UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

Department of Civil Engineering

CE 302: DESIGN OF STRUCTURES: LEVEL III COURSE

(Summary of the Course)

1. Introduction to Design: Design requirements, provisions, responsibilities; concepts

of design; philosophy of design; safety, serviceability; codes; limit state design: BS
8110, BS 5950, BS 5628.
2. Materials: Concrete – quality control, performance, standard practices; steel:
properties, standards, control, bending, schedules; rolled sections, steel design codes:
BS 5950
3. Design of Reinforced Concrete Members: Beams: stress blocks, balanced sections;
design for moments, design for shear; design tension; deflection, cracking, detailing.
4. Slabs: Slabs plate vs. beam action; one-way and two-way slabs; types of slabs; load
distribution in slabs; effect of concentrated loads; designing for flexure; reinforcement
detail.
5. Columns: Short and Long Columns, axially loaded columns; eccentrically – loaded
columns; development of inter-action diagram; bending about both axes.
6. Column Footings and Bases: individual footings, combined footings; soil – structure
interaction problems; reinforcement detailing.
7. Retaining Walls: earth and water pressures, force stability, types of walls, analysis of
forces; design philosophies; detailing.
8. Steel Design: Design of Tension Members: Single sections, built-up sections;
detailing.
9. Design of Compression Members: Eccentric loads, buckling, detailing.
10. Design of Bending Members: Rolled sections; built up sections.
11. Design of members for combined force loading; bracings.
12. Design of trusses, rafters, purlins.
13. Design of connections – bolting, welding, gusset plates; eccentricities.
14. Plastic Behaviour: Analysis of section; members; structures; principles of plastic
design.
15. Timber and Masonry: Introduction of design approaches; Codes of Practice (BS
5268, 5628); design of simple members.

PRESENTATION: 4 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorial per week, 7 class work
assignments followed by 4-hour open-book final examination. Final marks
compromise 25% ICA (In course assessment) and 75% final examination.

PRE-REQUISITE: CE201 THEORY OF STRUCTURES

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CE 302: DESIGN OF STRUCTURES
(Detailed Course Outline)

TITLE COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction to Design  Design requirements, provisions and
responsibilities
 Conceptual of design
 Philosophy of design; safety, serviceability
 Limit state design
 Codes of Practices: BS 8110, BS 5950, and BS
5628.
Materials  Reinforced concrete, steel, timber, masonry
 Quality control, performance, standard practices
 Bending of reinforcement, bar schedules
 Introduction to codes of practice
Design of Reinforced  Beam sections: balanced design
Concrete Members  Stress blocks: rectangular and parabolic
 Design for shears and moments
 Calculations for deflections, cracking and
crazing
 Detailing of reinforcement
Slabs  Design of one-way and two-way slabs
 Load distribution in slabs
 Effect of concentrated loads
 Design of flexure
 Detailing of reinforcement
Columns  Design of short and long columns
 Axially-loaded columns
 Eccentrically-loaded columns
 Inter-action diagrams and their uses
 Biaxial bending
Column Footings and  Column pads
Bases  Raft foundations
 Combined footings
 Problems involving soil-structure interaction
 Detailing of reinforcement
Retaining Walls  Active and passive pressures
 Stability of forces
 Overturning moments
 Types of walls
 Analysis of forces
Steel Design: Design of  Design of single sections, built-up sections
Tension Members  Detailing for fabrication
Design of Compression  Eccentric loading
Members  Buckling loads
  Detailing
Design of Bending  Design of rolled, built-up sections
Members  Calculations for deflectiobn
Design of members for  Use of Mohr’s Circle
combined force loading  Design of braceings
Design of trusses,  Roof trusses for industrial use
rafters, purlins.  Fink girders

Design of connections  Design of bolted, welded and adhesive - bonded

joints
 Eccentric loading
 Gusset plates
Plastic Behaviour  Principles of plastic design
 Plastic hinges and collapse mechanisms
Timber and Masonry  Design approaches
 Codes of Practices (BS 5268, 5628)
 Design of simple members
 Timber roof trusses
 CE302: DESIGNOF STRUCTURES: COURSE DESIGN

1. When Offered:
This course is offered during first semester of each academic year.

2. Presentation:
4 hours of lecturers and 2 hours of tutorial per week over a period of 12 weeks,
i.e., a total of 72 hours of presentation.

