The Advanced Course in Materials, Techniques and Design Approaches for the Structural Strengthening aims to provide a solid formation on the use of advanced cement and polymer based materials, appropriate strengthening techniques and design guidelines.

Participants will acquire the capability of defining inspection and diagnosis strategies, selecting the proper materials and strengthening techniques, and designing the strengthening solutions by using recent guidelines and advanced computer simulations based on the finite element method.

The course is organized by the Structural Composites Research group of the Department of Civil Engineering of Minho University, a group with a solid background on structural strengthening by using fibre reinforced cement composites (FRCC) and fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) systems, as well as on the development of software for advanced numerical modelling.

Contact Information and Course Secretariat
Ms. Sónia Esteves
University of Minho
Department of Civil Engineering
Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering, ISISE
Campus Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: +351 253 510 747
e-mail: sonia.esteves@civil.uminho.pt
Website: http://sc.civil.uminho.pt/strengtheningtechniques