CE5510 Advanced Structural

Concrete Design

Professor Tan Kiang Hwee

Dept of Civil & Environmental Engrg

Consultation

Professor Tan Kiang Hwee

Room:E1A-07-12
 6516-2260
 tankh@nus.edu.sg

Consultation hours:
Thursdays, 5:00 – 6:00 pm

Please refer to:

https://luminus.nus.edu.sg/
for lecture notes, web-links, assignments, updates
& announcements, etc.
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Objectives
 Introduce advanced theories and refined design
methods for structural concrete
 Further equip students with ability to carry out
rational design of structural concrete components &
systems

Pre-requisites
 Students must have taken an elementary course in
Reinforced Concrete Design (e.g., CE3165)
Also, preferably with some knowledge of concrete
technology
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At the end of the course

Students should be able to

1. understand the underlying principles and apply
advanced theories and methods in structural
concrete design
2. design special structural concrete systems such as
transfer girders and other discontinuous members,
slender columns, and flat and irregular slabs
3. understand the special requirements in the analysis
and design of bridges and water-retaining
structures

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 Lesson Plan (1/2)
Week Date Topic Remarks

1 13 Aug 2019 1. Design Philosophy

2. Design for Ultimate Limit States
2 20 Aug 2019
– Bending with or w/o Axial Loading
3. Design for Ultimate Limit States
3 27 Aug 2019
– Shear & Torsion
4. Serviceability Limit States Assgn 1 due on
4 3 Sep 2019
– Stress Limitation & Cracking 3 Sep 2019
5. Serviceability Limit States
5 10 Sep 2019
– Deflection

6 17 Sep 2019 6. Structural Detailing in Concrete

Recess 24 Sep 2019 -

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Lesson Plan (2/2)

Week Date Topic Remarks
Assgn 2 due on
7 1 Oct 2019 7. Strut-and-tie models for design
1 Oct 2019
8. Collapse load methods for slab design Mid-Semester
8 8 Oct 2019
- Yield Line Method Test
9. Collapse load methods for slab design
9 15 Oct 2019
- Strip Method

10 22 Oct 2019 10. Flat slab system

Assgn 3 due on
11 29 Oct 2019 11. Slender column design
29 Oct 2019
12 5 Nov 2019 12. Concrete bridges
Term Paper due
13 12 Nov 2019 13. Water-retaining structures
on 15 Nov 2019

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 Syllabus (1/2)
Design Philosophy (3 hours)
Materials; actions; strength; serviceability and durability.
Design for Ultimate Limit States (6 hours)
Method of strain compatibility for bending and axial loading; truss
method for shear and torsion.
Serviceability Limit States (6 hours)
Stress Limitation; Crack control and crack width calculations;
deflection control and calculation of deflections; long-term effects.
Structural Detailing in Concrete (3 hours)
Principles of detailing; Anchorage and lapping of bars; Detailing of
members.
Strut-and-tie method for design (3 hours)
Corbel and brackets; pile-caps; non-prismatic beams; beams with
openings.
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Syllabus (2/2)
Collapse load methods for slab design (6 hours)
Yield line theory; Hillerborg's strip method; openings in slabs.
Flat slab system (3 hours)
Column heads; division of panels; deflection; crack control; shear;
arrangement of reinforcement; post-tensioned slab systems.
Slender Column design (3 hours)
Braced slender columns; design moments; unbraced slender
columns; adjustments to additional moments; design of columns
with high strength concrete.
Concrete Bridges (3 hours)
Types; loads: partial load factors; load combinations; load
application; introduction to bridge analysis.
Water-retaining structures (3 hours)
Types; loads; load combinations; methods of analysis; design for
cracking and temperature.
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 Assessment

Continuous Assessment (50%)

Assignments - 20%
Test -10%
Term Paper – 20%

Main Examination (50%)

26 Nov 2019 (Tue), 9 am
2½ -hour exam
Open book
Answer all questions

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Recommended Text
Bhatt, P., MacGinley, T.J. & Choo, B.S., “Reinforced Concrete
Design to Eurocodes – Design Theory & Examples”, 4e, CRC
Press, 2014.

Mosley, B., Bungey, J. and Huse, R., “Reinforced Concrete Design

to Eurocode”, 7e, Palgrave, 2012.

Darwin, D., Dolan, C.W. & Nilson, A.H., “Design of Concrete

Structures”, 15e (International Edition), McGraw-Hill Education,
2016.

Wight, J.K., “Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics & Design”, 7e

(Global Edition), Pearson Education Limited, 2016.

Other references will be given following each topic.

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