Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC)

Name: Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC)
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A chance to learn how to control cracking of concrete

Created byDr. Zahran Al-Kamyani

Last updated 5/2020

English

What you'll learn

Know different types of fibers and their properties
Learn mechanical characteristics of FRC
Analyse raw data of flexural testing
Design structural members made of FRC
Understand durability and sustainability of structures incorporating fibres

Course content

5 sections • 14 lectures • 2h 26m total length

Introduction to FRC11:38
Explore the definition and types of fibre reinforced concrete, how fibres enhance energy absorption and ductility, and applications such as slab-on-grade and shotcrete.
Pros and Cons9:42
Explore the pros and cons of fiber reinforced concrete, including energy absorption, post-cracking ductility, crack bridging, and fire-induced spalling mitigation, with workability and cost considerations.
Properties of Fresh FRC5:02
Examine the properties of fresh fiber reinforced concrete, including when to add fibers after wet mixing, how to preserve workability with admixtures, and avoid segregation and balling.
Prime Motive

Compressive and Tensile Strength13:14
Explore mechanical behavior of fibre reinforced concrete under compression and tension, focusing on post-peak performance, fibre to matrix bond, and how fibre geometry, orientation, and embedment affect strength and ductility.
Flexural Behaviour11:33
Demonstrate the flexural behavior of fiber reinforced concrete using three-point bending, measuring cracks with an extensometer and crack mouth opening displacement to determine flexural strength and residual stresses.
Felxural Analysis - Example17:14
Analyze flexural behavior using plain and fiber reinforced concrete prisms to derive residual stresses from crack mouth opening displacements and CMOD, and compare stress–CMOD curves for future FRC design.
Flexural Analysis - Exercise1:45
Practice flexural analysis using data from two prisms (plain concrete and FRC) tested under three points flexure, convert to Excel, and compute residual stresses and CMOD with the provided worksheet.

Design of Beams11:53
Examine the design of fiber reinforced concrete beams and when to use FRC without longitudinal reinforcement, considering fiber variability, hardening behavior, displacement criteria, and residual tensile strength.
Design of FRC Slab-on-Grade (Part 1)17:28
Learn slab-on-grade design for fibre reinforced concrete, applying partial safety factors for various loads and deriving residual moment capacities from flexural tensile strength to control cracking.
Design of FRC Slab-on-Grade (Part 2)6:57
Classify slab loads as internal, edge, or corner and apply the appropriate slab-on-grade design equations using a/l, interpolation, Mn, Mp, and q.
Design of FRC Slab-on-Grade (Part 3)8:34
Explore punching shear design for fiber reinforced concrete slab-on-grade, calculating nu,max per perimeter and evaluating plain concrete and fiber reinforced concrete shear capacities for serviceability considerations.

Durability of FRC8:55
Explore the durability of fiber reinforced concrete, including corrosion effects, post-cracking auto-healing, shrinkage control with polymer fibres, and enhanced fatigue and freeze-thaw performance.
Sustainability of FRC6:39
Explore how recycled and natural fibres in fibre reinforced concrete enhance sustainability by reducing cement use, energy, and CO2 emissions, while improving durability and reducing cracking.
Recycled fibres and sustainability

Requirements

Concrete Design
Principles of Structural Analysis

Description

For the first time in Udemy, you will learn about Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC). One of the most important topic in the field of construction engineering.

Do you know that cracking of concrete is inevitable and at the same time civil and structural engineers are spending much time and efforts to control this phenomenon. One of the best solutions, nowadays, is the use of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC).

In this course you are going to learn about Fibre / Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) incorporating both metallic and non-metallic fibres. By the end of the course you are expected to:

Know different types of fibers and their properties
Conducting flexural analyse of FRC elements
Become a designer and being able to design structural members made of FRC
Understand durability and sustainability of structures incorporating fibres

Course teaching will be based on explaining the theoretical part and then illustrating numerical or practical examples. To enhance and secure a better understanding, some practical images from civil engineering field will be shown and students will get a copy of Excel analysis spreadsheets. In addition to the online quizzes, students will get some exercises to solve on their own time.

Join the course and gain the cognition and knowledge to become a structural designer and analyser of FRC elements.

Who this course is for:

Beginners in Civil and Structural Engineering
Intermediate in Civil and Structural Engineering

Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC)

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 26min

Mechanical Characteristics4 lectures • 44min

Design of FRC Elements4 lectures • 45min

Durability and Sustainability of FRC2 lectures • 16min

Free Talk about Hybrid Reinforcement1 lecture • 16min

Requirements

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