CE 58A BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE

Fall 2010
Instructor(s): Name:
Office Hours:
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Kutay Orakal
M6, T6, W6, Th6
M 3165
359-7616
kutay.orakcal@boun.edu.tr
WWW 123
M 2180

Reference Books and Documents:

Park and Paulay, Reinforced Concrete, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1975.
Ferguson, P.M, Breen, J.B., and Jirsa J., Reinforced Concrete Fundamentals John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 2000.
Ersoy, U., zcebe, G., and Tankut, T. Reinforced Concrete, METU Structural Mechanics Lab.
Publications, Ankara, 2006.
Celep, Z., Betonarme Tayc Sistemlerde Dorusal Olmayan Davran ve zmleme, Beta
Datm, stanbul, 2007.
TS 500, Betonarme Yaplarn Tasarm ve Yapm Kurallar Trk Standartlar Enstits, 2000.
Deprem Blgelerinde Yaplacak Binalar Hakknda Ynetmelik, Bayndrlk ve skan Bakanl, 2007.
Class Policies:
Homework Assignments
2 Midterms (1 in-class & 1 take-home)
Final:

25 %
40 %
35 %. Comprehensive.

A number of problems in differing time demand will be assigned. Due dates will be announced at the time of
assignment. For any work submitted within one week after the due date, 20% will be deducted from the mark for
that assignment. No work will be accepted after the one-week grace period. Reading assignments (scientific
papers and reports) will also be given. Homework and reading assignments will take a considerable amount of
time. Students are expected to devote at least 10 hours per week for this course.
Course Outline
1. Material Behavior and Confinement
Behavior and strength of concrete under uniaxial compression and tension
Behavior of concrete under biaxial and multi-axial stresses.
Other mechanical properties of concrete
Types and grades of reinforcing steel
Stress-strain relationship of reinforcing steel under monotonic, repeated and reversed cyclic loading
Mechanics of confined concrete
Modeling of confinement

CE 58A Syllabus Fall 2010

2. Members Subjected to Flexure: Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of RC Beams

Behavior of RC members subjected to pure flexure
Moment-curvature analysis
Ultimate Strength Theory and basic assumptions
Analysis of RC Beams
Beams with compression reinforcement, with flanged sections, and with non-conventional geometry
Cracking, cracked section properties
Calculation of nonlinear beam deflections
3. Members Subjected to Flexure and Axial Load: Analysis of RC Columns
Ultimate strength of column sections under bending and axial load
Axial loadbending moment Interaction Diagrams
Analysis of rectangular and non-rectangular column sections under axial load and flexure
4. Nonlinear Behavior and Analysis of RC Structures
Concept of Ductility
Plastic Hinge concept
Concept of Redistribution
Incremental nonlinear static analysis
Collapse mechanism analysis
5. Pushover Analysis
Performance assessment methods for building structures
Concept of response spectrum
Nonlinear modeling of RC structures using plastic hinges
Performance-based evaluation methodologies
Seismic code specifications
Code-compliant pushover analysis for seismic performance assessment of existing RC structures
6. Analysis and Design of Structural Walls
Behavior of structural walls
Modeling of RC building systems with structural walls
Earthquake load calculations for building structures
Code requirements on structural walls
Design and detailing of structural walls
7. Torsion in RC Structures Behavior and Design (if time permits)
Behavior of members subjected to pure torsion
Behavior and design of RC members subjected to torsion, flexure, and shear
Design for equilibrium and compatibility torsion
Detailing for torsion
8. Seismic Detailing of RC Structures (if time permits)
Seismic code specifications
Common deficiencies in existing construction

CE 58A Syllabus Fall 2010