CS3001 - Concrete Engineering
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Engineering |
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. Use of Australian design codes.
Learning Outcomes
- calculate the ultimate strength of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, columns and prestressed concrete beams;
- design a basic concrete mix to satisfy strength and durability requirements;
- estimate deflections in simple reinforced and prestressed concrete beams and use span/depth ratios to control deflections;
- gain knowledge in the use of concrete in structures and analysis of concrete structures;
- perform basic quality control tests on fresh or hardened concrete; understand the advantages of prestressing, and estimate prestress requirements for simple cases.
| Prerequisites: | CS2001 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Rabin Tuladhar. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%). |
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