CE 57600 – Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

Credits and contact hours:

  • 3 credits
  • Lecture meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks

Specific course information:

  • Catalog description: Design and behavior of columns, two-way slab and slab-beam floor systems, and beam-column joints; strut-and-tie models.
  • Prerequisites: CE 47300 or equivalent with minimum Grade of D-
  • Course status: Technical elective

Specific Goals for the course:

  • Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
    • design short and slender columns and describe their behavior
    • describe the distribution of moments in two-way slab and slab-beam floor systems
    • design two-way slab and slab-beam floor systems and describe their behavior
    • identify disturbed-regions (D-regions) where application of the strut-and-tie method is appropriate
    • design simple D-regions using the strut-and-tie method
    • design typical beam-column joints of building systems
  •  Relationship of course to program outcomes
    • Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
    • Outcome 2: An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.

Topics:

  • INTRODUCTION/MATERIALS/MOMENT-CURVATURE
    • Review concrete and steel material characteristics; development of moment- curvature plots for reinforced concrete members.
  • SHORT COLUMNS
    • Development of P-M interaction diagrams; design and detailing of short reinforced concrete columns.
  • TWO-WAY SLABS: ELASTIC ANALYSIS
    • Introduction to two-way slab and slab-beam floor systems; elastic distribution of moments within slabs and how the distribution relates to design.
  • TWO-WAY SLABS: DIRECT DESIGN METHOD
    • Determining the distribution moments in two-way slab systems using the direct design method.
  • TWO-WAY SLABS: EQUIVALENT FRAME METHOD
    • Assigning stiffnesses to members of an equivalent frame using the equivalent frame method, analyzing the system, and determining the distribution of moments.
  • DESIGN OF D-REGIONS (STRUT-AND-TIE METHOD)
    • Identifying D-regions of reinforced concrete structures; development of strut-and-tie models of D-regions; design of simple D-regions using the strut-and-tie method.
  • BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS
    • Shear design of beam-column joints of building systems; detailing joints for confinement; anchorage of reinforcement at joints.