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Segui text and LRFD Manual

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Pages covered in class and reading assignments:

NOTE! THESE PAGE NUMBERS ARE FROM THE SEGUI 4TH EDITION AND THE 13TH EDITION AISC.

Pages Covered
(Segui page numbers approximate)		 Material of Interest
Segui VIII – X Preface
Segui 1 thru 15 Introduction
Segui 19 thru 30 Concepts
Segui 34 – 35 Tension members
Manual 2-4 Applicable Specs
Manual 2-6 thru 10 LRFD Design Fundamentals. Load and Resistance Factors.
Manual 2-39 thru 41 Steel Properties
Commentary 16.1-206 HSS steel properties
Manual 5-2 thru 4 Areas, Shapes
Manual 16.1-26 thru 31 Tension members.  Gross, net, effective areas
Manual 16.1-29 Shear Lag Factors
Commentary 16.1-249 thru 255 Tension commentary
Segui 35-52 Design strength for tension members – gross area, net area
Segui 52-54 Block shear
Manual 16.1-111 thru 113 Specs – Block shear, Agv, Agt, Anv, Ant, Ubs
Manual 16.1-350 Commentary – Block shear, Agv, Agt, Anv, Ant, Ubs
Segui 54-59 Design of tension members
Manual 5-14 thru 17 Available Tensile Strength in Angles (typical)
Manual 1-42 thru 43 Angle properties (typical)
Segui 60 thru 71 Other tension members
Segui 86-93 Compression members
Commentary 16.1-240 thru 242 Effective length table and nomographs
Segui 94 thru 95 AISC column load equations
Manual 16.1-32 thru 33 Manual column equations
Commentary 16.1-256 thru 260 Manual column commentary
Segui 96 thru 97 Local stability – for flange and web
Manual 16.1-14 thru 18 Manual limiting width/thickness ratios
Segui 98-99 Use of tables for compression members
Manual 4-318 Table 4-22 Available Critical Stress for Compression Members (typical)
Manual 4-13 Table 4-1 Available Strength in Axial Compression (typical)
Segui 100-102 Design of columns
Segui 103-107 More on effective length
Segui 108-111 Effect of girders on effective length
Segui 112-114 Effect of yielding on effective column length – tau
Manual 4-317 Stiffness Reduction Factor
Segui 139-145 Bending and Plastic Moment
Segui 146-148 Bending Stability
Manual 16.1-14 thru 17 Local Buckling – Limiting Width-Thickness Ratios
Commentary 16.1-223 thru 226 “
Segui 149-158 Bending Strength of Compact Shapes
Manual 16.1-54 thru 55 Plastic moment (section F6)
Manual 16.1-46 thru 48 Cb, Mp, LTB, Lp, Lb, Lr
Manual 3-10 Values of Cb for simply supported beams
Manual Table 3-2 pg 3-11 Zx, Zy, PhiMpx, PhiMrx, BF, Lp, Lr, Ix, PhivVnx
Segui 158-162 Bending Strength on non-compact shapes
Segui 163-166 Shear strength in beams
Manual 16.1-35-36 “
Segui 166-168 Block shear on beam supports
Manual 16.1-112 thru 113 “
Commentary 16.1-351 thru 352 “
Segui 168-170 Deflections
Segui 170-172 Design
Segui 172-176 Beam design charts
Manual 3-121 Typical allowable moment vs. unbraced lengths
Manual 3-17 Typical table Zx and other parameters for W shapes
Segui 178-182 Roof and framing systems
Segui 183-188 New Manual totally different – holes in beams
Manual 16.1-61 thru 62 Holes in beams
Segui 188-192 Open-web steel joists – new LRFD tables available from Steel Joist Institute
SJI LRFD Load Table Steel Joists
Segui 192-198 Beam Bearing Plates
Manual 16.1-116 thru 117 Web local yielding, web crippling
Manual 16.1-114 thru 115 Column bases and bearing on concrete
Manual 14-3 thru 14-6 Beam bearing plates, Column base plates for axial compression
Segui 198-202 Column base plates
Segui 202-207 Biaxial bending
Manual 16.1-70 thru 72 General – Combined forces sections H1.1 through H1.2
Manual 16.1-54 thru 55 Beams bent about their minor axis section F6
Segui 208-210 Roof purlins
Segui 229-232 Beam-columns, Interaction formulas
Segui 232 – 235 Moment amplification
Segui 236 – 237 Removed from new Manual – discard
Segui 237 – 240 Braced frames – moment amplification
Manual 16.1-19 thru 23 B1, B2, Cm, Amplification of first order analysis moments to get second order effects
Segui 240 – 241 Cm evaluation
Commentary 16.1-235 thru 237 Cm values for braced frames with transverse loading on member
Segui 242 – 248 Example problems – Beam columns braced frames
Segui 248 – 254 Beam columns – members in unbraced frames – B2
Segui 254-257 Design of beam columns – removed from Manual
Segui 284-293 Connections – spacing, edge distance
Manual 1-46 Workable Gages in Angle Legs
Segui 294-302 Bolts
Manual 16.1-102 thru 111 Bolts
Segui 302-316 Slip critical connections
Welds

