101-0129-00L Non Destructive Evaluation & Rehabilitation of Existing Structures
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | E. Chatzi, B. Herraiz Gómez, G. Kocur |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Abstract | Introduction to non destructive evaluation tools and quantitative structural analyses and verifications for condition assessment of existing structures and subsequent decisions on their rehabilitation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The goal is for students to familiarize themselves with the handling of assessment and rehabilitation of existing structures from the perspective of a consulting engineer, following a systematic approach as described in current codes and to further learn how to use new non destructive evaluation technologies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | This course is organized in two main pillars. The first pillar describes the technologies that are available for non destructive evaluation of structures and delves into description of the principle of operation of such methods (e.g. wave propagation, acoustic emission analysis, tomography). The second pillar, overviews the current implementation of condition assessment processes in codes and standards. Complementary to the topic of structural evaluation, the topic of interventions, rehabilitation and retrofitting of existing structures for different construction materials is next addressed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture notes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | J. D. Achenbach, Wave propagation in elastic solids, North-Holland Publishing Company, 425p, 1973 J. L. Rose, Ultrasonic Guided Waves in Solid Media, Cambridge University Press, 506p, 2014 N. Ida and N. Meyendorf, Handbook of Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation, Springer, 1617p, 2019 Swiss Standards SIA 269, 269/1 to 269/7 SIA-Document D 0239 « Existing Structures – Introduction » (in German/French) SIA-Document D 0239 « Existing Structures – Consolidation and Practice » (in German/French) A. Costa, A. Arêde, H. Varum, Strengthening and Retrofitting of Existing Structures, Springer, 339p, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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