Advanced Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
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The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (subject code ME01000051) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 35 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 (ME01000051)Unit 1 Introduction
- RC material characteristics
- durability aspects
- design philosophy
- loads and load combinations
- load paths
- introductions to different structural systems used in modern concrete construction
Unit 2 Columns
- Concept of effective length
- short columns vs slender column
- Effect of confinement
- Derivation of axial compression and bending interaction curves
- Design of slender columns
- Design for biaxial bending
Unit 3 Advanced RC Slab Design
- - Introduction to flat slabs
- analysis and design of flat slab by direct design method, and detailing. - Introduction to grid floors
- Analysis and design of Grid floors by Rankine Grashoff Method
- classical equivalent plate theory and IS:456 method
Unit 4 Design of Reinforced Concrete Plate and Shell Structures
- Analysis and Design of Shells
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shells
- Hyperbolic Cooling Tower
- Folded Plated
Unit 5 Serviceability Checks
- Difference between short-term and long-term deflections
- estimation of deflections
- estimation of crack widths and shrinkage cracks
- vibrations and fatigue
Unit 6 Special Topics
- - Design of Shear Walls
- Design of Curved beams
- Design of Staircase
- Moment redistribution in continuous beams
- bond and development length
- curtailment of reinforcing steel. - Introduction to Strut and Tie Method
- Design of Deep beams and corbels
- Design of Footings: isolated and combined footings
- Design of rafts
- strip footing and pile cap
- Beam- column joints
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