Kohutek Example Problems

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Dr. Kohutek has a ton of excellent example problems solved, which he has kindly agreed to share with students.

BE CAREFUL! Sometimes the code changes. If you find anything that looks funny, print it out and bring it to my attention. It may indeed be due to a change in the code.

 

 

Bolted Connections

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Take a blank, then form a head on one end, then form the end for the threads.

A second view.

Another view.

Then shear a hex off of the round head. See the heavy shear marks under the head? These shear marks will be ground off later.

Another view.

Then roll the threads into the shank.

These are direct tension indicator devices. The first bolt has a direct tension indicating washer. When the bolt is properly pre-tensioned, the raised areas will be forced back down into the washer from which they were deformed. The second and third bolts have break-off tips which are engaged by the impact wrench. When the proper tension is applied by rotating the nut (holding the bolt stationary through the spline on the tip), the tip torques off.

Close up of the tension indicating washer.

Squirters – these squirt out ink when the proper pre-tension is applied to the bolt. The other side of the Squirter looks just like a washer in the photo directly above.

Installed view.

A bolt failed in double shear.

Spud Wrenches

Lowey’s Old 446 Exams

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NOTICE! BE VERY CAREFUL USING THESE OLD EXAMS. THE AISC STEEL MANUAL HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN MANY RESPECTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF BOLTS.

Please note that this course changes from year to year. Thus this year we may cover connections on Quiz A, while last year Quiz A covered tension members. Sometimes, material is completely removed from the course and something else takes its place. Thus, don’t get upset if you never heard of something you see on one of these old quizzes. It’s possible that we just no longer cover it, or that we will cover it on a different exam. Yes, I realize that some of the exams say “See the board for the figures.” Sorry, I forgot to bring the board back to my office back in 2000. Yes I realize that some of the material on the exam is missing, or incorrect. It was corrected on the board during the exam – the same board that I forgot to bring back with me after the exam. Yes, I realize that the method of calculating Cb has changed since I last taught the material. We will use the new way of calculating it from now on.

Note that in the Miscellaneous Exams, Solutions, etc, I have thrown all kinds of junk from my files, half of which you can’t read, nor can I. I really hesitate to give you these, but look them over if you like. Many are so old that the LRFD Code methods have changed dramatically. For example, the equation for Cb has changed, as have other things. BE CAREFUL! NOT FOR THE CASUAL STUDENT! In fact, during the Fall 2006 semester the whole code changed, and most of the solutions shown here would now be considered incorrect. Thus use these simply as a guide to the types of questions you will probably be asked.

What you see is what you get.

