Programme

Methods for the assessment of the structural safety and for the design of the structures (allowable stresses, load and resistance factor design methods). The current design philosophy for reinforced concrete structures: serviceability limit states (cracking and deformation control) and ultimate limit states (shear and bending moment, axial load and bending moment, shear, lateral instability). The structural organism and preliminary design choices for reinforced concrete frame structures.
Modeling of the structures for the evaluation of forces and for the design of structural members: design of decks (typologies, dimensioning criteria, loads evaluation, design of reinforcement, verifications), design of beams and columns (typologies, dimensioning criteria, loads evaluation, design of reinforcement), design of foundations (plinths and ground beams). Validation of the structural analysis. Graphical representation of a structural design.

Core Documentation

• Giannini R., Teoria e Tecnica delle Costruzioni Civili, 2011
• AICAP - Guida all’uso dell’Eurocodice 2 - Vol I°, II°
• Ghersi, Il Cemento Armato, Dario Flaccovio Ed.
• Cinuzzi, Gaudiano, Progetto di Strutture in c.a. – ESA ed.
• Dettagli costruttivi di strutture in calcestruzzo armato, Aitec 2011
• AICAP, Costruzioni in calcestruzzo, composte acciaio-calcestruzzo (commentario al DM 14/01/2008)

Type of delivery of the course

Face to face learning and classroom exercises.

Type of evaluation

The student will participate, during the course, to classroom exercises on the design of a reinforced concrete building. The exam consists of an oral test on the topics covered during the lectures and a discussion on the exercises. To access the exam the student must have completed and provided the exercises to the teacher at the end of the course.