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CIVE 4302

Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Reinforced concrete shear and torsion design. Two-way slab design by Direct Design and Equivalent Frame Method. Behaviour and design of slender reinforced concrete columns. Prestressed concrete concepts; flexural analysis and design; shear design; anchorage zone design; deflection and prestress loss determination.

2026

Topics

  • Review -review of reinforced concrete concepts from CIVE 3206: material
  • properties, flexure, shear, axial loads
  • behaviour and design of concrete subjected to torsion
  • Two-Way Slabs -analysis: equilibrium and yield line methods
  • design: direct design method and equivalent frame method
  • shear in two-way slabs
  • Slender Columns -short and slender columns, stability, pin-ended columns
  • columns in frames –behaviour and design (sway and non-sway)
  • Prestressed -concepts, materials, pre- and post-tensioning technologies
  • Concrete -flexure and shear design, allowable stresses
  • deflections
  • Required Text: Concrete Design Handbook, 5th Edition, Cement Association of Canada

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): CIVE 3203 and CIVE 3206 . Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.

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