UAA Civil Engineering

CE 433 - Reinforced Concrete Design

3.0 Semester Credit Hours - Offered every Spring Semester - Required Course

Course Description

Essentials of structural design in concrete.  Building code requirements and standard practice for the design of basic structural elements and connections are covered.

Course Objective

This course is designed to give senior civil engineering students the ability to design basic concrete structural components.

Prerequisite(s)

CE 431 - Structural Analysis with a grade of "C" or better

Textbook(s) and/or Required Material

Reinforced Concrete Design, Wang & Salmon, Wiley

Expected Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, the students will have:

• an understanding of the basic requirements of the American Concrete Institute ACI 318 design specification.
• an understanding of the philosophy of Load and Resistance (Strength) design
• a better understanding of the physical/mechanical properties of reinforced concrete (RC).
• a basic understanding of RC member construction
• a basic understanding of the role of civil/structural engineers in the design/construction process
• an understanding of the strain compatibility and equilibrium concepts used to determine the strength of RC members

the ability to:

• design simple and continuous RC beams of any cross sectional shape for shear, flexure, and deflection
• design RC beam-columns of any cross sectional shape
• design basic RC foundations
• design RC cantilevered retaining walls

Topics Covered

Introduction and material properties; design methods; design of beams for flexure; design of beams for shear; development of reinforcement; continuity in building frames; design of one-way slabs; design of t-beams; deflection calculations; design of footings; design of cantilevered retaining walls.

Class/Laboratory Schedule

1. Lecture hours per week:  3
2. Laboratory hours per week:  0
3. Expected hours outside of class:  90

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