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RC Structural Elements Course Guide

This document provides information about the C&EE 243A course on the Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements. It lists the professor, John Wallace, his contact information, and office hours. The grading breakdown includes a midterm exam, homework assignments, and a final exam. Homework is due one week after being assigned and constitutes 40% of the grade. The exams will follow the policies outlined. Prerequisites and required/recommended texts are also listed. A tentative course outline provides an overview of the 11 weekly topics to be covered, including flexural response, confined concrete, columns, shear, beam-column joints, moment frames, and slender walls.

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RC Structural Elements Course Guide

This document provides information about the C&EE 243A course on the Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements. It lists the professor, John Wallace, his contact information, and office hours. The grading breakdown includes a midterm exam, homework assignments, and a final exam. Homework is due one week after being assigned and constitutes 40% of the grade. The exams will follow the policies outlined. Prerequisites and required/recommended texts are also listed. A tentative course outline provides an overview of the 11 weekly topics to be covered, including flexural response, confined concrete, columns, shear, beam-column joints, moment frames, and slender walls.

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C&EE 243A

BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN OF RC STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

Professor:
John W. Wallace
5731C Boelter Hall
310-206-7124
wallacej@ucla.edu

Course Information:
Enrollment number: 547-216-200
Lecture 4 hours/week (4 units)
Time/Room: Mon./Wed. 12:00- 1:50P MS 6201

Office Hours:
Tue/Thur 3:30 – 5:00 pm Room 5731C Boelter Hall

Grading:
Midterm 30%
Homework 40% See notes below
Final 30% Code: 05 - Monday, December 12, 2005, 11:30am-2:30pm

Homework Policy: Weekly homework sets will be assigned and due one week after they are
assigned. The homework grade constitutes a significant portion of your grade in this class
due to the effort that is required. The homework problems must be done in a neat and orderly
fashion on engineering or graph paper using a pencil (no ink). Homework results must be
summarized and answers clearly indicated. Discussion, as appropriate, should also be
provided. Late homework will be accepted for one class period following the due date, with a
20% penalty.

Exam Policy: The date and format for the Midterm exam will be set at least one week prior
to the exam date.

Prerequisites:
C&EE142 or equivalent - Reinforced Concrete Design (undergraduate)

Texts – Required/Recommended:
“Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete: ACI 318-05,” American Concrete
Institute, Farmington Hills, MI. (required)
MacGregor, J. G., “Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design,” Fourth Edition, 2004(?)
(recommended, or other textbook for undergraduate course)
NEHRP Guidelines/Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA Reports
No. 274 (October 1997) & 356 (2000) (via phone: 1-800-480-2520).
C&EE 243A: Behavior and Design of RC Structural Elements
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Professor John Wallace
Fall 2005

WEEK TOPICS READING/ASSIGNMENT

1 Flexural Response and Nominal Strength


Reinforcing Steel Handouts (Papers & Reports)
Plain Concrete Handouts (Papers & Reports)
Moment – curvature analysis
Deflections

2-3 Confined Concrete


Background and Models Handouts (Papers & Reports)
Concrete Modeling
Reinforcement Modeling
Moment-Curvature Analysis Computer Programs

4 Columns
Column Design Handouts/ACI 318-05/CRSI
Column Detailing ACI 318-05/UBC-97
“Non-ductile” Columns Rehabilitation: FEMA 274/356

5 Shear MacGregor
Code Design ACI 318-05
Capacity Design ACI 318-05
Strut-&-Tie Models Handouts: ACI SP 208

6 Beam-Column Joints MacGregor


Design approaches Committee 352; ACI 318-05
Use of Headed Reinforcement Handouts (Papers & Reports)
Rehabilitation FEMA 274/356

7-8 Moment Frames


Definition/Non-participating Beams/Columns
Capacity design and Detailing ACI 318-05
Evaluation Introduction: FEMA 356/ATC 40

9-10 Slender Walls:


Code Design ACI 318-05; UBC-97
Displacement-Based Design Handouts
Stress-based Design ACI 318-05
Shear strength requirements ACI 318-05 & Handouts

11 FINAL EXAM

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