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Aims :

The course intends to provide students with the basic understanding of the behaviour of reinforced concrete structures and of available methods for their analysis and design.

Topics :

Properties of concrete and of steel reinforcement: constitutive models; compressive and tensile strengths, creep and shrinkage of concrete.
Structural design criteria: working stress design and method of partial safety factors (limit state design).
Behaviour of reinforced concrete elements: uncracked phase (stage I), cracked phase (Stage II) and at failure (stage III); analysis methods.
Ultimate limit states: columns subjected to axial force and to axial force and uniaxial bending; beams subjected to flexural and shear actions; second order effects in r.c. columns.
Seriviceability limit states: design at service conditions, limits on the stress state.
Foundations and retaining structures: analysis of simple surface foundations and of reinforced concrete retaining walls.
Tutorials: analysis of r.c. structural elements (slabs, balconies, stairs, beams and columns).


Textbooks :

Radogna E.F., Tecnica delle Costruzioni. Costruzioni composte acciaio calcestruzzo – c.a. – c.a.p., Masson, Milano, 1996.
Toniolo G., Cemento Armato – Calcolo agli stati limite, Vol. 2A e 2B, Masson, Milano.
Giangreco E., Teoria e Tecnica delle Costruzioni, Vol. I, Liguori, Napoli.

Exam :

The assessment criteria for this course rely on the outcomes of oral exam, in which the student will be asked to discuss issues raised in class applied to realistic design situations.

Tutorial Session :

The lecturer is available on Thursdays from 10.30 to 12.30 a.m. in his office at the Department of Architecture, Construction and Structures – Area Structures.