Of highest importance to your continued use of this material: DO NOT bring any of these problems by my office and ask me to solve them for you, or they will be immediately removed from distribution. You can take them to the tutor or to your friends, but I simply do not have time for each of you to individually bring each of  these problems by my office and solve them for you. There simply is not enough time during the semester to have each of you come by with each problem and ask that you be shown how to work it individually. No way. I am happy to let you see my old exams, such as they are, to determine the types of problems I gave in the past, and you are welcome to get together and work them out. But the first person who asks me ANYTHING about any one of these exams will cause this resource to immediately disappear, and their name will be posted here:

On __________________, Mr/Ms ____________________ brought an old exam to me and asked if one of the numbers shown was a 1 or a 5. For this reason the old exams have been removed and are henceforth considered contraband. Possession of this material is now considered illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. They will be reinstated in 10 years, when it is hoped that the students are better at following the rules.

Grading Example – why I know I am being consistent on what to take off after 20 hours of grading.

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  • Quiz A©
    Also see this semester’s .mp4 class #16 video at 35 minutes.
  • Quiz B©
  • Final Exam© both exams were similar with a few changed values.
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Spring of 2019

Quiz A .pdf
Quiz A .mpg
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Quiz B .pdf
Quiz B .mpg
Quiz F student solutions

Video solutions to various 446 problems

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Quiz A, Fall 2012.  Click here for original problems.  Note that your problem may differ from the numbers used in the videos below since there were two quizzes given.  Just use the video as a guide and use your own numbers.

Mobile MP4:

Quiz B, Fall 2012.  Click here for original problems.  Note that your problem may differ from the numbers used in the videos below since there were two quizzes given.  Just use the video as a guide and use your own numbers.

MP4:

446 Class Lectures – Steel Design – 2018a

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Note that getting a text book will be essential to understanding these lectures.  See here.

You can determine what material and pages were covered in the text by checking the dates on the syllabus for this course.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are having problems viewing the files, click here.

 The MP4 files can be downloaded by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

You will also need Adobe Reader to view the Notes files. The Notes files can be viewed by left-clicking on them or you can download them to your computer by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

