Offerings
View how CS3001 is offered in 2004
(Also shows pre-requisites and inadmissible combinations if applicable)

CS3001:03

Concrete Engineering

Townsville

HECS Band 2

39 hours lectures, 39 hours tutorials, practicals and fieldwork. Semester 1.

Properties of plastic and hardened concrete, mix design, concrete construction. Strength and durability of hardened concrete. Reinforced Concrete : transformed section analysis of uncracked and cracked reinforced beams; ultimate bending strength of singly and doubly reinforced beams, T and I beams; ductility; anchorage and stress development, reinforcement detailing; design for shear; deflection and crack control; slabs and slab systems; reinforced concrete columns. Prestressed Concrete: concept and construction methods; stresses in simple uncracked members, equivalent loads and load balancing, deflections; prestress losses; ultimate bending strength; introduction to end block design and anchorage. Australian design codes.

Learning Objectives:

gain knowledge in the use of concrete in structures and analysis of concrete structures;

specify the cement type and concrete grade required for specific applications;

design a basic concrete mix to satisfy strength and durability requirements;

perform basic quality control tests on fresh or hardened concrete;

calculate the ultimate strength of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, columns and prestressed concrete beams;

estimate deflections in simple reinforced and prestressed concrete beams and use span/depth ratios to control deflections;

understand the advantages of prestressing and estimate prestress requirements for simple cases.

Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).