Description
This Course is offered to all 6th semester Majors
The course presents the mechanics and limit states design procedures of reinforced concrete members subjected to bending, torsion, and combined bending and axial loads. It focuses on member design strategy by including practical and code considerations related to development and detailing of reinforcement and member sizing. This is the second course of a sequence of courses about reinforced concrete design. It requires good knowledge and skills of the structural analysis methods, the methods of load calculations, and the fundamentals of RC design for short columns and beams subjected to bending and shear. It provides the students with practical analysis and design tools that are currently used by the design codes for reinforced concrete structures, and permits them to improve their design skills by providing detailed calculation notebook for practical problems. The course contributes to the knowledge and skills required by the civil engineers in the following topics of engineering science and design: Mechanics and design of slender columns; Characteristics of interaction curves and their application in design; Ultimate strength design of reinforced-concrete sections subjected to combined bending and axial loads; Development and curtailment of reinforcement for beams; Design for torsion; Structural systems, design, and detailing of stairs; Serviceability limit states design for deflection control and cracking control.