Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Concrete Structures 1 Course code: BET1 | 6 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 2
Semester: 4
Requirements: Completed pre-exams in the following courses: Mechanics and strength of materials and Statics of structures 1
Goal: The objective of the course is to familiarize prospective engineers with the elements of design and construction of elements and structures made out of reinforced and prestressed concrete and to train them in reading and working outdetailed structural design and performing documentation.
Outcome: The curriculum of the courseenablesprospective engineers to understand the design and construction of concrete structures, beginning with the behavior of materials, through the fundamentalsof calculation concepts, up to the familiarization with basic rules for design, calculation, dimensioning and reinforcement of concrete sections, elements and structures, which enables them to read and work out design and execution documentation in detail.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Properties of reinforced concrete (RC), advantages and disadvantages, application, production technology, physical and mechanical properties of component materials.
  2. Properties of concrete constituents; properties of concrete: classification, strength, stress – strain diagrams, short-term deflection, time-dependantdeflections, properties of reinforcement: types, quality, stress – strain diagrams; properties of steel for pre-stressing: quality, stress – strain diagrams.
  3. Basic calculations of RCsections. Calculation concept according to the theory of allowable stresses ASD. Assumptions of ASD.
  4. Calculation concept according to the theory of limit states (LSD).
  5. Concept of ULS and SLS; Ultimate limit states. Reinforcing rules.
  6. Protective layer of concrete next to reinforcement; spacing of reinforcement in cross-section; reinforcementmodeling; reinforcement anchoring; reinforcement splicing; conducting longitudinal reinforcement.
  7. Principles of constructing RC elements and systems, beams, columns, nodes, and supports, linesystems, panels, deep beams.
  8. Dimensioning of cross-section according to ultimate limit states. Slender elements.
  9. Beams, columns, nodes, and supports, Line systems - frames.
  10. One-way slabs.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. The content of the theoretical instructin transferred into practical application through exercises and practical exercises in teaching bases.
Textbooks and References
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 2
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
10
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
20
colloquium
40
Final exam
Points
Written exam
0
Oral exam
30