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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: To equip students with the skills to be able to understand and critically appraise the role of concrete and its constituent materials in the provision of sustainable construction and the knowledge to be able to select, specify and design concretes appropriate to their use. Learning Outcomes: After successfully completing the unit the student will be able to: * Compare and contrast the production, manufacture and use of concrete technologies. * Evaluate the suitability of low carbon cementitious composites for use in modern construction. * Recommend the use of appropriate special materials for a wide variety of exposure conditions and environmental conditions. * Apply the concepts and principles of sustainable concrete technology in a variety of construction scenarios. * Recommend and suggest future research priorities to create a sustainable, resilient and durable infrastructure based on cementitious composites. Skills: Knowledge & Understanding * Ability to analyse, interpret and critically appraise state-of-the-art research (TFA). Intellectual skills * Critical thinking and analysis of design practice for novel materials (TFA) * Select and utilise imaginative solutions to engineering problems (TFA). Professional/Practical skills * Use of appropriate professional design methods and tools (TFA) * Analyse and assess construction techniques (TFA) Transferable/key skills * Communication of advanced concepts in specialist and technical language (FA). * Use IT, and other appropriate techniques, to collect and present technical information (FA). Content: The hydration of cement and the effect of hydration products in determining the performance of concrete. Use of latent hydraulic, pozzolanic and inert additions to modify performance. Natural, recycled and manufactured aggregates. Use of admixtures for improved properties and performance. The physical and chemical degradation of concrete and how to design against it. Special concretes and materials and how and where to use them. A study of future and innovative concretes and potential research directions. How to design and proportion concrete in a modern context. Mixing, handling and placement of concrete. Understanding why concrete cracks and what to do about it. |
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AR50448 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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