Materials and Structures - 4EUS3MS

Goal(s)

• to present the basics of the mechanical behaviour depending on the time with an application to the concrete
• to use practically the notions of elasticity learnt in the first year class
• to be able to design at limit states elements in reinforced concrete under simple sollicitations (beam under bending moment, column in compression, compounded flexion)
• to understand the basis of reinforced concrete
• to take in hand a finite elements software in order to analyze structures in elasticity (beam, slab, dam)
  Learning outcomes :
• to design the ULS of a rectangular isostatic reinforced concrete beam subjected to simple bending.
• to represent the reinforcement of a reinforced concrete beam.

Content(s)

Civil engineering structures are mainly built in reinforced/prestressed concrete. This module wants to instruct students to the basics of structures design under various sollicitations, leaned on notions of limit states presented in the Eurocode 2 (course 1). Materials behavior is covered in the introductory course (course 2). This course allows students to characterize and formalize the behavior of non-aging and aging materials using simple models (spring, damper, pad). All of the concepts are applied through a structural modeling project and projects addressing the behavior of steel and concrete materials and the models that can be made of them.

resistance of materials, continuum mechanics, elasticity.