Design of Reinforced Concrete

Structures
Schedule
Monday (10:00AM – 11:00 AM)
Wednesday (08:00AM – 10:00 AM)
Thursday (10:00AM – 11:00 AM)

Amit Shaw
Associate Professor
Email: abshaw@civil.iitkgp.ernet.in

Email subject: RCC2020

Structure: The Word
The arrangement of and relations between the parts or
elements of something complex

A building or other object constructed from several parts

Structures: Peeping into Ancient Age

15000 years old Mammoth 10000 years old Ggantija temples

bone structure Howick house in Gozo (3600 BC)
Courtesy: ancientcraft.co.uk Courtesy: Wikipedia Some of oldest free
standing strucutres
Courtesy: Wikipedia
Structures: Wonders of the World

Picture Courtesy: Wikipedia

Structures: Rural to Urban Picture Courtesy: Wikipedia

Slum Bamboo Bridge

Mud Hut

Burj Khalifa,
Skyline, Mumbai Bangabandhu Bridge, Bangladesh
Dubai
Structures: Engineers Among Animals
Ant Colony

Bird nest Wild comb

Courtesy: http://geekstroke.com
Spider web

Cathedral
mound by
Silk nest by termite
eggar moth colony
Courtesy: Wikipedia Courtesy: Wikipedia
Structures: Nature is the Best Engineer
Structures: Beyond Civil Engineering

Supporting frame
for PSLV International Space Station
Courtesy: Rediff Courtesy: Wikipedia

PSLV, ISRO
Structures: Everywhere
 Role of Engineer
Role of Structural Engineer
Architecture Execution

Analysis

Design

Detailing
Structural Analysis

Threat Structure Response

(Input) (Output)
Forward Analysis

(Output) (Input)
Inverse Analysis