CE521 Reinforced Concrete Behaviour and Design CE521 Reinforced Concrete Behaviour and Design Instructor Email Office Phone : : : : Dr. Kong Fah Tee tee.fah@kfupm.edu.sa 03 – 103 013-860-4530 Dr. Kong Fah Tee Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Dr. Kong Fah Tee Professional Career ➢ Associate Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral (March 2023 – present) Professor, INTI International University (Nov 2022 – March 2023) Reader in Infrastructure Engineering, University of Greenwich (Sept 2016 – Oct 2022) Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich (Nov 2009 – Aug 2016) Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Ulster (Aug 2008 – Oct 2009) Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol (April 2007 – Aug 2008) Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, University of Plymouth (Dec 2004 – March 2007) ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ Assessment ◼ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ Coursework (40%) and Exam (60%) Aims ◼ Expose students to the concept, approach, and practice in the design of reinforced concrete members with an emphasis on mechanics and structural behavior. ◼ Enable students to acquire skills in the design of reinforced concrete members. ◼ Make students aware of the professional responsibilities and the need for lifelong learning. Contents ◼ ◼ ◼ Assignment 1: 10% Assignment 2: 10% Project and Presentation: 20% Mid-Term Exam: 25% Final Exam: 35% ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ ◼ Design Loads Reinforcing Steel and Concrete Shrinkage and Creep in Concrete Serviceability Issues, Crack, Deflection Moment-Curvature Relation Column Interaction Diagram Sway and Non-sway Frames Slender Column Design of Retaining Walls Prestressed Concrete 1 Contents ◼ ◼ ◼ Design of Concrete Two-Way Slabs Torsion etc. Structural Integrity Structural Reliability Service Life Prediction Smart/Sustainable Structures Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Sensing and Actuation of Piezoelectric Maintenance Accidental/Extreme Loading Forensic Engineering Green Concrete Civil Ambient/Service Loading Infrastructures Fire Applications •Pipelines •Bridges •Buildings •Composites •Wind Turbines Wind Fatigue Crack Fracture Toughness Crack Closure Vibration-based Identification System Identification Wave Propagation Time Series Analysis Research Portfolio 3 Big Challenges in Infrastructures a) Aging infrastructure systems b) Extreme or unexpected loadings c) Advanced materials for sustainability 2 Structural Health Monitoring ◼ Visual inspection ◼ Localized on-site methods ◼ Vibration-based inspection Changes in the structure’s physical properties will alter the dynamic characteristics of the structure 3
