CVEN 444
Lecture Outlines


This page will connect you with all of the important material covered in this class. This will include outlines of the lectures, homework assignments, reading assignments and exam reviews. The general outline is still tenative.


The outline of the lectures will emphasize the main points in the lecture. However, it will not substitute for attending the class. I am not a babysitter and you are all suppose to be adults. It will be beneficial to you to attend and see how the examples are worked and the theory behind the topic is applied.


If you have questions, email me!



Date Lecture Number Reading Section Topic
Aug. 28 Lecture 1 Chap. 1 General introduction to the course and discussion of concrete construction.
Aug. 30 Lecture 2 Chap. 1
Sept. 4 Lecture 3 Chap. 1 Short tutorial on Visual analysis. First homework assignment was assigned. The homework is given HW 1.
Sept. 6 Lecture 4 Chap. 2
Sept. 11 Lecture 5 Chap. 2 The classes cover topics on material properties of steel and concrete, their strengths and weaknesses. The class project is introduced and the types of concrete structures, flexural stress in singly reinforce beams and initial discussion on analysis of beams.
Sept. 13 Lecture 6 Chap. 3
Sept. 18 Lecture 7 Chap. 3 The first lecture discusses the analysis of singly reinforce beams, over-reinforced, balanced and under-reforced beams. Describes the characteristics of the beams and the justification of some of the coefficients. The Thursday lecture discusses the analysis of doubly reinforced beams and how to handle the steel under compression.
Sept. 20 Lecture 8 Chap. 4
Sept. 25 Lecture 9 Chap. 5 The first lecture discuss the analysis of t-beams and the analysis of pan joist floor systems. The general rules for analyzing the t-beam are presented and member depths for pan joist floors. The second lecture discuss the design of singly reinforced beams for known and unknown cross-sections. The second homework assignment was assigned. The problems are in HW 2.
Sept. 27 Lecture 10 Chap. 5 & 6
Oct. 2 Lecture 11 Chap. 6 The Tuesday lecture gave a series of example problems. Thursday was canceled due the 125th year anniversary of Texas A&M University.
Oct. 4 No class Chap. 7
Oct. 9 Lecture 12 Chap. 6 The first lecture was on t-beam design for with known dimensions and possiblity of tension in the flange. Thursday's lecture was on design of doubly reinforce beam sections with known and unknown dimensions.
Oct. 11 Lecture 13 Chap. 7
Oct. 16 Exam 1 Chap. 8 & 10 The material deals with the design of one-way slab for flexural reinforcement temperature shrinkage. The material covers the development length of reinforcement steel, cutoffs, compression bars, hooks, tension anchorage and discontinuous ends.
Oct. 18 Lecture 14 Chap. 8
Oct. 23 Lecture 15 Chap. 8 The lectures covered the cutoffs in bars, rules for bar cutoffs,splices of bars (tension and compression), and a series of examples.
Oct. 25 Lecture 16 Chap. 8
Oct. 30 Lecture 17 Chap. 6 & 10 The material covered this week deals with uncracked shear behavior, inclined crack development, shear strength in the concrete, web reinforcement, shear reinforcement, stirrup anchorage, shear design procedure, shear joist design, short column design, combined moment and axial loading, and slender columns.
Nov. 1 Lecture 18 Chap. 11
Nov. 6 Lecture 18 Chap. 11
Nov. 8 Lecture 19 Chap. 12
Nov. 13 Lecture 20 Chap. 8
Nov. 15 Lecture 21 Chap. 7
Nov. 13 Lecture 22 Chap. 8
Nov. 15 Lecture 23 Chap. 7
Nov. 13 Lecture 24 Chap. 8
Nov. 15 Lecture 24 Chap. 7



Last modified: 16:50 October 15, 2001
Dr E.W. Sandt
Civil Engineering Department
Texas A&M University

esandt@stommel.tamu.edu