INS 338E - Reinforced Concrete I

Course Objectives

1. To provide the concepts of material behavior, reinforced concrete section behavior, design principles, ultimate strength design method, construction details
2. To give an ability to apply knowledge of reinforced concrete behavior on engineering problems

Course Description

Reinforced concrete members, mechanical properties of concrete and steel, load effects, , behavior of reinforced concrete, mechanics of R/C beam, analysis of R/C beams, analysis of flanged beams, mechanism of bond transfer, development of anchorage and splicing of reinforcement, eccentrically loaded columns, column interaction diagram, bi-axially loaded columns, analysis and design of slender columns, shear design procedures, design for torsion, shear and moment, elastic design assumptions, comparison with ultimate strength method prestressed concrete, general knowledge.