydration of cement.
Applications to dams, off-shore platforms, cathedrals, etc.
Permeability and
durability
Durability to frost action and fire
Objectives:
Describe the mechanism of deterioration caused by ice formation
in concrete.
Deterioration of concrete
by chemical attacks
Objectives:
Describe the damage mechanisms
caused by sulfate attack and alkalisilica reaction.
Deterioration from electrochemical
phenomena
Concrete structures in
marine environment
Concrete aggregates
Objectives:
Discuss the importance of
aggregates in concrete technology.
Hydraulic cements
Chemical admixtures
Objectives:
Discuss the importance of chemical admixtures for the
manufacture of advanced concrete
Mineral admixtures
Objectives:
Discuss the advantages of using
mineral admixtures both to
improve the properties of concrete
and to reduce the pollution in the
world.
Lightweight and
heavyweight concrete
High-strength and highperformance concrete
Objectives:
To introduce mix proportions to
obtain high-strength concrete and
to discuss construction methods
using HSC
Green Concrete
Shrinkage-compensating
concrete
Fiber-reinforced concrete
Mass concrete
Objectives:
Techniques to minimize the thermal
stresses in concrete.
Polymers in concrete
Objectives:
To present new research using
polymers in concrete to improve
various properties.
Fracture Mechanics
Non-destructive Methods
