Mechanics and design of concrete structures

Lectures: 2 session(s) / week, 1.5 hour(s) / session

Prof. Oral Buyukozturk

Tzu-Yang Yu

The main objective of this course is to provide students with a rational basis of the design of reinforced concrete members and structures through advanced understanding of material and structural behavior. The subject will be approached by looking into the behavior of reinforced concrete at different levels: material level, element level and structural and systems level. For each level, various concepts will be introduced as listed below:

Studies of material and element levels will mostly focus on the analysis aspect while those of structural and system levels will be on the design aspect. Application of knowledge in each level will be emphasized. Special topics will be covered to the extent possible given the time limitation, and based on the project interests of the students.

There will be two 90-minute in-class exams and one individual project, and homeworks.

Nilson, A. H., D. Darwin, and C. W. Dolan. Design of Concrete Structures. 13th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2004.

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