RC Design 2

The next step after RC Design 1: flat and post-tensioned slabs, walls, corbels and nibs, staircases, crack width and deflection by calculation, and slabs on grade, each with a STATIX concrete calculator.

Lessons

Lesson 1Flat slabsThe equivalent frame, pattern loading, column and middle strips, edge and corner columns, punching with links. Lesson 2Post-tensioned slabsTendon profile and balancing, losses, stresses, ultimate bending, punching with prestress, deflection. Lesson 3RC walls and slender wallsBraced and unbraced walls, slenderness and the additional moment, in-plane bending and shear, end zones, steel limits. Lesson 4Corbels and nibsStrut and tie, the main tie and its anchorage, links, bearing, horizontal force, nibs and detailing. Lesson 5StaircasesWaist flights along or across, spans with landings, loads on plan, reactions, deflection, bars and shapes. Lesson 6Crack width and deflection by calculationWhen span/d is enough, cracked sections, tension stiffening, creep and shrinkage, crack width. Lesson 7Slabs on gradeSubgrade modulus, rack legs and wheels, punching, storage aisles, joints and mesh.

Who it is for

Students and graduate engineers who have done a first course in reinforced concrete.
Engineers moving from beams and columns to whole floors and special members.
Technologists who check concrete buildings.

Before this course

It builds on RC Design 1 (bending, shear, deflection by span/d, columns, two-way slabs, footings and punching, detailing) and uses the loads of Loads 1. It does not repeat them.

The STATIX tools it uses

The flat slab and post-tensioned slab calculators.
The RC wall, corbel and staircase calculators.
The crack width and deflection and slab on grade calculators.

How each lesson works

Learning outcomes and what you need before you start.
Short theory with many sketches, with clause numbers to look up in your own copy of the code.
Worked examples by hand, every number shown, checked against the STATIX calculators.
The same problem in a STATIX calculator.
Exercises with answers, a short self-check quiz and the lesson on one page.

Universities and colleges

Universities and colleges: one licence for the department; students sign in with their university email. Lecturers can use the lessons and the calculators in class and in tutorials.

Course material for learning. Check every value against the current codes and have every design checked by a registered professional engineer.

Early access

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