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CIV ENGR 447

CONCRETE STRUCTURES I

3 credits.

Behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements; concepts of design and proportioning sections for strength and serviceability; background of specification requirements; strength design applied to beams, columns, and members under combined axial load and bending; continuous beams.

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Requisites: CIV ENGR 340 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Compute required strengths for flexure, shear, and axial load, as well as moment and shear envelopes of design using the load factors and load combinations specified by the current building code requirements for structural concrete Audience: Undergraduate 2. Perform a structural analysis and design of reinforced concrete members with rectangular and T-shaped sections subjected to flexure and shear (beams) Audience: Undergraduate 3. Perform a structural analysis and design of reinforced concrete members subjected to combined flexure and axial loads (columns) Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop technically feasible alternative solutions to a problem, compare the alternative solutions, and recommend one of the solutions as the preferred option Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compute required and design strengths for flexure, shear, and axial load for reinforced concrete members using commonly available structural analysis and design software Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Compute required strengths for flexure, shear, and axial load, as well as moment and shear envelopes of design using the load factors and load combinations specified by the current building code requirements for structural concrete Audience: Undergraduate 2. Perform a structural analysis and design of reinforced concrete members with rectangular and T-shaped sections subjected to flexure and shear (beams) Audience: Undergraduate 3. Perform a structural analysis and design of reinforced concrete members subjected to combined flexure and axial loads (columns) Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop technically feasible alternative solutions to a problem, compare the alternative solutions, and recommend one of the solutions as the preferred option Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compute required and design strengths for flexure, shear, and axial load for reinforced concrete members using commonly available structural analysis and design software Audience: Undergraduate

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