AECT 480 - Reinforced Concrete Design
Spring 2008

*** Dandignac, Schmitt and Walseman exempt from Final Exam. Congratulations!! ***

All Final Projects due Wednesday May 14th at 4:00 p.m. !!!

Welcome!  Please click on the links below:

      Course Information - General information regarding necessary books, policies, grading, etc.

Homework Assignments & Other Stuff:
Homework 1 - DUE at beginning of lecture Thursday Jan. 31st  

Useful Web sites for researching poured-in-place concrete-framed buildings:
Homework 2 - DUE at beginning of Lecture Thursday Feb. 7th
Homework 3 - DUE at beginning of Lecture Thursday Feb. 14th (Happy Valentine's Day!)
ACSA - Concrete Design Competition - DO NOT PRINT - Handout will be given in Lecture on Tues. Feb. 12th!
Homework 4 - DUE at beginning of Lecture Thursday March 6th
Homework 5 - DUE at beginning of Lecture Thursday March 20th
Homework 6 - DUE at beginning of Lecture Thursday April 3rd
Homework 7
Homework 8
 
 
 
 
 

 Tentative Schedule:

Spring 2008 Tentative Course Outline

Lecture:

Topic:

1

Course info., concrete properties

2

Intro. to ACI 318

3

Flexural members – flexure formula

4

Flexural members – singly-reinforced beams

5

T-beams (concrete joists)

6

One-way slabs

7

Two-way slabs

8

TEST 1

9

Shear in beams  

10

Shear in beams (cont.)

11

Development of reinforcement, splices, hooks

12

Concrete Design Project (Handout given in class)
Grading Criteria (Handout given in class)

13

Serviceability of concrete members

14

Columns – no eccentricity

15

Columns with applied moment

16

Columns with applied moment (cont.)

17

Concrete member analysis/design using RAM software

18

TEST 2 - TUESDAY April 1

19

Footings – wall

20

Footings – column

21

Walls – bearing walls

22

Walls – cantilevered retaining walls

23

Concrete formwork

24 (Tues 4/29)

Prestressed concrete fundamentals

25 (Thurs 5/1)

Concrete specifications CLICK HERE for link to NY O.G.S. Specs!

26 (Tues 5/6)

 Metric units in concrete design

27 (Thurs 5/8)

* TBA *

FINAL EXAM (5/15)

2-hour comprehensive Final Exam (Thurs. May 15 - 10:00 am - 12:00 noon)

 

 

Last updated: May 12, 2008