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Strutture in Cemento Armato
DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Sandro Carbonari

Seat Ingegneria
A.A. 2015/2016
Credits 9
Hours 72
Period I
Language ENG

Prerequisites
Material covered in Statics and Structural Mechanics is considered as assumed knowledge.

Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the student with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to design and assess reinforced concrete structures. The course consists in theoretical lectures and practical exercises.

Program
Structural safety and design criteria: working stress design and method of partial safety factors (limit state design). Actions on structures: permanent loads and live loads (of anthropogenic or environmental origin). Properties of concrete and of steel reinforcement: constitutive models; compressive and tensile strengths, creep and shrinkage of concrete. Behaviour of reinforced concrete elements: uncracked phase (stage I), cracked phase (Stage II) and at failure (stage III); analysis methods. Ultimate limit states: columns subjected to axial force and to axial force and uniaxial bending; beams subjected to flexural, shear and torsional actions; punching shear strength. Seriviceability limit states: design at service conditions, limits on the stress state and on deformations. Design with strut & tie models. Analysis of simple surface and deep foundations. Tutorials: analysis of r.c. structural elements (slabs, balconies, stairs, beams and columns).

Development of the examination
LEARNING EVALUATION METHODS
The assessment of student learning is based on three tests: - the development of practical exercises concerning the design of basic structural elements, through guided tutorials; - a written test concerning the design of a reinforced concrete structure; - an oral assessment, consisting in the discussion of both the developed exercises and the written test, and in some theoretical questions on the topics covered during the course. The latter may also be a written examination (if required by the presence of formulas or demonstrations) followed by an oral discussion. To access the oral examination, the student must have completed the proposed exercises and obtained a sufficient evaluation in the written test. The written and oral examinations must be sustained in the same examination session.

LEARNING EVALUATION CRITERIA
Through the presented exercises, the written and the oral assessments, the student must demonstrate to have learned the topics covered during the course and to be able to present them correctly, by adopting a proper technical terminology.

LEARNING MEASUREMENT CRITERIA
The evaluation of each test is expressed in thirtieths.

FINAL MARK ALLOCATION CRITERIA
After the oral examination, a final mark is defined for the presented exercises and for the written and oral assessments. The student is expected to pass all tests. The final mark of the course will be calculated as the average of the marks received in each test. The 'lode' will be awarded to students who, having correctly completed the three assessments, show an outstanding understanding in the subject.

Recommended reading
Radogna E.F., Tecnica delle Costruzioni. Costruzioni composte acciaio calcestruzzo – c.a. – c.a.p., Masson, Milano, 1996. Toniolo G., Cemento Armato – Calcolo agli stati limite, Vol. 2A e 2B, Masson, Milano. Cosenza E., Manfredi G., Pecce M. , ”Strutture

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