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Structural Engineering Course Overview

The document outlines a curriculum for a structural engineering course divided into six units, each lasting 7 hours. Topics covered include energy principles, reinforced concrete structures, design processes, material properties, and structural design for various elements such as beams, slabs, columns, and footings. The course emphasizes safety, sustainability, and the roles of different professionals in the engineering field.

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Structural Engineering Course Overview

The document outlines a curriculum for a structural engineering course divided into six units, each lasting 7 hours. Topics covered include energy principles, reinforced concrete structures, design processes, material properties, and structural design for various elements such as beams, slabs, columns, and footings. The course emphasizes safety, sustainability, and the roles of different professionals in the engineering field.

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Unit-1.

0: 7 hrs
Introduction- concepts of energy principles, safety, sustainable
development in performance; what makes a structure; principles
of stability, equilibrium; what is a structural engineer, role of
engineer, architect, user, builder; what are the functions‟ what do
the engineers design, first principles of process of design.
Unit-2.0: 7 hrs
Introduction to reinforced concrete structures, Basic material
properties: stress strain relation of concrete and reinforcing steel.
Unit-3.0: 7 hrs
Planning and Design Process; Materials, Loads, and Design
Safety; Behaviour and Properties of Concrete and Steel; Wind and
Earthquake Loads Design philosophy: assumptions and code of
practice.
Unit-4.0: 7 hrs
Theory of singly reinforced members in bending, Design of
simply supported and continuous beams with rectangular and
flanged section.
Unit-5.0: 7 hrs
Limit state of collapse in shear, Design for bond, Design of one-
way and two-way slab systems.
Unit-6.0: 7 hrs
Design of columns under uniaxial and biaxial bending, Design of
footings and staircase.

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