Dear All,
IStructE Regional Group Committee is inviting you to an online webinar by Dr. Maher K. Tadros, Founding Principal-e.construct, on the topic "Ultra-High Performance Concrete: A Game Changer”.
Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) has the potential to replace conventional concrete in many applications. UHPC has the ability to be cost-competitive on a first-cost basis while being far more valuable than conventional concrete on a life-cycle basis. By taking advantage of the key properties of UHPC, building and bridge members will use materials more efficiently while also being able to span farther, improving space utilization and enhancing the safety of people and vehicles. Lower consumption of construction materials will be good for the environment because of its potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
This webinar will cover the fundamentals of UHPC: what it is, how it is mixed, produced, cured, and constructed. A sample mixture design will show that it can be produced by conventional concrete producers at a fraction of the cost of proprietary pre-packaged mixes. Guidelines for structural design with UHPC will be given along with full-scale testing verification. Due to the minimal amount of rebar used in UHPC products, engineering, detailing, and production are simpler than with conventional concrete members that are congested with rebars. Flexure, shear, interface shear, prestress losses, camber, end zone stresses and other design issues will be covered.
Architectural UHPC can be produced with elegant white color and can be used for various attractive applications. Some of these applications will be given to show the fantastic opportunities for this exciting material. The webinar will conclude with examples of successful applications in the US, Europe, and Asia.
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Kindly note that you will receive another email with the Zoom webinar details and link to join.
Also be noted that seats are limited, but the Lecture will also be live on our YouTube Channel. "Subscribe to channel"
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzmcLd1n84tQ1wKJbzMvHHA/
Thank you,