Class/Date Streaming Lecture Videos
and Downloads		 PDF Class Lecture Notes Materials/Pages we hope to cover.  Page numbers from Segui 6th edition.
Week 1
Class 1
1/17		 MP4
Video died		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Introduction, Materials, Loads.
LRFD Design Philosophy.
Material covered in text: pages 1-13.
Class 2
1/19		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Properties of steel. Introduction to use of AISC Manual of Steel Construction. Standard steel shapes. Design philosophy. Broad index of materials to be covered. Factored loads and factored resistance to loads.
Material covered in text: pages 14-29.
Class 3
1/22		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Properties of factored loads and factored resistances. Equations for predicting likely loads on structural members and available resistances to loads. Example of structure loaded by wind. How tension members fail – by excessive deformation along the length of the member (Gross Section Yield) or by breaking at the ends through the bolt holes (Net Section Fracture).
Material covered in text: pages 23-43.
Class 4
1/24		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 How to calculate Ag, An. How to calculate GSY, NSF.  Effective area.  Why, and how to calculate it.  Unconnected outstanding elements of tension members.
Material covered in text: pages 44-50.
Class 5
1/26		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Load drawn out of tension members as it crosses lines of connecting bolts.  U = 1 – xbar/L for every steel shape known, bolted and welded.
Example problems.
Material covered in text: pages 51-57.
Class 6
1/29		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Staggered bolts in connections.  Workable gages in angles.
Material covered in text: pages 58-65.
Class 7
1/31		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Block shear fracture. Ubs. Design of tension members.
Material covered in text: pages 66-75.
Class 8
2/2		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Photos of block shear.  Yielded bolts.
Compression members.  Effective length factors.  AISC requirements – Global (overall) buckling.  More global buckling examples.  Local buckling of flanges, webs.
Material covered in text: pages 107-117.
Class 9
2/5		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Column global buckling, local buckling.  Compute design compressive strength of columns using AISC equations.  Global stability.
Material covered in text: pages 117-128.
Class 10
2/7
OK through here		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Column buckling about weak or strong axis.  Design of columns which buckle about the weak axis.
Material covered in text: pages 128-129.
Class 11
2/9		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Column buckling about weak or strong axis.  Design of columns which buckle about either axis.  Using tables for compression members, tables 4-22 for critical buckling stress. Using tables 4-1 for critical buckling load in the design of a limited selection of columns. Design of columns not in the 4-1 tables by trial and error. Effective column length, KL/r for each possible axis of buckling.  Use of column tables for weak-axis buckling.  Tricking column tables into giving answers for strong-axis buckling,
Material covered in text: pages 130-146.
Class 12
2/12		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Columns in multi-story frames as opposed to isolated single-story columns.  Use of G-nomographs to determine effective K for columns. Stiffness Reduction Factors.
Material covered in text: pages 146-151.
Class 13
2/14		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Examples of use of Table for strong-axis buckling.
Beams. Elastic stresses in beams.  Plastic stresses in beams. Plastic moments in beams. Elastic section modulus S, vs. Z, the Plastic Section Modulus.  Comparison of bending strength between a beam subject to an elastic yield moment vs. a plastic moment. Application of Tau b reduction factor.  Beams.
Material covered in text: pages 185-193.
Class 14
2/16		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Plastic moment calculations.  Global and local stability.  Classification of shapes.
Material covered in text: pages 193-195.
Class 15
2/19		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Bending strength of compact shapes.
Material covered in text: pages 196-203.
Class 16
2/21		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Example problems involving compact beams.  Lateral Torsional Buckling.
Material covered in text: pages 203-212.
Class 17
2/23		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 More on Lateral Torsional Buckling.  Shear Strength in the web of the beam.  Increase in lateral torsional buckling strength with Cb.
Introduction to shear strength in beams.
Material covered in text: pages 213-217.
Class 18
2/26		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Shear capacity of beams.  Block shear capacity on coped beam ends.  Deflection limitations.
Material covered in text: pages 218-226
Class 19
2/28		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Design of beams to resist plastic moment and lateral torsional buckling.
Material covered in text: pages 227-232
Class 20
3/2		 Quiz A
No class
MP4 502
MP4 503		 Quiz A
No class
Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Design of beams to resist plastic moment and lateral torsional buckling.
Material covered in text: pages 233-238
Class 21
3/5		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Design of beams where two lengths are involved.  Beams where deflections control the design.  Holes drilled in the flanges of beams.
Material covered in text: pages 238-242
Class 22
3/7		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Solution for required thickness of a plate subjected to bending. Beam bearing plates.
Material covered in text: pages 250-254
Class 23
3/9		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Column base plates.  Biaxial bending.  Loads placed through shear center.  Calculation for shear center of a channel.  Loads not placed through shear center.  Biaxial loading. Beam Interaction formulas.  Weak axis capacity of steel shapes.  Example problem of biaxial bending without axial load.  Loads not applied through shear center.
Material covered in text: pages 254-260
Class 24
3/19		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Biaxial bending.  Shear centers.  Controlling equations for bi-axial bending.  Weak-axis bending strength.
Material covered in text: pages 261-270
Class 25
3/21		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Biaxial bending for various loading cases. Roof purlins. Beam columns. Interaction formulas. Design of members for combined forces – axial and bending about xx and yy axis.
Material covered in text: pages 271-302
Class 26
3/23		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Moment amplification. Combined forces. Three alternative methods of design for stability.
Material covered in text: pages 302-311
Class 27
3/26		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Columns bent by end moments vs. those bent by transverse loads. Notional loads. Evaluation of moment amplification factor and correction to that factor Cm. Example problems.
Material covered in text: pages 312-315
Class 28
3/28		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Example problems for combined axial and bending. Bolted connections. Shear stress in bolts, bearing stress in plates.
Material covered in text: pages 319-335
Class 29
4/2		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Bearing strength, Spacing, Edge-Distance Requirements, Strength of Fasteners
Material covered in text: pages 380-390
Class 30
4/4		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Examples, Installation of high-strength bolts, methods of calibrating tension in bolts, How bolts are made, Slip-critical vs. bearing type connections,
Material covered in text: pages 391-414
Class 31
4/6		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Using tables for bolt strength, Design examples, Tensile strength of bolts.
Material covered in text: pages 401-417
Class 32
4/9		 Quiz B
No class
MP4 502
MP4 503		 Quiz B
No class
Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Combined shear and tension in fasteners.
Example problems.
Material covered in text: pages 418-426
Class 33
4/11		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Combined shear and tension in fasteners.
Example problems.
Material covered in text: pages 426-434
Class 34
4/13		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Combined shear and tension in fasteners.
Example problems.
Welded connections.
Material covered in text: pages 439-441
Class 35
4/16		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Cover Quiz B
Class 36
4/18		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Welds. Fillet welds. Strength. Direction of loading.
Material covered in text: pages 442-449
Class 37
4/20		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Design of welds. Min/max sizes, other practical considerations.  Material covered in text: pages 450-459
Class 38
4/23		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Examples of Eccentric Connections
Elastic Analysis
Material covered in text: pages 475-483
Class 39
4/25		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Eccentrically loaded bolt groups. Plastic behavior of bolts. Analysis by elastic and instantaneous center of rotation methods.
Material covered in text: pages 483-485
Class 40
4/27		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Material covered in text: pages 485-490
Class 41
4/30		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Material covered in text: pages 490-495
Class 42
5/1		 MP4 502
MP4 503		 Class Notes 502
Class Notes 503		 Material covered in text: pages 496-506

