Elementary Structural Design
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Elementary Structural Design Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Elementary Structural Design (subject code 2160607) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 6 divides the course into 3 units, covering 51 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2160607)Unit 1 Introduction
- Properties of Reinforced Concrete and Structural Steel
- Loads & load combinations
- Methods of Analysis
- Codes & specifications
- Design Philosophies - Working stress Method
- Ultimate Load Method
- Limit State Method
- Plastic Method
Unit 2 Limit state design of RC elements
- 26 40 (A) Philosophy of Limit state design Limit state of collapse & serviceability
- partial safety factors for material & loading
- Limit State of Flexure: Stress-strain characteristics of concrete & reinforcing steel
- Type of section-under reinforced
- over reinforced & balance section
- Neutral Axis depth
- Moment of Resistance for singly reinforced
- doubly reinforced and flanged sections
- Limit State of Shear and Torsion
- combined flexure & torsion
- Bond & Anchorage
- Development length
- splicing 06 (B) Design of Beams: Simply supported
- cantilever and continuous beams 04 (C) Design of Slab: One way, two way simply supported and continuous slabs 06 (D) Design of Column: Classifications
- Design of Short Columns under axial load. 04 (E) Design of Foundations: Design of isolated footing under axial load and uni-axial bending
- combined footing
Unit 3 Limit State design of Steel elements
- 26 40 (A) Philosophy of Limit state design Limit state of collapse & serviceability
- partial safety factor for material and loading
- Type & behavior of sections – Plastic
- semi- compact
- slender. 02 (B) Connections: Bolted connections – bearing type
- behavior of bolted joints
- Design strength of ordinary & HSFG bolts
- Welded connections- Fillet and Butt weld
- design of simple connections such as lap and butt joints
- truss joint connections. 06 (C) Axial force design: Tension member: types of tension member
- modes of failure
- Design of tension member
- lug angle
- Compression member: Behaviour
- classification of sections
- possible modes of failure
- elastic buckling of slender member
- design of compression member having single & built-up section
- lacing & battening
- 08 (D) Design for Beams and Beam-Columns: Type of sections
- Lateral stability
- Design strength of laterally restrained and unrestrained beams
- shear strength
- web buckling & crippling
- Design of simply supported beam
- Combined axial and flexural design of member (Beam-Column) 06 (E) Footing : slab based
- gusseted base foundation
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