Department of Civil Engineering Addis College Instructor: Alemayehu D

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ADDIS COLLEGE

CENG3401 Reinforced Concrete Structures I

Department of Civil Engineering


Addis College
Instructor: Alemayehu D.
Course Number
Course Title

CEng 3401
Reinforced Concrete Structures I
Target Group Civil 3rd year
Pre-requisite Theory of Structure II
Credit Point 3

Course Objectives Objective


and Competences This course provides an introduction to the use of reinforced
to be Acquired

concrete as used in structures and foundations.


Competencies to be acquired by the student in this course:

Understand the design philosophy which underpins the use

of EBCS2
Analyze and design singly and doubly reinforced

rectangular and T-beams under flexure and shear loading


Conduct a service load analysis to control deflection and

cracking of beams
Determine bong length, lap splice and detailing
requirements for reinforced concrete members

Attendance Minimum 80%


Requirements
Course Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Reinforced Concrete

Mechanical Properties of concrete and reinforcing steel


Concrete mix design

Chapter 2 Basic Concepts of Design

Design Philosophy
Limit State Design (LSD) method

Chapter 3 Design of Beams


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Singly and doubly reinforced rectangular beams and T-beams


Detailing of flexural reinforcement
Shear in beams- truss model. Bond, anchorage and development
length.

Detailing of shear reinforcements

Chapter 4 Design of Slabs

One-way solid and ribbed slabs


Two-way solid slabs
Serviceability elastic analysis of beam sections, cracking,
moment curvature relationship, deflection.

Chapter 5 Comparison of hand calculations with SAP/Etabs/Excel

Assessment/Evalu Continuous assessment (50%0


ation & Grading
System

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Tests15%
Mini Project.15%
Assignments..10%
Presentations..5%
Class Attendance5%

Final Exam (50%)

References

Arthur H Nelson, Design of concrete structures, McGrawHill, 14th Edition, 2010


James MacGregor, Reinforced concrete mechanics and
design, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition.
Ethiopian Building Code Standard (EBCS-2), Structural use
of concrete 1995
Any other related book

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