CVEN 444 Reinforced Concrete Design

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General Information

  • Permission to Distribute Minor Graded Papers to Class Members In any case, major exams will only be handed out personally. No one but you will be permitted to pick up your major exams under any condition.
    • By my attendance in this class, and having been assigned to read this material, I grant permission for the professor to return my minor graded work during class, by passing it out for each student to retrieve their own paper. I understand that another student might see my grade, but am waiving my right to privacy in this instance only. If I do not wish to have my homework papers or pop quizzes handed back during class, that is perfectly acceptable. I will notify the professor in writing and pick up my papers from the grader.
    • Click here to agree to the above statement and proceed to the course syllabus.

CVEN 444 Section 503 (10979)

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Structural Concrete Design
Course Syllabus – Fall 2019c
MW 4:10 – 5:25 pm
MOVED TO ZACH ROOM 211

PLEASE NOTE: The syllabus will suffer changes throughout the semester, depending on our ability to cover the material. Please check the syllabus daily for changes, especially before you work any homework problems, which are subject to change.

Help for CVEN 444 is available from the people shown below, at the office hours listed.

Professor: Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.

Office: CEOB (7th floor of Dwight Look Office Building), Room 705E
Phone: 979-845-4395 (Office), 979-775-5401 (Home)
e-mail: Lowery@tamu.edu

Office Hours: https://lowery.engr.tamu.edu/office-hours/

Please plan on assistance either during my office hours, or see the  Teaching Associate (below) during their office hours. Please don’t wait until just before class or a quiz to get help or you likely won’t get any.

I try and keep my office hours up to date, and to add unexpected meetings as they arise. However, it will always be in your best interest to call before you come by, unless you are already in the area.

Teaching Associate:  Pushkar Shivechchhu

Office: CVLB Solarium on 2nd floor

Office hours:  M 10 to 3, TR 1 to 3, W 12 to 4, R 1 to 3.  (May change) – 10 hours per week devoted solely to student learning and tutoring of CVEN 444.  If you don’t ever come by for help you aren’t really serious about passing 444.    

Email: Pushkarshivechchhu@tamu.edu

Rohan Naik: Grader, in case you think something got missing in your homework or you need to know something about grading of your homework: Rohan Naik: rohan8@tamu.edu

Textbook: Wight – Reinforced Concrete – Pearson – ISBN 9780133485967

I strongly recommend that you get a text.  Don’t go without a text if at all possible.  It will make taking tests really difficult, plus they are pretty cheap.  See below.

The Wight textbook is excellent.  It is written for use as both an undergraduate and graduate text combined.  Our coverage will be those topics as recommended by the author as undergraduate materials.  Click here.

Looking for a Wight textbook?

