Introduction

Concrete buildings must be designed for movements due to early thermal contraction, shrinkage, temperature and the immediate and long-term effects of post-tensioning if used.

In this CPD course delegates will understand the types and sources of movement, appreciate the importance of restraints to movements and design to accommodate or mitigate movements using a multi-storey car park as a case study.

Course Content

• Forms of movement
• Sources of movement
• Amounts of movement
• Restraints to movement - and alleviation by creep
• Movement joints
• Calculation example: post-tensioned multi-storey car park

Speaker/s

• STUART ALEXANDER, MA, CEng, FICE, FIStructE, MCMI, has been a practising structural engineer for over 40 years. He is WSP's Group Technical Coordinator, responsible for advancing and disseminating technical knowledge throughout WSP Group. Stuart's special expertise is structural loadings and movements, particulalrly managing the effects of temperature, shrinkage, early-age contractions and creep. He has published technical papers ona wide range of subjects, including axial shortening, understanding shrinkage, imposed floor loading and cracks and leaks in basements.

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