Code: 4360601
Credits: 5
Semester 6
CIVIL
Design of Structures
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The official GTU curriculum for Design of Structures (subject code 4360601) as prescribed for CIVIL · Semester 6 divides the course into 8 units, covering 38 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 (4360601)Unit 1 Fundamentals of R.C.C. Design
- 1.1. Reinforced Cement Concrete, necessity of steel in concrete, normal location of steel in beams, slabs, column & footing.
- 1.2. Limit State, Limit State of Collapse- Flexure, Shear, Compression, Torsion, Limit State of Serviceability-deflection and Cracking.
- 1.3. Characteristic Strength of concrete and steel, partial safety factor of concrete and steel and partial safety factors for loads.
- 1.4. Nominal Cover, Effective depth, Effective span.
Unit 2 Singly Reinforced Beam
- 2.1. Types of beam: Singly reinforced beam, Doubly reinforced beam, T- beam, L-beam. Difference among various beams.
- 2.2. Stress-strain diagram for singly RC section. Under reinforced, over reinforced and balanced section.
- 2.3. Analysis of Singly RC beam: Determination of lever arm, total tension, total compression, percentage area of reinforcement and Moment of resistance. Numerical based on this. Design of Structures Course Code: 4360601
- 2.4. Design and detailing of Singly RC beam: Determination size of section, area and number of reinforcement bars. Combination of different diameters of reinforcement bars. Check for spacing and cover. Numerical based on this with checking design for deflection.
Unit 3 Shear and Development Length
- 3.1. Shear: Definition of shear, IS code specifications, single legged and two legged shear reinforcement.
- 3.2. Vertical stirrups, Incline stirrups, benefit of bent up of main tension reinforcement. Spacing of stirrups. Numerical based on this.
- 3.3. Effect of shear in slabs. IS code provision.
- 3.4. Development Length: Definition of development length, IS provision for determination of development length for tension and compression zone. Numerical based on this.
Unit 4 Slabs
- 4.1. Slab: Types of slabs. One way simply supported slab. Two way slab and one way continuous slab.
- 4.2. IS provision for main reinforcement, distribution reinforcement, minimum and maximum steel area, effective span, effective depth, effective cover.
- 4.3. Depth of Slab from deflection criteria, Dead Load, Live Load and Floor finish load on Slab. Bending moment due to loads.
- 4.4. Design and detailing of one way simply supported and cantilever slabs. Check limit state of serviceability. Numerical based on this.
- 4.5. Design and detailing of two way simply supported slab (only corners not held down condition). Check the limit state of serviceability. Numerical based on this.
Unit 5 Axially loaded short column and pad footing.
- 5.1. Column: Types of column, Long Column, Short column, Axially loaded column, uniaxially loaded column and biaxially loaded column.
- 5.2. Limit state of collapse: Compression, assumptions, effective length, slenderness ratio, minimum eccentricity. IS provision for reinforcement in Design of Structures Course Code: 4360601 column, lateral reinforcement as tie only for column,
- 5.3. Load analysis of axially loaded short columns.
- 5.4. Design of axially loaded short columns. Check for minimum eccentricity.
- 5.5. Footing: Types of isolated footing, pad and sloped footing. IS specification for reinforcement in pad footing only.
- 5.6. Design of isolated pad footing. Check for bending, one way shear and two way shear, check for development length in footing. Numerical based on this with reinforcement details.
Unit 6 Fundamental of Steel Design
- 6.1. Steel versus RCC as a building material. Advantages and disadvantages of steel. Types of steel sections normally in use.
- 6.2. Characteristic strength and design strength, Stress-strain curve for mild steel. Partial safety factors for load and materials as per IS provision.
- 6.3. Limit state of strength and serviceability.
Unit 7 Bolted and Welded connections
- 7.1. Types of connections in steel structures Bolted connection: Types of bolts, Black Bolts, Turned Bolts, HSFG Bolts, Grade of Bolts Lap and Butt Joint, Minimum and Maximum Pitch, Tack Bolting, Edge Distance, Gauge Distance, Bolt Hole.
- 7.2. Shear Capacity of Bolt – Vdsb, Bearing Capacity of Bolt – Vdpb as per IS-800-2007, Bolt Value, Efficiency of Joint.
- 7.3. Analysis and design of bolted connection of plate and Angle sections. Numericals based on this.
- 7.4. Welded connection: Types of weld, Fillet Weld and its symbol, tack welding, minimum and maximum size of weld, effective throat thickness, end returns.
- 7.5. Analysis and design of Fillet weld in plate and angle section as per IS-800-
- 2007. Numericals based on this.
Unit 8 Load Calculation for Roof Truss
- 8.1. Types of Truss for various spans, Pitch of Truss, Rise, Spacing of Truss, Members of Truss: Purlin, Principal Rafter, Main Tie, Sag Tie. Joints: eave Design of Structures Course Code: 4360601 as per given condition.
- 8.2. Types of load and load combinations for roof truss as per IS 875 codal provisions.
- 8.3. Dead Load of Truss per panel point: self weight ,weight of Purlin , Wind Bracing , and weight of Roofing Material .
- 8.4. Live Load per panel point on purlin and Truss.
- 8.5. Wind Load per panel point on roof truss
- 8.6. Numericals on dead load, live and wind load for roof truss.
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