Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures.

Prof. Collins, University of Toronto, Canada

Schedule
DATE

LECTURE

TUTORIAL

Tuesday, May 29
Wednesday, May 30
Thursday, May 31
Monday, June 4
Tuesday, June 5
Wednesday, June 6

9.30 13.00
9.30 13.00
9.30 13.00
9.30 13.00
9.30 13.00
9.30 13.00

14.30 16.30
14.30 16.30
14.30 16.30
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14.30 16.30

Michael P. Collins is University Professor and Bahen-Tanenbaum

Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. For about
30 years he has led a research program at Toronto aimed at
developing simple, rational approaches to the analysis and design of
reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. He has participated in
formulating codes of practice for the design of buildings, bridges,
nuclear containment structures and offshore oil platforms in Canada
and the United States. As an active consulting engineer he has been
involved in a number of failure investigations, in the evaluation and
rehabilitation of buildings and bridges, and in the design of high-rise
buildings, offshore platforms, concrete silos and bridges.
URL:http://www.civil.engineering.utoronto.ca/infoabout/staff/profess
ors/Professor_M__P__Collins.htm

Topic list:

Background information: prestressed structures, material properties.

Members under axial load.
Members under flexure loading.
Shear design: The Modified Compression Field Theory.
Design for Torsion
Design of Disturbed Regions; Strut&Tie Model, Response 2000 Program.

Some Recent Publications:

Sherwood, E. G., Bentz, E.C., and Collins, M.P., Effect of Aggregate Size on Beam-Shear
Strength of Thick Slabs, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 104, No. 2, March-April 2007, pp. 180-190.

Bentz, E.C., Vecchio, F.J., and Collins, M.P., Simplified Modified Compression Field Theory for
Calculating Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Elements, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 103,

No. 4, July-August 2006, pp. 614-624.

Lubell, A., Sherwood, E., Bentz, E.C. and Collins, M.P., Safe Shear Design of Large Wide Beams,
ACI Concrete International, Vol.26, No. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 66-78
Rahal, K.N. and Collins, M.P., Experimental Evaluation of ACI and AASHTO-LRFD Design Provisions
for Combined Shear and Torsion, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 100, No.3, May-June 2003, pp 277-282.
Collins, M.P., In Search of Elegance: The Evolution of the Art of Structural Engineering in the
Western World, ACI Concrete International, Vol. 23, No. 7, July 2001, pp. 57-72.
Kuchma, D.A., Tamas, J. and Collins, M.P., Strength of Upper-Dome Cell-Wall Connection of Concrete
Offshore Structures, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 96, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1999, pp. 683-692.
Collins, M.P., and Kuchma, D.A., "How Safe Are Our Large, Lightly Reinforced Concrete
Beams, Slabs, and Footings?" ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 96, No. 4, July-Aug. 1999, pp.
482-490.
Collins, M.P., Adebar, P., Seabrook, P.T., Kuchma, D. and Sacre, P., "External Repair of
Cracked Grain Silos", ACI Concrete International, Vol. 19, No. 11, Nov. 1997, pp. 22-28.
Collins, M.P., Vecchio, F.J., Selby, R.G. and Gupta, P.R., "The Failure of an Offshore
Platform", ACI Concrete International, Vol. 19, No. 8, Aug. 1997, pp. 29-35.

References
The textbook Prestressed Concrete Structures, Response Publications, by M.P. Collins & D.
Mitchell is strongly recommended and will be used as a basis for the course. It is available at the
University of Brescia for selling (60 Euros per copy). Contact fausto.minelli@unibs.it if you are
interested in getting it.