ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CENG 3502- REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES I

Academic Year: 2015/2016

COURSE OUTLINE
1. Introduction Mark Distribution:*
1.1. General Introduction Test 20%
1.2. Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Final Examination 50%
1.3. Materials Aspect of Reinforced Concrete Assignment 10%
1.4. Concrete Placement and Curing Semester Project 20%
1.5. Stress-Strain Relation for Concrete and Total 100%
Reinforcement Steel
1.6. Overview of design Philosophies References:
-------- Assignment I -------- 1. Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design,
by James G MacGregor and James K Wight.
2. Limit State Design for Flexure 2. Design of Concrete Structures, by Arthur H.
2.1. Introduction Nilson, David Darwin and Charles W. Dolan.
2.2. ULS of Singly Reinforced Rectangular 3. Reinforced Concrete: A fundamental
Sections (Beams, One-way Slabs) Approach, by Edward Nawy
TEST-1………………………………….. 4. Ethiopian Building Code Standards 2
2.3. ULS of Doubly Reinforced Rectangular (EBSC2-1995) – Structural Use of Concrete
Sections
2.4. ULS of T- and L- Sections
-------- Assignment II -------- Instructors:
-------- Semester Project Begins --------  Firesenay Z.
-------- Mid-Semester Exam --------  Mekdes T.
 Yisshak T.
3. Limit State Design for Shear
3.1. Introduction * Mark distribution may be changed during
3.2. Basic Theory the course of the class.
3.3. Mechanism of shear resistance in
concrete beams without shear
reinforcement
3.4. Design of shear reinforcement
3.5. Bond and Development Length
-------- Assignment III --------
TEST-2…………………………………..

4. Serviceability Limit State

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Elastic Analysis of Beam Sections
4.3. Serviceability Limit States of Cracking
4.4. Serviceability Limit States of Deflection
-------- Assignment IV --------
-------- Semester Project Submission --------
-------- Final Exam --------