E – 1616 Structural Evaluation of Existing Concrete Structures

This course is about Structural Evaluation of Existing Concrete Structures. Most of professional engineers, researchers, academics and students in structural engineering field strongly want to learn how to assessment the structural safety of existing buildings especially in the absence of drawings. They do not have adequate sources to learn it. This course is prepared to solve this problem. It covers the following topics:

• Preliminary Assessment
• Study of Documents and Visual Inspection
• Preliminary Inspection
• Preliminary Checks
• Decisions on Immediate Actions
• Recommendations for Detailed Assessment
• Detailed Assessment

• Detailed Documentary Search and Review
• Actual Materials Properties
• Determination of Capacity of the Structures
• Structural Analysis using Analytical Models (Finite Element Models)
• Verification
• Results of Assessment

• Report
• Conceptual Design of Construction Interventions
• Control of Risk