Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CEE-345
Reinforced Concrete Design-I
(3.0 credits)
11:0 am to 1 pm
Tuesday
Prepared by: Delivered by:

Sourav Ray Dr. Saiful Islam

Associate Professor, CEE, SUST Professor, CEE, SUST
Room No.: 108 (“C” building) Room No.: 108 (“C” building)
[Link]@[Link] saiful-cee@[Link]
Lecture Outline
• Introducing each-other
• Course aim and objectives
• CLOs
• Course contents
Introducing each other

Education- (BSc., MSc., PhD)

Work experiences
• Industry (full time+part-time)
• Teaching (SUST, KFUPM, QUT, CQU)
• Research (active)

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CEE 345: Aim and Objectives
Aim
• To provide students with a thorough understanding of the design
of reinforced concrete (RC) structures.

Objectives
• To introduce the properties, selection, performance and codified
requirements (BNBC, ACI) of concrete and steel for RCC structural
elements.
• To understand how strength criteria and fundamental principles
can be applied to reinforced concrete in a unified way.
• To introduce basic concepts of behaviour of reinforced concrete in
flexure and shear.
• To facilitate necessary knowledge to analysis and design of RCC
elements (beams, slabs).
• To develop skills to prepare detailed design and workshop
drawings to be executed in the field.
CEE 345: Course Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of this course , students will know,

• the basic concepts of RC structure and design

• WSD and USD methods and their differences

• the theoretical and practical skills to design and detailing of

different types of beam and slab, in particular.

Reference Books
Text Books
• A.H. Nilson, D. Darwin, C.W. Dolan (2014),Design of Concrete
Structures, 14th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education.
• A.H. Nilson, G. Winter, L.C. Urquhart, C.E. O’Rourke, D. Darwin,
C.W. Dolan (2007),Design of Concrete Structures, 7th Edition,
McGraw-Hill Education.
• M. N. Hassoun and A. Al-Manaseer (2015), Structural Concrete:
Theory and Design, 6th Edition, Wiley, New York.
• J.C. McCormac and [Link] (2015), Design of Reinforced
Concrete, 10th Edition, Wiley.

Codes
• Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-08)
• Bangladesh National Building Code (2020)
Topics to be covered

 Fundamentals of reinforced concrete members (MA

sir)
 Flexural Analysis and Design of singly and doubly
reinforced rectangular beams and T- beams according
to WSD method (USD method by MA sir)

 Shear and diagonal tension in beams

 Bond and Anchorage (MA sir)
 Analysis and Design of one-way and two-way slabs
Evaluation System

Attendance 10%
Class Test 20%
Class Performance 10%
Final Exam 60%
Total 100%
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for CEE345/2024

Purposes: Quick message sharing

and in-class Quizzes
What is Reinforced Concrete?
Principal materials used in many civil engineering applications
(buildings, retaining walls, foundations, water retaining structures,
highways, bridges etc.).

 A composite material: reinforcing bars embedded in concrete.

What is Reinforced Concrete?

P
A Neutral
axis
compression zone
tension zone Concrete

A Steel Steel
bars bars

Section A-A

 Concrete: high compressive strength, low tensile strength

 Steel: high tensile strength
 Concrete + Steel:
o Economical structural material, strong in compression &
tension
o Concrete provides corrosion protection and fire resistance
Steel and Concrete in Combination

(1) Bond between steel and concrete prevents slip

of the steel bars.
(2) Concrete covering prevent water intrusion and
bar corrosion.

(3) Similar rate of thermal expansion (per deg C).

Concrete: 0.000010 - 0.000013
Steel: 0.000012
Reinforcing Steel
Steel bars are:
• Plain
• Deformed (currently in use)

Deformed bars have longitudinal and transverse ribs. Ribs provide a

good bond between steel and concrete. If this bond fails steel
becomes in effective.

The most important properties for reinforcing steel are:

• Young's modulus, E (200 GPa)
• Yield strength, fy
• Ultimate strength, fu
• Size and diameter of bar
Recall your memory (students’ tasks in class)
What is yield strength?
What is Modulus of Elasticity/Young’s Modulus (E)? Explain.

Can you please draw the stress-strain curve (MS) and explain it?

Brittle and Ductile? Field experience!

High strength steel and low strength concrete- any problems?

