Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
College of Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Course Description and Lecture Outline
Program: - Degree Year: 4th
Course title: - Reinforced Concrete Structures II Course code: CEng4108
Credit points: 3 Academic Year: 2024/2025
Semester: 2nd Pre-requisites: - CEng4107 – RC-I
Objective
This course is designed to introduce students to the design of reinforced concrete components such as
slabs and columns.
Outcome
Students will be able to design reinforced concrete of
• Columns
• Flat slabs,
• Continuous beams,
• Two way slab using yield line method
• Beams under Torsional stresses
Chapter 1: Inelastic Moment Redistribution
- Introduction
- Non-linear analysis of indeterminate structures
- Plastic hinge and collapse mechanisms
- Moment redistribution as per ES EN 1992: 2015 Continuous beams.
Chapter 2: Design of Flat slabs
- - Introduction
- - Load transfer in flat slabs
- - Distribution of moments in flat slabs
- Practical analysis of flat slabs
Chapter 3: Yield Line Theory for Slabs
- Introduction
- Upper and lower bound theorems
- Methods of yield line analysis
- Moments along skewed line
- Effects of restrained corners
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Chapter 4: Columns
- Short columns
- Combined axial force and bending - Interaction diagrams, biaxial bending.
- Design aids.
- Slender columns.
- Design of flat slabs as per ES EN 1992: 2015
Chapter 5: Torsion in Reinforced Concrete members
Teaching & Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorials
Group Discussion
Home Works/Mini Projects
Assessment/Evaluation & Grading System
Continuous Assessment (50%)
Class Attendance……………………… 5%
Assignments…………………………….10%
Tests…………………………………….10%
Mini Project 1………………………… 10%
Mini Project 2………………………… 10%
Presentations for Mini Project 1&2……. 5%
Final Exam ………………………….. (50%)
Reference
1. Arthur H Nelson, Design of concrete structures, McGraw-Hill, 14th Edition, 2010
2. James Macgregor Reinforced Concrete Mechanics and Design, 5th Edition.
3. W.H. Mosley, R. Hulse, J.H Bungey, Reinforced Concrete Design, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
4. Jack C. McCormac, Design of Reinforced Concrete, McGraw-Hill, 2005
5. Ethiopian Building Code Standard 2 (EBCS 2), 1995 & ES EN 1992: 2015
6. Any Related Book
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