EPSRC logo

Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference: GR/R87239/01
Title: Experimental/Computational Approaches for Evaluating Dynamically Loaded Reinforced Concrete structures
Principal Investigator: May, Professor I M
Other Investigators:
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Babtie Ltd British Energy CINTEC International Ltd
Devonport Management Ltd Rockfield Software Ltd
Department: Sch of the Built Environment
Organisation: Heriot-Watt University
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 September 2002 Ends: 31 December 2005 Value (£): 208,065
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Civil Engineering Materials Eng. Dynamics & Tribology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Construction Energy
Information Technologies
Related Grants:
GR/R87222/01
Panel History:  
Summary on Grant Application Form
A deterministic assessment of the capacity of safety-critical reinforced concrete structures to withstand abnormal impact loads that are beyond the design criteria must frequently be demonstrated in several areas of Civl Engineering. The route to confident prediction, based on computational procedure, of the response of such structures, including near ultimate load effects of scabbing, spallation and penetration, is hampered both by a lack of adquate computational solution procedures and the availability of good quality, comprehensively reported, experimental results. The proposed research aims to develop computational techniques based on combined continuum/discontinuum solution methods to simulate the dynamic behaviour of impact loaded R/C structures within the nonlinear range, where extensive cracking of concrete can take place in conjunction with yielding of the steel reinforcement, resulting in mechanisms leading to scabbing, spallation, penetration and possibly, complete failure. A series of carefully designed experiements will be incorporated in the test programme in order to provide material data for numerical modelling and also to validate the computational procedures developed. Eventurally an industrial standard numerical decision support system will be established to assess the performance of R/C structures under impact loading and to further optimise the design of such structures.
Key Findings
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Potential use in non-academic contexts
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Impacts
Description This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Summary
Date Materialised
Sectors submitted by the Researcher
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Project URL:  
Further Information:  
Organisation Website: http://www.hw.ac.uk