NOT REQUIRED but available if you want one – Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-14) and Commentary  (ACI 318R-14), American  Concrete  Institute.   Available cheap(er) at ACI as a (free) student member.  They sent me ACI 318-14, the old one.

Also just available is the latest edition ACI 318-19.  Either will probably work for us but if they cost the same, get the latest ACI 318-19.

ACI 318-14 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary

ISBN  9780870319303                 ISBN: 978-1-64195-056-5  Latest edition just available

TAMU Bookstore

AbeBooks

Google.com  –  many sources

Book4college.com  –  Search for ISBN 9780870319303 (old) or 9781641950565 (new)

Campus Books

DealOz

eBay.com ACI 318-14 – $20 used     eBay.com ACI 318-19 used?

AllBookstores.com

BE CAREFUL! You only want the editions shown above.  Check the ISBN numbers carefully, especially if you order online.  If they don’t say up front which edition they are selling, it probably isn’t the one you want.

TAMU Catalog Description:

Behavior, design, and detailing of reinforced concrete structural members according to the ACI Building Code Requirements.  Design for ultimate limit states (flexure, shear, and axial loads) and serviceability requirements (cracking and deflection). Applications include continuous beams and moment frames.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Students will develop an understanding of the mechanics, analysis, design and detailing aspects of reinforced concrete structures. At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify reinforced concrete structural building types and structural members
  • Analyze and design reinforced concrete structural  members to resist applied loads and satisfy performance objectives, per ACI Building Code Requirements
  • Apply ACI Building Code Requirements for strength and serviceability to the design and detailing of concrete beams, one-way slabs, and column structural members.

ABET Learning Outcomes:

ABET Professional Content:ABET Outcomes Addressed:

•  Preparation for engineering practice
•  Design experience
•  Engineering design incorporating engineering standards
•  Engineering design incorporating realistic constraints that include economic, environmental,
health, and safety

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
  2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
  3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
  4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 2019-2020 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs 6
  5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
  6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
  7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Course Prerequisites:

To take CVEN 444, you MUST have received a passing grade (no D’s, F’s or I’s) in

Theory of Structures (CVEN 345)
•   Materials of Construction (CVEN 342) or Portland Cement
•   Concrete Materials for Civil Engineers (CVEN 343) or registration therein.

Course Assessment:

  • Graded major exams (Quiz A, Quiz B, and Final Exam for a total of 3 exams @ 30% each)
  • Graded homework assignments, Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs), Class Participation, Attendance, Projects = 10%

Resources available to the student:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SYLLABUS INFORMATION:

The correct time (to the nanosecond)

Tentative Course Schedule
Topic Week Required Reading *Read Text Pages **Homework Problems

Introduction: Reinforced Concrete (RC) as a Construction

Material; Historic Development of Concrete; Types of RC Members and Structures; Design

methods and Philosophies; U.S. Design Codes; LRFD and

Reliability-Based Design Concepts

1

8/26-30

 Ch. 1 & 2 1 – 41 All problems worth 10 points.  All are due the next week on  Wednesday at the front of the class before you sit down

Properties of Concrete: Concrete Constituents;  Properties of Fresh

Concrete; Concrete Mechanical Properties (Compressive  Strength,

Tensile Strength, Shear Strength, Modulus of Elasticity, Creep in

Compression, Shrinkage, Thermal Deformations); Placement of

Fresh Concrete; Concrete Curing and Protection; Quality Control of Concrete

1-2

9/2-4

 Ch. 3 63 – 122 Assigned 9/2/19:
3.5. 3.6, 3.7**
Due 9/11/19 at beginning of class only.

