Advanced Course in Concrete Technology (3cr)

Objectives

The students can design the most common framework and housing as well as the reinforcing and concreting work.
The students gain sufficient knowledge of the applications of concrete technology to design aforementioned jobs.
The students familiarise themselves with the current concrete norms and publications of the field.

Content

Designing framework, reinforcing, housing and concreting. Slip casting, concrete spraying, underwater concreting, concreting of renovations and the production technique of prestressed concrete structures. Familiarisation with the current concrete technology and norms, examples of practical concrete technology applications.

Further information

Prerequisites: Concrete Technology, Basics of reinforced concrete structures 1 and 2. Literature: Betonitekniikan oppipirja by 201 (2004 or the latest edition) and other publications by Suomen Betoniyhdistys. Teaching methods: Lectures, assignments, presentations and laboratory work.