Hours per week Credit
Course Code Course Title
L-T-P C
CE181502 Structural Design-I 3 -1- 0 4
MODULE 1: Introduction to Reinforced Concrete
Concrete, Reinforced Cement Concrete, Discussion on Materials, Inspection, Testing and Quality of
RC Structures, Characteristic Strength of Concrete and Steel, Concept of Limit state of Collapse and
Serviceability Methods of design Objectives of design- RCC- Limit State method- Assumptions-
Stress-Strain behavior of Steel and Concrete- Stress block parameters- Working stress method-
comparison of Limit state and Working Stress design method.
MODULE 2: Design of Singly Reinforced Beams & Doubly Reinforced Beams
Analysis of Cracked and Un-Cracked RC section, Concept of Moment of resistance.
Analysis of Singly Reinforced RC Section, Depth of Neutral Axis-Balanced-Under Reinforced-Over
Reinforced Sections- Limiting Moment - Design parameters- Design examples.
Analysis of Doubly Reinforced RC Section- Limiting Moment - Design parameters- Design examples.
MODULE 3: Design for Shear, Bond and Torsion
Design of Vertical Stirrups-Bent-up bars- Limitation, Development Length-Design for shear and bond.
Discussion on Maximum shear strength of concrete.
MODULE 4: Design of Flanged Beams
Analysis of flanged RC section- T- Beam and L-Beams, Singly and Doubly Reinforced-Effective
flange width- Limiting Moment - Design examples.
MODULE 5: Design of Slabs
Design of One and Two way slabs- Effect of edge conditions- Moment of Resistance-Torsion
reinforcement at corners- Design examples, IS-code method of Slab design.
MODULE 6: Design of Columns
Design principles of RC columns- Assumptions- Short Column and Long Column, Rectangular and
Circular Columns- Helical reinforcement
MODULE 7: Design of Footings
Analysis and design of Shallow Foundations, Design for Bending- One-way shear and Two-way shear,
Design example of Isolated footing and Combined footing.
MODULE 8: Stair Case
Analysis and Design of dog legged staircase, open newel staircase. Earthquake safety provision of Stair
Case as per IS:4326-1993
Text/ Reference Books:
1. IS:456 - 2000 - Plain and Reinforced concrete - Code of practice.
2. Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Limit State) – A.K.Jain, 1st Edition, Nemchand Brothers,
Roorkee.
3. P.C. Verghese, Limit State Design of Reinforced Concrete, PHI.
4. Reinforced Concrete Design, S U Pillai& DevdasMenon. Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, N. Subramanian, OUP India
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