Structural Concrete I

Code:

EC4102

Acronym:

EB1

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://civil.fe.up.pt/pub/apoio/ano4/eb1/index.html
Responsible unit:	Structural Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEC	341	Plano de Estudos EC a partir de 2003	4	4,5	8	-
		P.E. dos Bacharéis de 2003	5	4,5	8	-
		P.E. dos Bacharéis em Eng. Geo. de 2003	4	4,5	8	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To expose the principles, theories and models for the analysis and design of members made up of structural concrete.
- To provide a full comprehension of the structural behaviour of elements made up of reinforced and prestressed concrete.
- To discuss and to apply the rules from the concrete norms, regulations and codes.
- To introduce the students in the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

Program

1. Introduction. Bases of design. Historical perspective. Methods of analysis and design.
Actions. Types of actions. Combinations of actions.
2. Material properties. Concrete: classification and constitutive relationships. Reinforcement. Joint performance of both materials.
3. Cross sections submitted to bending and to the axial force. General bases concerning bending performance. Sections submitted to axial forces. Sections submitted to uniaxial bending without axial force. Sections submitted to uniaxial bending combined with the axial force. Prestressed concrete cross sections. Sections submitted to biaxial bending.
4. Reinforced concrete beams. Shear. Performance of reinforced concrete beams under bending combined with shear. Safety evaluation under shear. Specific rules for the design and detailing of beams.
5. Torsion. Torsion acting alone and torsion associated with shear.
6. Design of columns with allowance to second order effects with axial load. Methods for the design and safety evaluation of columns. Specific rules for the design and detailing of columns and walls.

Mandatory literature

Favre, Renaud 070; Dimensionnement des structures en béton. ISBN: 2-88074-169-6
Nilson, Arthur H.; Design of Concrete Structures. ISBN: 0-07-115425-6
Leonhardt, Fritz; Construções de concreto
vários autores; Nova regulamentação para o Projecto de Estruturas de Betão. Textos de apoio ao curso para engenheiros civis, DECivil, FEUP, 1998
Jiménez Montoya, Pedro; Hormigón Armado. ISBN: 84-252-1825-X (encadernada)
REBAP; Regulamentação nacional e europeia sobre estruturas de betão , Eurocódigo 2

Teaching methods and learning activities

All the matters of the discipline are presented during theoretical classes, where the theories and models are introduced, together with the resolution of some representative practical exercises. The practical exercises to be solved by the students are discussed during practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	78,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

A positive "classification of frequency" is attributed to the students that:
(i) Develop appropriately the application exercises proposed for the practical classes, and don´t exceed the allowed maximum number of lacks (25% of the practical classes).
(ii) Have obtained a positive "classification of frequency" in 2002/2003 or 2003/2004, and request it explicitly to the teachers of the discipline.

The application practical exercises consist on the resolution of a set of problems involving the many subjects of the discipline. Along the semester the works elaborated by the students should be provided to the teacher of the practical classes, which will promote their analysis and discussion. At the end of the semester the teacher of the practical classes will inform each student of the "classification of frequency".

On January 5, 2005, at 18h, the "classification of frequency" will be published. Being this positive, and fulfilled the limit of lacks referred in (i), the student has frequency to the discipline, being allowed to perform the written examination referred in (ii).

Calculation formula of final grade

Normally the final classification on the discipline is computed as the average of the "classification of frequency" and the "classification of the valid written examination" (the best of the written examinations according to the General Norms of Evaluation, with a minimum of 8 values on a scale of 20). However, the following exceptions are introduced:
(i) In the case that the "classification of the valid written examination" is superior to the "classification of frequency", a final classification equal the classification of the written examination will be attributed.
(ii) The final classification cannot exceed in more than 2 values (on a scale of 20) the "classification of the valid written examination".

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For the students not formally complied to guarantee the "classification of frequency", under particular conditions certified by the Secretary of DEC (working students, etc.), elaboration of the practical works that are the basis of the "classification of frequency" is not compulsory. Accordingly, these students will be submitted to a written examination, where they must get a minimum of 9.5 values on a scale of 20. The final classification may be complemented by an oral examination.