1.

Properties of concrete as a construction material

a. Identification of structures for which the use of reinforced or prestressed concrete is applicable
b. Typical stress-strain characteristics of concrete in simple compression
c. Mechanical properties of concrete; modulus of elasticity
d. Properties of reinforcing steel; Grades of steel available
e. Reference code of practice (NSCP C101, ACI 318 Publications)
2. Analysis for flexural strength of reinforced concrete
a. Mechanics of bending
b. Flexural strength of plain concrete beam sections
c. Singly-reinforced rectangular beam sections under elastic, elasto-plastic, and ultimate bending; allowable
bending strength, nominal and design bending strengths
d. Doubly-reinforced rectangular beam sections under elastic, elasto-plastic, and ultimate bending; allowable
bending strength, nominal and design bending strengths
e. Singly-reinforced T- beam sections under elastic, elasto-plastic, and ultimate bending; allowable bending
strength, nominal and design bending strengths
f. Doubly-reinforced T- beam sections under elastic, elastoplastic, and ultimate bending; allowable bending
strength, nominal and design bending strengths
3. Rectangular and T- beam sections with web longitudinal reinforcement under elastic, elasto- plastic, and ultimate
bending; allowable bending strength, nominal and design bending strengths
4. Design for flexural strength of reinforced concrete
a. Singly-reinforced rectangular beam sections
b. Doubly-reinforced rectangular beam sections
c. Singly-reinforced rectangular T-beam sections
d. Doubly-reinforced rectangular T-beam sections
5. Analysis and design for shear
a. Mechanics of shear
b. Types of shear reinforcement
c. Allowable and nominal shear stress of concrete in reinforced sections
d. Allowable and nominal shear strength of reinforced webs
e. Allowable stress design and strength design for shear
6. Analysis and design for torsion
a. Mechanics of torsion
b. Allowable and nominal torsion stress of concrete in reinforced sections
c. Nominal torsion strength of reinforced webs
d. Strength design for torsion
e. Strength design for shear and torsion
7. Analysis and design for compression members
a. Short RC columns under concentric loading
b. Allowable strength analysis
c. Nominal strength, design strength analysis
d. Short RC columns under uniaxial bending
e. Balanced loading, compression failure, tension failure
f. Nominal strength, design strength
g. Strength interaction between axial load and uniaxial bending moment
h. Nominal and design strength of columns under biaxial bending
i. Slenderness effects for columns
j. Strength design of eccentrically-loaded columns for longitudinal reinforcement under unaxial and under
biaxial bending
k. Transverse reinforcement design for columns