Reinforcing Steel

Steel Grade Designation

FPS
• Grade 300, fy = 300 MPa Grade 40 For hot rolled
• Grade 420, fy = 420 MPa Grade 60 steel bars
Cold twisted
• Grade 520, fy = 520 MPa Grade 70 steel bars are
available in
Grade 520
grade 420
Grade 450

Stress
Grade 300

For hot rolled steel bars

Strain
Merits of Concrete Construction

 Good Control over cross sectional dimensions and Shape

• Any size and shape can be obtained by preparing the
formwork accordingly.
• What about steel?

 Availability of Materials
All the constituent materials are earthen materials (cement, sand,
crushed stone) and easily available in abundance.
(sustainability?)
 Economic Structures (debate)
All the materials are easily available, so structures
are economical.

 Good Insulation
Concrete is a good insulator of noise & heat and does not allow
them to transmit completely. Have some other factors!
Merits of Concrete Construction
 Good Binding Between Steel and Concrete
there is a very good development of bond between steel and
concrete.

 Stable Structure
Concrete is strong in compression but week in tension and steel
as strong in tension so their combination give a strong stable
structure.

 Less Chances of Buckling

Concrete members are not slim like steel members so chances
of buckling are much less.

 Aesthetics
concrete structures are aesthetically good and cladding is not
required
Demerits of Concrete Construction
 Week in tension
Concrete is week in tension so large amount of steel is required.

 Increased Self Weight

Concrete structures have more self weight compared with steel
structures so large cross-section is required only to resist self
weight, making structure costly.

 Cracking
Unlike steel structures concrete structures can have cracks.

 Salvage value
End of life value is lower compared to steel.
Typical Structure

Spandrel
beam 2nd Floor Column

Beam Joist

1st Floor

Spread
Wall footing footing
Fundamental propositions of RC structure

Internal forces= Strain in

equilibrium at steel=Strain in
any section surrounding
concrete

Cross section= no Concrete’s tensile

deformation strength= 0

Stress-strain ratio
within elastic
limit
Fundamental propositions of RC structure
1. Internal forces- bending moments, shear forces, shear
stresses and normal stresses at any section of a member are
in equilibrium with the effects of the external loads at that
section.
2. The strain in an embedded reinforcing bar is the same as
that of the surrounding concrete. Steel and concrete must
perfectly bonded, no slippage. Deformed bar helps to be
bonded with concrete.
3. Cross sections are plane prior and after loading. Close to a
failure condition, there can be a minor change.
4. Concrete is incapable of resisting tension stress. Small
cracks always exist in tension zone of a member.
5. The theory is based on the actual stress-strain relationships
and strength properties of the two constituent materials. Two
materials must show elastic behaviour at all stress levels.
Effects on Structural Element

 Flexure (Bending)
 Shear
 Torsion
 Settlement
Flexural and Shear Failure

Shear failure

Design principles
Design of Beam- Our tasks in this course

Flexural Design

Compression,
moment, etc.

Shear Design
Beam section

Governing Factors- span, external loading, and material properties

Design of Slab
Design Philosophy

A general statement assuming safety in engineering design

Resistance (of material & x-section) >= Effect of applied load

It is essential in the above equation that both sides are evaluated

in same conditions; e.g., if of load to produce compressive stress
on beam, then it should be compared with the safe load bearing
capacity (without any deformation) of the beam.
Structural Design

Process of determining
 reliable structural system
 selection of suitable materials and
 determination of optimum member sizes for the
structure to be built

Aim: to ensure that the structure will perform

satisfactorily during its design life
Purposes of Structural Design

 Fitness for purpose

 Safety and reliability
 Economy
 Maintainability
 Serviceability

 Fitness for purpose

o Arrangement of spaces, spans, height and access must

complement the intended use.
o The structure should fit its environment and be aesthetically
pleasing
Purposes of Structural Design

 Safety and reliability

o Structure must be strong to safely support all anticipated loadings

o Structure must not deflect, overturn, tilt, vibrate or crack in a
manner that impairs its usefulness

Ex. GreenTrust-
Moulvibazar
 Economy

o Overall cost of structure should not exceed the client’s budget

o Designer should take into account: cost of materials, buildability,

construction time, cost of temporary structures and maintenance
costs
Purposes of Structural Design

 Maintainability

o Structure should be designed to require a minimum maintenance,

can be maintained in a simple fashion

 Serviceability

No excessive deflection, no excessive

deformation and no cracking or vibrations, no
excessive reinforcement and must be able to
perform the function (within the design
lifetime), it is built for.
Quiz 1

Let’s go to Mentimeter!
 Next class

• Design processes
• Code of Practice and
• Loads on structural members
• Basic about WSD method
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