SECTION-A
Unit-I: Elementary treatment of concrete technology: Physical requirements of
cement, aggregate, admixture and reinforcement, Strength and durability, shrinkage
and creep. Design of concrete mixes, Acceptability criterion, I.S. Specifications.
Unit-II: Design Philosophies in Reinforced Concrete: Working stress and limit state
methods, Limit state v/s working stress method, Building code, Normal distribution
curve, characteristic strength and characteristics loads, design values, Partial safety
factors and factored loads, stress -strain relationship for concrete and steel.
SECTION-B
Unit-III: Working Stress Method: Basic assumptions, permissible stresses in concrete
and steel, design of singly and doubly reinforced rectangular and flanged beams in
flexure, steel beam theory, inverted flanged beams, design examples.
Unit-IV: Limit State Method: Basic assumptions, Analysis and design of singly and
doubly reinforced rectangular flanged beams, minimum and maximum
reinforcement requirement, design examples.
Unit-V: Analysis and Design of Sections in shear, bond and torsion -Diagonal tension,
shear reinforcement, development length, Anchorage and flexural bond, Torsional,
stiffness, equivalent shear, Torsional reinforcement, Design examples.
SECTION-C
Unit-VI: Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing-Requirements of good detailing,
cover to reinforcement, spacing of reinforcement, reinforcement splicing, Anchoring
reinforcing bars in flexure and shear, curtailment of reinforcement.
Unit-VII: Serviceability Limit State -Control of deflection, cracking, slenderness and
vibrations, deflection and moment relationship for limiting values of span to depth,
limit state of crack width, Design examples.
Unit-VIII: One way and Two Ways Slabs-General considerations, Design of one way
and two ways slabs for distributed and concentrated loads, Non-rectangular slabs,
openings in slabs, Design Examples
SECTION-D
Unit-IX: Columns and Footings-Effective length, Minimum eccentricity, short
columns under axial compression, Uniaxial and biaxial bending, slender columns,
Isolated and wall footings, Design examples.
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Unit-X: Retaining Walls-Classification, Forces on retaining walls, design criteria,
stability requirements, Proportioning of cantilever retaining walls, counterfort
retaining walls, criteria for design of counterforts, design examples.