Catalog Description: Design of RC members using ACI code; beam flexure and shear; compression bending; bond and development; introduction to continuous frames
Pre-requisite(s):
CES4100 (Structural Analysis I)
Designation: One of two classes required in senior year (CES 4702 or CES 4605)
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | 2 | Number of sessions per week | N/A |
| Duration of each session | 75 mins | Duration of each session | N/A |
Course Objectives:
· Introduce concepts in reinforced concrete (RC) analysis and design
through an understanding of the mechanics of RC behavior and conforming to specifications
of the ACI Building Code.
· Designed to prepare students to work as practicing structural engineers
well versed in basic concepts of reinforced concrete design.
Topics:
· Structural Analysis and modeling
· Idealization of loads on structures and analysis of simple and continuous
systems with specific restraints
· Determination of axial forces, shear and moment diagrams
· Computation of member deflections
· Materials and mix design
· Properties of constituent materials
· Basic principles of concrete mix design
· Flexural design of beams and one way slabs
· Limiting strains and stressed (approximate Whitney stress block)
· Design of longitudinal reinforcement.
· Non rectangular sections
· Design of transverse reinforcement for shear
· Design of columns for combined axial loads and bending
· Development of axial load moment interaction diagrams
· Use of interaction diagrams for practical design
· Serviceability criteria
· Computations of crack widths
· Computations of deflections
Textbook(s):
"Design of Concrete Structures" Arthur H. Nilson, WCB/McGraw Hill,
12th Edition (1997)
Reference(s):
"Building Code and Commentary - ACI 318/ACI318R", American Concrete
Institute, 2002
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
· This course is used to apply civil engineering program outcome number
3 (equilibrium)
· This course addresses civil engineering program outcome number 10 by
exposing students to real world problems and solutions
· This course also addresses Criterion a, c, e, h, j and k from the a-k
list of ABET