College of Engineering Civil Engineering Department

3rd Year Students

Reinforced Concrete Design I

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Dr. Mezgeen S. Ahmed

Personal Information

Instructor: Dr. Mezgeen S. Ahmed

E-Mail: mezgeen@uod.ac

Office Hours: As needed.

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 Syllabus

ƒ Reinforced Concrete Structures

ƒ Materials and Properties

ƒ Load paths

ƒ Design Methods And Requirements

ƒ Building Codes, Standards, and

Specifications

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Syllabus

Analysis and design of beams for bending:

ƒ Analysis of beams in bending at service

loads

ƒ Strength analysis of beams according to

ACI Code.

ƒ Design of singly reinforced rectangular

beams.

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ƒ Design of T and L beams

ƒ Design of doubly reinforced beams

ƒ Design of beams for shear

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References

Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete

and commentary (ACI 318M-08). American Concrete
Institute,
2008.

Committee 318 develops the Code in English, using inch-pound

units. Based on that version, Committee 318 approved three other
versions:
(a) In English using SI units (ACI 318M)
(b) In Spanish using SI units (ACI 318S)
(c) In Spanish using inch-pound units (ACI 318SUS)

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Design of Reinforced Concrete. 9th edition, McCormac,
J.C. and Nelson, J.K.,.

Reinforced Concrete, A fundamental Approach. Edward

Nawy.

Design of Concrete Structure. Nilson A. et al.

Reinforced Concrete Design. Kenneth Leet.

Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design. James K.

Wight, and James G. MacGregor

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Grading

ƒ Course work: 20%

-Quizes 15%
-Attendance and activities 5%

ƒ Mid-term exam 20%

ƒ Final exam 60%

* Regular attendance is strongly recommended for maintaining

pace with the lectures.

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 Policy towards cell-phone use
Electronic devices must be turned
off/silenced during the lecture

No cell phone use or taking photo in this lecture hall

Thanks for your cooperation

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Violation of discipline rules

may have you dismissed
from class.

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 Policy towards missed classes

ƒ An absence from a lecture will loose you

attendance points, and the lecture will
not be repeated for you. You are on your
own.

ƒ Anything mentioned in lecture is binding.

No excuse for not being here or not
paying attention

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Advices for excelling in this course

ƒ Keep up with the lecturer and pay

attention in class.

ƒ Study the lectures up to date.

ƒ Re-do the lecture examples.

ƒ Look at additional resources.

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 ENJOY THE COURSE!!

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