Betonconstructies 2

Summary

This course is to give an introduction to the basic knowledge on how to design and assess the serviceability and safety of reinforced and statically determinate prestressed structures.
This is a strongly recommended course for students that plan to choose one of following tracks in the Civil Engineering MSc Program at TU Delft: Structural Engineering, Construction Materials, or Hydraulic and Offshore Structures.

Contents

The course Concrete Structures 2 (CTB3335) contains two theoretical parts:

1. Reinforced concrete. This part consists of the theories related to slab design (one way, two way spanning slabs and punching shear), crack width control, torsion design.

2. Statically determinate prestressed girders. Design of prestressed concrete girders, prestress losses, capacity and detailing.

The following aspects are covered in this course:

• Design of reinforced concrete members under torsion.

• Crack width calculation based on the tensile member model in both crack formation stage and stabilized cracking stage.

• Design of reinforced concrete slabs spanning in one and two directions. Including different calculation methods for the internal forces, such as elastic analysis and equilibrium method for slabs supported by rigid beams and flat slabs.

• Punching shear resistance. Theory and application.

• Introduction about the differences in the design of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete.

• Design of statically determinate prestressed concrete girders. Principles and materials, and prestressing as an external load.

• Prestress losses: friction, slip, creep, shrinkage, relaxation.

• Bending moment capacity, ultimate limit state.

• Detailing, introduction of prestressing forces.