Structural Design I

Gianvittorio RIZZANO Structural Design I

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF6
BSC DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
2019/2020

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
990LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DESIGN AND
CHECK OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES BOTH AT THE EXERCISE LIMIT STATE (ELASTIC FIELD) AND AT THE ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE. TO THIS END, THE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN PRELIMINARY LESSONS ON: MATERIALS FOR
CONSTRUCTION; ACTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION; "SEMI-PROBABILISTIC METHOD TO LIMIT STATES".
AT THE SAME TIME THE METHODS FOR THE "STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS" WILL BE TREATED UNDER STATIC ACTIONS, WITH
REFERENCE TO ISOSTATIC AND HYPERSTATIC BEAMS AND TO BEAM SYSTEMS (FRAMES AND BEAMS).
FINALLY, BASIC KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE CALCULATION OF RIGID FOUNDATION BEAMS ON ELASTIC SOIL.

KNOWELDGE AND UNDERSTANDIG:

DURING THE "CLASSROOM EXERCISES" AND DURING THE INTERVIEWS THAT WILL BE CARRIED OUT DURING RECEPTION HOURS (PREFERABLY IN GROUPS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS) THE KNOWLEDGES GRADUALLY ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS WILL BE VERIFIED DURING THE YEAR
AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND PROBLEMS (EXERCISES AND DESIGN PROJECTS) PROPOSED TO THE STUDENTS WILL BE STIMULATED.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:

THE STUDENT PASSING THE FINAL EXAM, MUST BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE STRESSES IN ISOSTATIC AND IPERSTATC BEAMS AND FRAME STRUCTURES, TO CHECK AND DESIGN CONCRETE REINFORCED ELEMENTS IN LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR FIELD.
FOR THIS PURPOSE, "PROJECT EXERCISES" WILL BE PROPOSED TO THE STUDENTS. IN PARTICULAR, A FIRST PROJECT DESIGN WILL BE ASSIGNED, CONCERNING A LATERO-CEMENT SLAB TO BE DESIGNED USING THE CURRENT ITALIAN CODE. THE REPORT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE EXAMINATION AND MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY EXECUTIVE DRAWS.
FURTHERMORE, A SECOND PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON A 2D FRAME IN C.A .. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO DISCUSSED DURING THE EXAMINATION PHASE.
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH PROJECTS IT'S POSSIBLE TO WORK WITHIN A GROUP OF STUDENTS.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS:

KNOWS HOW TO VERIFY THE RELIABILITY OF THE STRUCTURAL RESULTS, CHECKING THE ACCURACY OF THE ANALITICAL RESULTS BY MEANS OF SIMPLIFIED MODELS.

COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS:

ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM AND TO TAKE AN ORAL PRESENTATION ON STRUCTURAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SECTIONS, ELEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL SCHEMES.

LEARNING SKILLS:

THE STUDENT HAS TO KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN STRUCTURAL SITUATIONS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE EXAMINED IN THE COURSE FOR MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURAL TYPOLOGIES.
Prerequisites
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE TEACHING GOAL, THE MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL KNOWLEDGES OF RIGID AND DEFORMABLE SOLID ARE REQUIRED.
PASSING THE EXAM "SCIENCE OF CONSTRUCTION I" IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THIS COURSE.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE (THEORY HOURS. 5; EXERCISES HOURS 2): METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY CHECK, LINEAR METHOD, SEMIPROBABILISTIC LIMIT STATES METHODS. BASIC ISSUES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE THEORY; CONCRETE AND STEEL PROPERTIES; SHRINKAGE AND FLUAGE; THE RELAXATION OF STEEL.

THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SECTIONS IN NON-LINEAR FIELD (THEORY HOURS. 15; EXERCISES HOURS 10; LABORATORY HOURS 2): SEMIPROBABILISTIC LIMIT STATES METHOD, DESIGN RESISTANCES AND DESIGN ACTIONS, LOADS COMBINATION.
ULTIMATE LIMIT STATES (SLU) AND SERVICEBILITY LIMIT STATES (SLE): INTRODUCTION.
S.L.U. FOR NORMAL STRESS: RECTANGULAR SECTION UNDER BENDING MOMENT AND UNDER AXIAL LOAD AND BENDING MOMENT; RESISTANCE DOMAINS; S.L.U. FOR SHEAR STRESS;
EXERCISE ACTIVITY: DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF A CONCRETE-BRICK FLOOR.

THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SECTIONS IN LINEAR FIELD (THEORY HOURS. 10; EXERCISES HOURS 7; LABORATORY HOURS 2): THE THEORY OF CALCULATION OF SECTIONS IN ELASTIC FIELD.
CALCULATION OF CONCRETE REINFORCED ELEMENTS.
SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATE: STRESS LIMITATION, DEFORMATION, CRACKING.
EXERCISE ACTIVITY: SERVICIABILITY LIMIT STATE VERIFICATION OF A CONCRETE-BRICK FLOOR.

ANALYSIS OF FRAME STRUCTURES (THEORY HOURS 20; EXERCISES HOURS 10): STRUCTURAL MODELS, ACTIONS. ANALYSIS OF 2-DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC FRAMES: FORCE METHOD AND DISPLACEMENT METHOD. RELAXATION METHODS. MATRIX ANALYSIS OF FRAME STRUCTURES.
EXERCISE ACTIVITY: DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME WITH REFERENCE TO ULTIMATE LIMIT STATES.

RIGID FOUNDATION BEAMS ON ELASTIC SOIL (THEORY HOURS. 5; EXERCISES HOURS 2): MODEL OF THE SOIL FOUNDATION; DIRECT FOUNDATION: PLINTH AND RIGID BEAMS.
Teaching Methods
TEACHING INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF 90 HOURS OF LECTURES CORRESPONDING TO 9 CFU. IN PARTICULAR, IT IS DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF LESSONS ON THEORY (ABOUT 60% - 5.5 CFU), EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM (ABOUT 35% - 3 CFU) AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES IN LABORATORY (ABOUT 5% - 0.5 CFU). THE EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM CONSIST ON THE APPLICATION OF THE STUDIED TOPICS AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO PROJECTS: CONCRETE-BRICK FLOOR AND CONCRETE REINFORCED FRAME WITH TWO SPAN AND TWO STOREY. ATTENDANCE AT COURSES IS COMPULSORY FOR AT LEAST 70% OF TEACHING HOURS
NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLANNED PROGRAM. THE FREQUENCY IS ASCERTAINED THROUGH MAGNETIC BADGES.
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COURSE GOALS WILL BE VERIFIED BY MEANS OF A WRITTEN TEST AND ORAL EXAM AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE LECTURES.
THE WRITTEN TEST, DURATION 4 HOURS, CONSISTS IN NUMERICAL EXERCISES ON THE CALCULATION OF THE SOLLECITATIONS IN BEAMS AND / OR IN FRAME STRUCTURES, IN THE DESIGN AND/OD CHECK OF R.C. MEMEBERS IN LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR FIELD.
THE ORAL EXAM, WITH THE AIM OF ASCERTAINING ALSO THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS, CONSISTS ON:
A) DISCUSSION OF THE DRAWINGS DESIGNED BY THE STUDENT DURING THE COURSE;
B) DISCUSSION OF THE TEST RESULTS;
C) DISCUSSION OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE LESSONS WITH AT LEAST ONE QUESTION ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE STRESSES IN ISOSTATIC AND IPERSTATC BEAMS AND FRAME STRUCTURES, ONE ON THE CHECK AND DESIGN CONCRETE REINFORCED ELEMENTS IN LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR FIELD, ONE ON THE MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF STRUCTURES OF MODEST SIZE.
THE FINAL VOTE WILL BE DETERMINED AS THE AVERAGE OF THAT ATTRIBUTED TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE WRITTEN TEST, TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE DRAWING AND TO THE ANSWERS TO EACH QUESTION.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE "LAUDE" WE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT:
- THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION, IN TERMS OF USING APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
- THE ABILITY OF CROSS-CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TOPICS OF THE COURSE AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, WITH OTHERS DISCIPLINES;
- THE AUTONOMY OF PROVEN JUDGMENT.

Texts
C. FAELLA, ARGOMENTI DI TEORIA E TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI – COSTRUZIONI IN CALCESTRUZZO ARMATO NORMALE E PRECOMPRESSO, VOL. 1A-1B, CUES
C. FAELLA, ARGOMENTI DI TEORIA E TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI – ANALISI DI STRUTTURE INTELAIATE, VOL. 2, CUES
E. COSENZA, G. MANFREDI, M. PECCE, STRUTTURE IN CEMENTO ARMATO, HOEPLI EDITORE
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TEACHING LANGUAGE: ITALIAN.
LOCATION AND TIME: THE COURSE IS OFFERED AT THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. THE SCHEDULING OF THE LESSON AND THE CLASSROOMS ARE PROVIDED ON FACULTY SITE (HTTP :/ / WWW.INGEGNERIA.UNISA.IT /).
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