Course Title: Analyse and design concrete beams, one and two-way slabs, footings and colums

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2008

Course Code: CIVE5592

Course Title: Analyse and design concrete beams, one and two-way slabs, footings and colums

School: 130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6066 - Advanced Diploma of Civil Engineering (Structural Design)

Course Contact : Tony Skinner Program Coordinator

Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 4444

Course Contact Email:tony.skinner@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Program Coordinator:
Mr Tony Skinner
Tel. 9925 4444
Fax. 99254377
Email: tony.skinner@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

EDX130 – Use mathematics at technician level
EDX140 – Use quadratic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions and matrices
EDX100 – Solve simple problems in Statics and Strength of Materials
EDX090 – Solve more complex problems in Statics and Strength of Materials
EDC030 – Determine design loads on beams and columns
EAC020 – Analyse and design flexural reinforced concrete members

Course Description

This unit covers the competency to carry out analysis of flexural concrete members, including
beams, one and two-way slabs, footings and columns.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

EAC010 Analyse and design concrete beams, one and two-way slabs, footings and colums

Element:

Design beams and one-way slabs (single span and continuous) to satisfy strength and serviceability requirements.

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Selection is made of the minimum effective depth of a beam or slab required to satisfy serviceability.
1.2 Strength design is carried out.
1.3 The effective geometric properties of a beam or slab are calculated.
1.4 The deflection for short term and long term loading is calculated using simplified and deemed-to-comply procedures.
1.5 Results are compared with Code limits.

Element:

Design short and slender columns

Performance Criteria:

2.1Calculations are carried out to design short columns with various configurations for biaxial bending.
2.2 Calculations are carried out to design slender columns with various configurations for uniaxial bending.

Element:

Design two-way slabs supported by rigid beams and walls to satisfy strength and serviceability requirements

Performance Criteria:

3.1Calculations are carried out to design a two-way rectangular panel for strength and serviceability requirements.
3.1 Required reinforcement including crack control reinforcement is detailed.

Element:

Proportion footings and design axially loaded footings

Performance Criteria:

4.1Plan dimensions of combined or strap footing is determined for the site conditions.
4.2 Calculations are carried out to design a square or rectangular pad footing for axial column load.
4.3 Calculations are carried out to design a rectangular combined footing supporting two columns.
4.4 The column to footing load transfer is evaluated.


Learning Outcomes


Design beams and one-way slabs (single span and continuous) to satisfy strength and serviceability requirements.

Design short and slender columns

Design two-way slabs supported by rigid beams and walls to satisfy strength and serviceability requirements

Proportion footings and design axially loaded footings


Details of Learning Activities

Theory and industry-based worked examples on the:
• design of beams and one-way slabs to satisfy strength and serviceability requirements for a reinforced concrete office building using industry drawings

• design of two-way slabs supported by rigid beams and walls to satisfy strength and serviceability requirements for a reinforced concrete office building using industry drawings

• design of axially loaded footings for a reinforced concrete office building using industry drawings

• design of short and slender columns for a reinforced concrete office building using industry drawings

Research
• Using the Internet research AS 3600 and identify the clauses required for the analysis and design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, footings and columns.


Teaching Schedule

See Online Learning Hub for details.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

AS 3600 Australian Standard – Concrete structures
AS 1170.0 Structural design actions part 0: General principles
AS 1170.1 Structural design actions part 1: Permanent, imposed and other actions

OR

Australian Standards for Civil Engineering Students, Part 2 – Structural Engineering HB 2.2


References

Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete, by P.Le.P. Darvall, Publisher: The MacMillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd
Reinforced Concrete, by R.F. Warner, B.V. Rangan and A.S. Hall, Publisher: Pitman


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

This unit will be assessed in the classroom environment using holistic assessment, based on typical workplace activities.
Assessment will comprise :
• A project covering elements 1, 2, 3 & 4 comprising a multi-storey reinforced concrete office building using industry drawings.
• A two hour mid-semester examination covering elements 1 & 2
• A two hour end-of-semester examination covering elements 3 & 4


Assessment Tasks

This unit will be assessed in the classroom environment using holistic assessment, based on typical workplace activities.
Assessment will comprise :
• A project covering elements 1, 2, 3 & 4 comprising a multi-storey reinforced concrete office building using industry drawings.
• A two hour mid-semester examination covering elements 1 & 2
• A two hour end-of-semester examination covering elements 3 & 4


Assessment Matrix

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Other Information

Underpinning knowledge and skills
Prerequisite units comprise part of the underpinning knowledge and skills.
Serviceability deemed-to-comply conditions for beams and slabs.
Use of appropriate design aids to determine effective depth required to satisfy serviceability and carry out strength design.
Geometric properties of transformed sections used in deflection calculations.
Simplified deflection calculations.
Design of two-way rectangular slabs supported by rigid beams and walls for strength and serviceability
Selection of crack control reinforcement in slabs.
Reinforcing details
Types of footings
Proportioning of pad footings, combined footings and strap footings.
Design of axially loaded pad and combined footings for bending, bending shear and punching shear.
Selection of starter bars to transform column load.
Design of unreinforced footings.
Strength of axially loaded short stubby columns
Strength interaction diagrams for symmetrically reinforced columns including balanced conditions.
Strength interaction equations
Reduction factor above and below the balanced point
Effective length of braced columns
Maximum slenderness ratio for short columns
Moment magnifier for braced columns
Buckling load and creep factors affecting buckling load
Design of braced short columns and braced slender columns using:-
. Rectangular sections reinforced on two faces.
. Rectangular sections reinforced on 4 faces.
. Circular sections

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