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This talk gives a brief overview of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) as an emerging construction material. Emphasis is placed on the accumulated knowledge on durability, safety, and sustainability of reinforced ECC (R/ECC) structures, recognizing that the concrete of the future must meet these characteristics. A number of current applications of this material technology are highlighted. In light of these recent full-scale field applications of ECC, the limited studies on long-term performance of ECC are also summarized.
Brief Biography: Professor Victor C. Li is E.B. Wylie Collegiate Chaired Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and director of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials Research Laboratory, of University of Michigan. He got his Ph.D degree in Solid and Structural Mechanics from Brown University in 1981, advised by Professor James R. Rice now in Harvard University. He has received many honors and awards including, Fellow of World Innovation Foundation, Stephen S. Attwood Excellence in Engineering Award, UM College of Engineering, President of Asso. of Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Fellow of ASME and Fellow of ASCE, etc. He has published 225 articles in referred journals and proceedings. |