Course Learning Outcomes
- Assess the design goals of safety, serviceability and economy for reinforced concrete structures
- Determine the loads on the structures for the dead, live, wind, snow and earthquake load combinations
- Design of the structural system of a typical reinforced concrete building
- Use of computer modeling to assess the design demands on buildings
- Use of hand calculations to assess the design demands on buildings
- Design of columns in a typical reinforced concrete building considering second order effects
- Design of a shear wall in a typical reinforced concrete building
- Use of effective communication tools such as oral presentations, report writing and discussions through electronic communication
- Learning and avoiding the pitfalls of design and analyses