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Webinar Description:
Description: Researchers at the University
of Texas at Austin developed an innovative software package known as
ConcreteWorks, which gives laboratory technicians, engineers, and
contractors a tool that combines concrete design, analysis, and performance
prediction to improve and guide TxDOT to better designs. ConcreteWorks is a
free, stand-alone Microsoft Windows® based software that can be downloaded
at
www.texasconcreteworks.com.
ConcreteWorks Version 2.0 has the ability
to assist with the following:
Mass concrete: temperature prediction,
cracking probability classification, chloride diffusion service-life
analysis
Bridge decks: temperature prediction
and chloride diffusion service life analysis (many bridge deck systems
are considered)
Pavements: temperature prediction
Precast/prestressed concrete members:
temperature prediction of limited beams
ACI 211 concrete mixture proportioning
procedure
This presentation will provide an overall
summary of how ConcreteWorks can be used to predict
concrete performance and optimize the
selection of materials, mixture proportions, and construction operations.
The presentation will include a live demonstration of ConcreteWorks, and
participants are
encouraged to download the software before the webinar (free, at
www.texasconcreteworks.com) so that they
can gain hands-on experience using the program.
Presenter Bio:
Kevin Folliard, Ph.D., is an Associate
Professor and Austin Industries Endowed Faculty Fellow in the Department of
Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the
faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in September, 1999, Dr. Folliard was an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware, and
previous to this, he worked for W.R. Grace & Co. in Cambridge, Massachusetts
as a Research Associate Engineer. He was responsible for the research and
development of various concrete admixtures.
During his employment at W.R.
Grace & Co., he received the prestigious Vision Award in 1996, as well as a
Research Recognition Award in the same year.
Dr. Folliard received his Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley. His research was primarily on the durability of high-performance
concrete, with special emphasis on frost resistance and sulfate attack. Dr.
Folliard received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from Berkeley and his B.S.
from Florida Institute of Technology.
He is a member of ACI Committees 229 Controlled Low-Strength Material, 236
Materials Science of Concrete, and 544 Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. He is
Chair of Committee 201 Durability of Concrete. He was awarded the
prestigious ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement in 2002 and
was elected a Fellow of ACI in 2003. He has developed and presented a range
of workshops and training courses for the concrete industry, state highway
departments, and private industry.
