Faculty of Engineering

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Short Course FIBRE-REINFORCED CONCRETE: Fundamentals, Modelling, Design & Applications Course Period: 20 – 26 February 2021 Course Fee: $2,850.00 (subject to 7% GST) / participant SSG Funding applicable for Singapore Citizen and PR, subject to approval.

Course Registration Contact: Ms Yap-Chong Wei Leng at ceecwl@nus.edu.sg Ms Cecilia Dewi at ceesdc@nus.edu.sg Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Course Timetable Confirmation will be sent to successful applicants.

Date Time Topics

Part 1 (Instructor: Prof. Em. A. E. Naaman)

20 Feb 2021 (Sat) 9 am – 12 nn Introduction; Mechanical Properties.

22 Feb 2021 (Mon) 6 – 9 pm Physical Limitations; Typical Applications.

24 Feb 2021 (Wed) 6 – 9 pm Bond; Tension; Compression.

26 Feb 2021 (Fri) 6 – 9 pm Bending; Looking Ahead.

Part 2 (Instructor: Prof. K. H. Tan)

23 Feb 2021 (Tue) 6 – 9 pm Singapore Standard; Test Methods; Quality Control.

25 Feb 2021 (Thu) 6 – 9 pm Design Examples.

Course Objective

Fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) is concrete with suitable discontinuous fibres added to it for the purpose of achieving a desired level of performance in a particular property (or properties). It is increasingly used in the construction industry as it offers unique solutions to numerous structural and engineering problems. The proper use of fibers in concrete significantly extends its boundaries as a prevalent composite construction material worldwide; as importantly, but exploited little so far, when combined with conventional reinforced and prestressed concrete, FRC enables them to extend their own boundaries to levels unimagined before. This course focuses on the fundamental understanding of FRC behaviour and modelling and provides the participants with a sufficiently strong basis to design a FRC composite, design for it, and use it with confidence. It is targeted at advanced engineering students and practicing professionals.

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Course Contents The course content is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with the fundamentals and modelling of FRC,

and Part 2 deals with design and application of FRC.

Part 1 – Fundamentals and Modelling of FRC

1. Introduction, History, Overview. 2. What do Fibers do to Concrete: Key Experimentally Observed Mechanical Properties. 3. Adding Fibers to Concrete: Physical Limitations and Constraints. 4. What Do Fibers Do to Structural Concrete? Typical Applications. 5. Bond and Bond Mechanisms. 6. Modeling Tension. 7. Modeling Compression. 8. Modeling Bending. 9. Looking Ahead.

Part 2 – Design and Application of FRC

1. Overview of Singapore Standard on Fibre Concrete Structures; Test Methods; Production, Conformity and Execution Control of FRC.

2. Design examples: Slab-on-grade, Slab-on-piles, Tension members, Crack Control.

Course Materials

Course notes will be provided. In addition, the following book authored by Professor Naaman will be

available at the course venue for separate purchase at S$230.00 (inclusive of 7% GST and shipping

charges), which is a special 30% discount from the published rate: Antoine E. Naaman, Fiber Reinforced

Cement and Concrete Composites, hard cover, 765 pages, Techno Press 3000, USA. It can also be

independently purchased from www.technopress3000.com , or Amazon.

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Instructors: Antoine (Tony) E. Naaman

Antoine E. Naaman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He

holds a Diploma Engineer from ECP in Paris, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Civil

Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.

Dr. Naaman’s research studies have led to more than 350 publications in

technical journals and symposia proceedings worldwide. He is also the author

of three textbooks (Prestressed Concrete, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, and

Ferrocement), four chapters in handbooks, and editor or co-editor of fourteen

books.

Professor Naaman has received several professional awards, including the ASCE T.Y. Lin Award twice,

the PCI Martin P. Korn Award twice, the UM Research Excellence Award, Germany's Alexander von

Humboldt Award, the Hwa Ying Foundation for Culture and Education award ( P.R. China), the URB

Scholar Award of the American University of Beirut, the Japan Concrete Institute best paper award

(2004), Korea’s Concrete Institute paper of the year award (2010), ACI Chester P. Siess Award for

Excellence in Structural Research (2011), PCI Distinguished Educator award, and CTE-Italy‘s

GrandiPersonalita dell Ingegneria award. He is a Fellow and Honorary Member of the American

Concrete Institute (ACI), Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Fellow of the

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), and Fellow, founding member and past president of the

International Ferrocement Society (IFS).

Tan Kiang Hwee

Tan Kiang Hwee is Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental

Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He obtained his

doctorate degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1985. He specialises in

the area of structural concrete and composites and has carried out extensive

research on external prestressing, fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP)

reinforcement, fibre-reinforced concrete, and sustainable concrete and

construction. He has published more than 280 refereed technical papers, a book

entitled “Beams with Openings: Analysis & Design” (CRC Press LLC, USA, 1999),

and edited the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on FRP

Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (World Scientific, 2003).

Professor Tan is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), Japan Concrete Institute (JCI)

and Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). He is a member of editorial boards for several international

journals, including ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE Journal of Composites for

Construction, Cement and Concrete Composites, JCI Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Science

and Engineering of Composite Materials, and others. He is actively in standardization works and served

as Chairman of Working Group on “Singapore Standard for Design of Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Structures”. He is a registered professional engineer and has also been a consultant in structural

engineering and materials to several agencies in Singapore and the region.