Properties of Steel Rebar: ASTM Classification  and Identification;

Mechanical Properties of steel rebar (Yield and ultimate strength,

Modulus of Elasticity)

2

9/2/4

 Ch. 3 81 – 102
Flexural Analysis  and  Design of Singly-Reinforced RC Beams: Review of Beam Mechanics; Response of Reinforced Concrete Beams Under Load; Flexural Strength of Rectangular RC Beams (Equivalent Stress Block Distribution, Over-/Under-reinforced Beams, Reinforcement  Ratio Limits and Guidelines); LRFD Strength Requirements;  Flexural Analysis and Design of Rectangular RC Beams; ACI Code Requirements for Rebar Spacing and Concrete Cover

3

9/9-11

 Ch. 4 105-128 Assigned 9/9/19:
4-1, 4-2**
Due 9/18/19
at beginning of class.
4
9/16-18		 125-151 Assigned 9/11/19:
4-3, 4-4**
Due 9/25/19 at beginning of class.
5
9/23-25		 151-185 Assigned 9/16/19:
4-11, 4-12**
Due 10/2/19 at beginning of class.
Flexural Design of One-way RC Slabs: Analysis and Design principles, Code Requirements,  Design Examples

6

9/30-10/2

 Ch. 4&5 175-197
Flexural Design of RC T-Beams: T-Beam Flexural Analysis; Maximum Steel Reinforcement for T-Beams; Flexural Design of T-Beams

QUIZ A – SEPT 30th IN CLASS

7

10/7

 Ch. 5 198-220
198-220
Flexural Design of Doubly-Reinforced Beams: Analysis and Design principles, Code Requirements,  Design Examples

7

10/9

 Ch. 5 220-242
242-262
Shear Design of RC Beams: Shear Reinforcement  Design Requirements; Shear Analysis Procedure; Shear Design Provisions; Stirrup Design Procedure

8

10/14-16

 Ch. 6 263-322 Assigned 10/14/19:
5-1, 5-2, 5-5
Due 10/23/19 at beginning of class.

Team problem #1
Assigned 10/16/19
Due 10/28/19
9
10/21-23		 263-322 Assigned 10/21/19:
5-6, 5-14, 5-15
Due 10/30/19 at beginning of class.

Team Problem #2
Assigned 10/23/19
Due 10/30/19
10
10/28-30		 263-322
QUIZ B  – NOV 6th IN CLASS
Covers through Chapter 5 in text
Homework problems through 5-15

11

11/4-6

 Ch. 8 379-433 Assigned 11/4/19:
6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Due 11/13/19 at beginning of class.
12
11/11-13		 379-433

Bond, Anchorage, and  Development Length: Development Length

for Bars in Tension; Development  Length for Bars in Compression;

Development Length for Standard Hooks in Tension; Bar Cutoffs and

Bends; Development of Web Reinforcement; Reinforcement  Splicing;

Development of Positive Moment Reinforcement

13

11/18-20

 Ch. 8 379-433 Assigned 11/18/19:
8-1, 8-2,
8-3, 8-4

Due 11/25/19 at beginning of class

Analysis and  Design of “Short” RC Columns: Strength of RC Columns

with Small Eccentricity; ACI Code Requirements for Column Reinforcement;

Analysis and Design of Short Columns with Small Eccentricity; Columns

under Axial Load and Moment; Analysis of and Design of Short Columns

with Large Eccentricity

14

11/25

 Ch. 11 515-564 Assigned 11/20/19:
11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4

Due Monday 11/25/19 at beginning of class
Analysis and  Design of “Short” RC Columns: Strength of RC Columns with Small Eccentricity; ACI Code Requirements for Column Reinforcement; Analysis and Design of Short Columns with Small Eccentricity; Columns under Axial Load and Moment; Analysis of and Design of Short Columns with Large Eccentricity 15
12/4		 Ch. 11
FINAL EXAM DATE, MAYBE, CHECK IT OUT
In our regular classroom – DECEMBER 9TH 3:30-5:30PM

* NOTE: Pages listed above refer to a US text.  If you have an international edition you must add 20 pages to those numbers to be on the correct page.
** NOTE 2: US homework problem numbers differ from the international problems, usually in beam dimensions, fc’, Fy, etc. only, perhaps in the question asked.  You will have to get with someone who has a US printing to get the correct problem information.  As far as I can tell, every other word in the $20 version is the same as the US edition.

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ABET Outcomes Addressed – From New (1) – (7)

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
  2. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
  3. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
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  5. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

CVEN 444/503- Reinforced Concrete Design – 2019c

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