Course: CE 229 (Advanced Concrete Design)

Professor: Dr. Gilford B. Estores, PhD

PhD CE-Structural Engineering, De La Salle University
MSCE-Structural Engineering, Mapua Institute of Technology
MS Management Engineering, University of Santo Tomas

Contact no: 09178061375

E-mail add: fordestores@gmail.com

Course Outline:
1. Materials
a. High-Strength Concrete
b. Lightweight Concrete
c. Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
d. Durability of Concrete
e. Shotcrete
f. Fiber Reinforced Polymer
g. Pre-stressing Steel
2. Nominal Strength of Beam Sections
a. Flexure Theory
b. Beams w/ Compression Reinforcement
c. Analysis of Flanged Sections
d. Unsymmetrical Beam Sections
3. Shear in Beam
a. Behavior of Beams Failing in Shear
b. Hanger Reinforcement
c. Tapered Beams
d. Shear in Axially Loaded Members
4. Torsion
a. Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members Subjected to Torsion
b. Design Methods for Torsion
c. Design for Torsion and Shear ACI Code
d. Application of ACI Code Design Method for Torsion
5. Columns: Combined Axial Load and Bending
a. Tied and Spiral Columns
b. Interaction Diagram for Reinforced Concrete Columns
c. Biaxially Loaded Columns
6. Slender Columns
a. Behavior and Analysis of Pin-Ended Columns
b. Behavior and Design of Restrained Columns in Nonsway Frames
c. Behavior and Design of Restrained Columns in Sway Frames
 d. General Analysis of Slenderness Effect
7. Two-way Slab
a. Behavior of Slabs Loaded to Failure in Flexure
b. Analysis and Distribution of Moments in Slabs
c. Direct Design Method
d. Equivalent-Frame Methods
8. Shear Friction and Composite Concrete Beams
9. Strut-and-Tie Models
a. Common Strut-and-Tie Models
b. Deep Beams
c. Continuous Deep Beams
d. Brackets and Corbels
e. Beam-Column Joints
10. Walls and Shear Walls
a. Bearing Wall
b. Retaining Wall
c. Tilt-Up Wall
d. Shear Walls

Grading System
Criteria:
Attendance 10%
Topic Presentation- 40%
Research Presentation -25%
Research Critique 25%

Low High Grade

0.00% 69.99% 5.00

70.00% 73.00% 3.00

73.01% 76.00% 2.75

76.01% 80.00% 2.50

80.01% 83.00% 2.25

83.01% 86.00% 2.00

86.01% 90.00% 1.75

 90.01% 93.00% 1.50

93.01% 96.00% 1.25

96.01% 100.00% 1.00

*Minimum grade with credit is 2.00 (verify)

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