Advanced Reinforced Concrete

Structures

Jia-Bao Yan
Associate Professor
Feb. 21, 2017

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1 Objectives

Why do you choose this module?

• Introduce advanced
mechanics of structural
高
concrete

• Enhance capability in the

design of real-life concrete
structures and structural
低
components
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2 Pre-requisites

Students must have taken an elementary

course in Reinforced Concrete Design

Also, preferably with

some knowledge
of concrete

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3 Lectures

 Design philosophy
 Material Properties of concrete and
of steel reinforcement
高
 Constitutive relation and failure criteria

 Analysis approaches: elastic and

plastic
 Bending capacity analysis
低
 Shear capacity analysis
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3 Lectures

 Punching shear capacity analysis

 Torsion capacity analysis and structural
ductility
高

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4 Lesson plan

Lesson Date
No
1 Feb. 22 (Introduction)
2 Mar. 1 (Material properties of steel and concrete)
3高 Mar. 8 (Constitutive relation and failure criteria, elastic
and plastic approach)
4 Mar. 15 (Bending capacity analysis)
5 Mar. 22 (Shear capacity analysis)
6 Mar. 29 (Punching capacity analysis)
7 Apr. 5 (Quiz and Group Presentation)
8 Apr. 12 Torsion capacity analysis and structural
低 ductility

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5 Recommended text

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5 Recommended text

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5 Assessment

Reinforced
Concrete高
Structures.
Park, R. & Paulay,
T. John Wiley &
Sons, 199X

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5 Assessment

Prestressed Concrete
Analysis and Design:
Fundamentals, 2 nd ed.
Naaman, A.E.
低
Technopress 3000,
2004.
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6 Specifications and codes

 Eurocode EC2 Design of Concrete Structures

 Chinese code GB50010-2015 Design of Concrete

Structures
高

 ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural

Concrete and Commentary.American Concrete
Institute, 1999, 2002, 2005,2010, 2014

 BS
低 8110 Structural Use of Concrete. Parts 1,2,3.
British Standards Institution, 1985, 1997 (Part 1)

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7 Assessment

Continuous Assessment (50%)

Assignment 1 – 10%
Assignment 2 – 10%
Assignment
高 3 – 10%
Group project and presentation 20%
Mid-term Quiz (20%)
Quiz- 20% (1hour and half)
Main Examination (30%)
2 -hour exam
低
Open book
Answer all 4~6 questions
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8 Group Project (20 Mark)

Topic:
(1) Compare the general design basis, including the design for
action effects (bending, axial load, shear and torsion), in
Eurocode 2 and ACI Building Code. Illustrate the difference
between the codes with an example on one of the action
高
effects.

(2) Explain the implications and evaluate the consequences of

using: (a) fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars in place of
conventional steel as reinforcement; or (b) high-performance
concrete (e.g. high-strength concrete, fibre-reinforced concrete)
in place
低 of conventional concrete; on the general design
philosophy, as well as flexural and shear design requirements of
structural concrete members.
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8 Group Project (20 Mark)
(3) Discuss in general the techniques related to materials,
design and construction that may be used to control
deflections and cracking in structural concrete members.
Choose a particular method (e.g. crack control using discrete
fibers) and explain analytically how the method works.
高

(4) Consider any one structural concrete member, preferably

one that you have designed in practice (e.g., a transfer
girder, a stepped beam). Design the member using an
appropriate truss model (including strut-and-tie method)
and compare
低 the results with those that you had obtained
by other means such as empirical methods or computer
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8 Group Project (20 Mark)

Assessment
1) All the students are divided into five groups, and
return the name list of students in each group before
the end of this lesson.
2) Report
高
60% of 20 =12 Mark
Presentation on April 5th
40% of 20=8 Mark
3) Do not copy directly from available literature.
Grading will be based on:
(A) Originality
低 & Difficulty Level
(B) Approach to the Problem & Coverage
(C) Organization & Presentation 15