2025

Pathologies in Proceedings of Reinforced Concrete and Steel

Name: Pathologies in Proceedings of Reinforced Concrete and Steel
Code: ERU10919O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

In the profession, the technician can find innumerable problems in reinforced concrete structures and steel structures that require its analysis. This course has, as its main aim get to know the main pathologies that can appear in reinforced concrete structures and steel
structures, explaining how they arise, how to avoid them and how they can be repaired. Will also be acquired competencies relating to technical inspection, monitoring and analysis of such constructions.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Reasons that determine the need to repair a structural element
3. Main symptoms of deterioration of reinforced concrete structures and steel structures and their causes of degradation
4. Repair of reinforced concrete structures and steel structures
5. Monitorization and inspection of structures

Teaching Methods

Oral presentations, presentation of case studies and assistance to conferences.

Written tests and oral presentations.