3. Scheme of Examination:
This course is evaluated by a 4-hour, open-book examination. The examination
paper represents a selection of questions from the matrix of all major topics; and,
is normally well-coordinated and well-balanced. The final question paper
comprises six questions – out of those students are required to answer any four.
All major formulas are provided in the examination script.

4. Course Outline:
The course topics, contents, contact hours and the current lecturers have been
given in Table 1.

5. Course Coordinator:
Dr. A. Salahuddin, Department of Civil Engineering, E-mails:
salahuddin@eng.uz.ac.zw/ ahmadzw@yahoo.com, Cell: +263 777 097 005

6. Purpose of the Course:

To familiarise the students with the fundamental concepts involved in the analysis
of civil engineering structures especially those of reinforced and prestressed
concrete, steel, timber and masonry. They are also exposed to the use of Codes of
Practice. Emphasis is also given on the use of computers in structural design.

7. Aims:
The aims of the course are to:
 To equip the students with the fundamental concepts of the design of civil
engineering structures – getting results in the context of member forms and
appropriate sizes.
 To lay the ground work modern structural analysis: using commercially
available computer programmes

8. Course Objectives (Intended Learning Outcomes):

 To prepare the student to design small-to-medium engineering structures
using a hand-held calculator.
 To expose the student to fundamentals of computer-aided analysis and
design.
  To make the student ready for the follow-up module: CE 402 to be offered
in the fourth year: an expanded and advanced version of CE302.

9. Course Contents:
The course contents are detailed in Table 1 together with the number of contact
hours for each course topic.

10. Methods/Strategies of Teaching:

This course will be taught in four 1-hour lectures supplemented by a 2-hour
tutorial session interspersed on various days of the week – extending over a period
of 12 weeks.

11. Student Assessments:

There will be a total of 7 course-work assignments given to the students.
This course is to be evaluated by a four-hour final examination with a weighting
of 75%, whereas the course-work items will contribute 25% towards the final
marks for the course.
The examination will be conducted towards the end of the semester in which the
course is offered. This course is equivalent to 5 credits.

12. Selected References/Reading Material

 BS4466 (1969). Bending dimensions and scheduling of bars for the
reinforcement of concrete. British Standards Association
 CP3 (1967) Chapter V, Loading Part 1 (1967). Dead and Imposed loads;
Part 2 (1972) Wind loads. British Standards Association
 ICL Computer Manuals (1969). Analysis of plane frames and grids TP
4178 International Computers LTD.
 Harrison, H. B. Structural analysis and design: Some microcomputer
applications. Parts I and II, Pergamon Press, Oxford 1980.
 BS5950 Structural use of steel work in building. British Standards
Association
 BS6399 Design loading for buildings. British Standards Association

NOTE: Students are advised to consult the latest editions of the above codes – which can be
accessed on the internet
 TABLE 1

CE 302: DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

(Course Outline)

TITLE CONTENTS CONTACT LECTURER

HOURS
Introduction to Design requirements, 12
Design provisions, and Dr. A. Salahuddin
concepts; Codes of
practice
Materials Concrete, steel, timber 12
and masonry
Beams, Slabs, Column, 12
Design of Column footings and
reinforced Bases and Retaining
concrete members walls

Steel design Design of tension, 12

compression and
bending members;
design for combined
loads; trusses;
connections

Plastic design Analysis and design for 18

plastic behaviour

Timber and Introduction to design 6

Masonry approaches