20810171 - SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND RETROFITTING

A new approach towards construction engineering is based on the sustainable use of resources, including land use, energy consumption and gas emissions for material production, and disposal of waste materials. Additionally, the aging of the building stock is increasing the costs for its maintenance and repair, which are required for enhancing its safety level and protecting human lives. Innovative technologies are nowadays available that can ensure a better durability of new constructions and improve the capacity of existing ones. The civil engineer needs the skills for the design and application of these technologies in the field.
The course deals with the fundamental issues of construction sustainability with reference to both design new structures and rehabilitation of built heritage. The principles of structural safety and sustainability and of life-cycle assessment are introduced. The first part of the course will provide the students with the basic principles of the design of new concrete structures with FRP rebars, fibre-reinforced, self-healing and 3S concrete, and built in concrete with recycled aggregates. The second part will provide an overview of the most advanced strategies for the sustainable management of existing structures. The technologies and the criteria for design and assessment of rehabilitation with innovative materials will be illustrated, including externally bonded FRP and FRCM composites, NSM composites and fibre-reinforced mortars

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Programma

TOPIC 1 - DESIGN: SUSTAINABILITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Part 1 - SUSTAINABILITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
- Introduction sustainability in Civil Engineering
- The Triple Bottom Line: Environmental, social and economic pillars
o Brief introduction
o Economic Pillar
o Social Pillar
o Environmental pillar
 Ecological footprint
 Planet Boundary
 Life cycle assessment
- Sustainable strategies
o Recycled content
o Local sourcing and local manufacturing
o Durability and reduced maintenance
o Design for adaptability and deconstruction
o Reuse of buildings, structural components, and non-building structures
o Structural Materials and Toxicity
o Life cycle assessment (in brief)
Part 2 - LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA)
- Theory
- Applications
- Exercises
Part 3 - SUSTAINABILITY OF BUILDING MATERIALS
- Materials introduction
- Masonry
- Steel
- Wood
- Natural building materials and systems
- Concrete

TOPIC 2 - DESIGN: SUSTAINABILITY/DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
Part 1 - CONCRETE MATERIAL
- Concrete: basic theory on composition, mechanical properties of fresh and hardened concrete, classification
- Steel reinforcement in reinforced concrete
Part 2 – SUSTAINABILITY OF CONCRETE
- The sustainability benefits of concrete structures
- Durability and maintenance: general concepts

Part 3 - DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
- Deterioration and durability of reinforced concrete structures
- Degradation phenomena and mechanisms
- Design strategies for durability (part 1): Exposure classes, concrete cover design
- Design strategies for durability (part 2): Mix design of concrete
- Exercises on concrete cover design and concrete mix design
- Inspection, diagnosis and restoration of concrete structures

Part 4 - NEW STRATEGIES FOR CONCRETE DURABILITY
- Coatings and waterproofing, corrosion inhibitors
- Coated steel, stainless steel and FRP reinforcement
- Special concretes:
o (Ultra) High performance concrete (HPC/UHPC)
o Geopolymer concrete
o Fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC)
o Underwater concretes (beSub)
o 3-SC concretes (3-self concrete)
o Self-repairing/self-healing concretes
- Digital concrete (3D printed concrete)
- Concrete structures reinforced with FRP rebars
- Exercises

TOPIC 3 - RETROFITTING: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILT HERITAGE
Part 1 - FABRIC REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX (FRCM) COMPOSITES
- History
- Brief application examples
- Constituent materials
- Mechanical properties
- Acceptance criteria

Part 2 – FRCM-STRENGTHENED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
- Design of flexural and shear FRCM reinforcement: theory
- Design of flexural and shear FRCM reinforcement: exercises


Testi Adottati

SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Sustainability
- Fundamentals of Sustainability in Civil Engineering - A. Braham
- Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment - R.H. Crawford
- Environmental Life Cycle Assessment -Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
- Sustainable Construction Techniques – Detail Green Books, 2015
SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Sustainability/Durability of Concrete
- Teoria e Tecnica delle Costruzioni Civili – R. Giannini, CittàStudi, 2011
- Il restauro dell’architettura moderna in cemento armato – L. Coppola, A. Buoso, Hoepli, 2015
- Materiali per l’edilizia: Una guida ai materiali strutturali, ausiliari e di rivestimento – G. Frigione, N. Mairo, Hoepli, 2010
- La durabilità del calcestruzzo armato – P. Pedeferri, L. Bertolini, McGraw-Hill, 2000
- Reinforced concrete with FRP bars: mechanics and design – A. Nanni, A. De Luca, H. J. Zadeh, CRC Press, 2014
RETROFITTING
- Consolidamento delle Strutture – M.A. Pisani, S. Cattaneo, T. D’Antino, Hoepli Editore, 2019

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Books: SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Sustainability - Fundamentals of Sustainability in Civil Engineering - A. Braham - Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment - R.H. Crawford - Environmental Life Cycle Assessment -Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 - Sustainable Construction Techniques – Detail Green Books, 2015 SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Sustainability/Durability of Concrete - Teoria e Tecnica delle Costruzioni Civili – R. Giannini, CittàStudi, 2011 - Il restauro dell’architettura moderna in cemento armato – L. Coppola, A. Buoso, Hoepli, 2015 - Materiali per l’edilizia: Una guida ai materiali strutturali, ausiliari e di rivestimento – G. Frigione, N. Mairo, Hoepli, 2010 - La durabilità del calcestruzzo armato – P. Pedeferri, L. Bertolini, McGraw-Hill, 2000 - Reinforced concrete with FRP bars: mechanics and design – A. Nanni, A. De Luca, H. J. Zadeh, CRC Press, 2014 RETROFITTING - Consolidamento delle Strutture – M.A. Pisani, S. Cattaneo, T. D’Antino, Hoepli Editore, 2019 Guidelines and reports: SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Sustainability - Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer – ASCE, 2010 - Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact Assessment – Taylor & Francis, 2012 - Guidelines for Life Cycle Cost Assessment, Stanford University - A Guide to Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings -The American Institute of Architects, 2010 - Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings: A Practice Guide -The Carbon Leadership, 2019 - The Footprint and Biocapacity Accounting: Methodology Background for State of the States 2015 SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Sustainability/Durability of Concrete - I vantaggi della sostenibilità delle strutture in calcestruzzo, Federbeton, 2009 - CNR DT203/2006: Guide for the Design and Construction of Concrete Structures Reinforced with Fiber-Reinforced Polymers Bars RETROFITTING - EAD 340275-00-0104: Externally-bonded composite systems with inorganic matrix for strengthening of concrete and masonry structures - Linea Guida per la progettazione, l’esecuzione e la manutenzione di interventi di consolidamento strutturale mediante l’utilizzo di sistemi di rinforzo FRCM, CS LL. PP., 2019 - Recommendation of RILEM Technical Committee 250-CSM: Test method for Textile Reinforced Mortar to substrate bond characterization - AC434: Acceptance criteria for masonry and concrete strengthening using Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) and Steel Reinforced Grout (SRG) composite systems - ACI 549.4R-13: Guide to Design and Construction of Externally Bonded Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Systems for Repair and Strengthening Concrete and Masonry Structures - ACI 549.6R-20: Guide to Design and Construction of Externally Bonded Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) and Steel-Reinforced Grout (SRG) Systems for Repair and Strengthening Concrete and Masonry Structures - CNR DT215/2018: Guide for the Design and Construction of Externally Bonded Fibre Reinforced Inorganic Matrix Systems for Strengthening Existing Structures

Modalità Valutazione

Oral examination, including the discussion of a thesis on one or more topics covered in the course (to be agreed with the lecturer)