Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Concrete Structures 2 Course code: BET2 | 7 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 3
Semester: 5
Requirements: Completion of pre-exams from the course Concrete structures 1
Goal: The objective of the course is to familiarize prospective engineers with the design and construction of elements and structures made out of reinforced concrete, including concrete technology, and to make them qualifiedfor the elaboration of project and execution documentation.
Outcome: The curriculum of the course enables students to understand the design and construction of concrete structures, starting with the basic rules for the design, calculation, dimensioning and reinforcement of concrete sections and elements, through the aspects of designing structures in house and bridge construction to the basic aspects of concrete technology, i.e. to determine composition of concrete mixture, which additionally qualifies them for the elaboration of project and execution documentation.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Fundamentals of designing reinforced concrete (RC) cross-sections.
  2. Concrete properties: strength, stress-strain diagrams, concrete working diagrams, time-dependent deformations; properties of reinforcement: types, quality, diagrams stress-strain, steel working diagrams.
  3. Theory of limit states (LSD). Ultimate limit state (ULS). Serviceability limit states (SLS). Limit state of cracking. Limit state deformation - deflection. Dimensioning of a cross-section according to ULS.
  4. Effect of normal force Nu. Effect of bending moment Mu. Effect of normal force Nu and bending moment Mu. Effect of transversal force Tu and moment of torsion Mtu. Slender elements.
  5. Principles of constructing reinforced concrete elements and systems - broadening of Concrete structures 1.
  6. Beams, columns, nodes, and supports, Linear systems - frames, arches, lattices.
  7. One –way systems: the slabs and beams are designed to transfer loads in one direction. Folded plate construction: one in which loads are carried in two different directions.
  8. Deep beams.
  9. Other RC elements – floors, stairs, foundations.
  10. RC structures in house construction. Structural analysis: useful loads; snow load; wind load; other loads in house construction.
  11. Aseismic engineering: earthquakes (general and strengths); behavior of structures during an earthquake; seismic codes and loads; construction of earthquake-resistant buildings. Basics of concrete technology.
  12. Properties of concrete components; properties of fresh concrete; basic aspects of the cement hydration process; properties and durability of hardened concrete.
  13. Determination of concrete composition and concrete design – selection of component materials, composition of B1 concrete category, composition of B2 concrete category.
  14. Concrete bridges. Basic principles of design and construction.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
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