italian version

Aims :

The course intends to provide students with the basic understanding of the behaviour of reinforced concrete structures and of their standard methods of analysis and design. These will be delivered by means of lectures and tutorials.

Topics :

Structural design criteria: design of structural elements in reinforced concrete in accordance with strength and serviceability limit states; thin-walled elements. Deep beams.
Framed buildings: modelling, assumptions and analysis by means of the displacement method of plane frames with fixed and hinged joints; matrix method for the analysis of spatial frames.
Foundations: design of surface foundations, strip footings, footing grids, slabs, pile caps.
Beam on elastic foundation: governing equilibrium equations and relevant boundary conditions; Winkler beam; applications on foundations and piles; circular tubular elements and silos.
Thin-walled theory: Kirchhoff plate; governing equilibrium equations and relevant boundary conditions; applications on balconies and retaining walls.
Instability of beam-column reinforced concrete element: geometric and material nonlinearity; simplified methods.


Textbooks :

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

Exam :

The assessment criteria for this course rely on the outcomes of a written and an oral exam. The written exam requires the student to analyse a plane frame by means of the displacement method, to design the structure in accordance with current design guidelines and to provide details for the reinforcement. During the oral exam, 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.