10CV52 Design of RCC Structural Elements syllabus for CV


Part A
Unit-1 GENERAL FEATURES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE 6 hours

Design Loads, Materials for Reinforced Concrete and Code requirements.Design Philosophy – Limit State Design principles. Philosophy of limit statedesign, Principles of limit states, Factor of Safety, Characteristic and designloads, Characteristic and design strength.

Unit-2 PRINCIPLES OF LIMIT STATE DESIGN AND ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF R.C. SECTION 7 hours

General aspects of Ultimate strength,Stress block parameters for limit state of collapse, Ultimate flexural strengthof singly reinforced rectangular sections, Ultimate flexural strength of doublyreinforced rectangular sections, Ultimate flexural strength of flangedsections, Ultimate shear strength of RC sections, Ultimate torsional strengthof RC sections, Concepts of development length and anchorage, Analysisexamples of singly reinforced, doubly reinforced, flanged sections, shearstrength and development length.

Unit-3 FLEXURE AND SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES 6 hours

GeneralSpecification for flexure design of beams-practical requirements, size ofbeam, cover to reinforcement-spacing of bars. General aspects ofserviceability-Deflection limits in IS: 456 – 2000-Calculation of deflection(Theoretical method), Cracking in structural concrete members, Calculationof deflections and crack width.

Unit-4 DESIGN OF BEAMS 8 hours

Design procedures for critical sections for momentand shears. Anchorages of bars, check for development length,Reinforcement requirements, Slenderness limits for beams to ensure lateralstability, Design examples for Simply supported and Cantilever beams forrectangular and flanged sections.

Part B
Unit-5 DESIGN OF SLABS 8 hours

General consideration of design of slabs, Rectangularslabs spanning one direction, Rectangular slabs spanning in two directionsfor various boundary conditions. Design of simply supported, cantilever andcontinuous slabs as per IS: 456 – 2000.

Unit-6 DESIGN OF COLUMNS 5 hours

General consideration of design of slabs, Rectangularslabs spanning one direction, Rectangular slabs spanning in two directionsfor various boundary conditions. Design of simply supported, cantilever andcontinuous slabs as per IS: 456 – 2000.

Unit-7 DESIGN OF FOOTINGS 6 hours

Introduction, load for footing, Design basis forlimit state method, Design of isolated rectangular footing for axial load anduniaxial moment, design of pedestal.

Unit-8 DESIGN OF STAIR CASES 6 hours

General features, types of stair case, loads onstair cases, effective span as per IS code provisions, distribution of loading onstairs, Design of stair cases. With waistslabs.

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