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X-WR-CALNAME:Civil Engineering Seminar:  Brandon E. Ross\, Ph.D.\, Clemson 
 University
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DESCRIPTION:"Civil Engineering:  Servicing the Present and Creating for the
  Future"\n\n \n\nThis is an exciting time to be a civil engineer.  Advance
 d materials\, automation\, and data science are growing the civil engineer
 ing “toolbox\,” and civil engineering problems are being reframed by s
 ustainability\, resilience\, and adaptability. However\, as the profession
  adds new tools and solves new problems\, many aspects of civil engineerin
 g remain constant.  Concrete and steel structures remain ubiquitous and Ho
 oke’s Law remains a critical tool in structural design.  This presentati
 on will describe research that utilizes tried-and-true approaches for serv
 icing society’s present needs\, as well as research that creates novel t
 ools and frameworks for engineering the future.\n\n \n\nThe first topic pr
 esented will be end region design of precast\, pretensioned concrete I-gir
 ders.  These girders are workhorses for the nation’s highway bridges and
  proper end region design is critical to their performance.  The end regio
 n serves two critical functions: First\, it receives forces from the prest
 ressed strands and delivers these forces to the remainder of the girder. S
 econd\, the end region receives shear forces generated from applied loads 
 and delivers them to the support. Partial debonding of strands is commonly
  used to prevent end region cracking due to receiving and delivering the p
 restress\, yet debonding also has a negative effect on the end region shea
 r capacity. A method will be presented for designing debonding schemes tha
 t balance the serviceability benefits of debonding with its drawbacks on s
 hear strength.  Derivation and validation of the method will be discussed.
 \n\n \n\nThe second topic will be Design for Adaptability (DfA). DfA is an
  emerging philosophy that can be used to design obsolescence-resistant bui
 ldings. Such buildings can be easily modified to suit changing functional\
 , economic\, and social needs. As the obsolescence “hazard” grows – 
 in many cities obsolescence results in many more building demolitions than
  structural failures – the need for a quantitative framework for DfA wil
 l also increase.  This part of the presentation will introduce ideas and s
 trategies associated with obsolescence mitigation and DfA. A quantitative 
 framework will be discussed along with ongoing data collection and validat
 ion efforts.  It is intended that this framework will become a standard to
 ol for designing next-generation buildings.
GEO:39.681725;-75.749184
LOCATION:Composites Manufacturing Science Lab\, Room 106
SUMMARY:Civil Engineering Seminar:  Brandon E. Ross\, Ph.D.\, Clemson Unive
 rsity
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.udel.edu/event/civil_engineering_seminar_brand
 on_e_ross_phd_glenn_department_of_engineering_clemson_university
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