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!



Week Date Lecture Number Reading Section Topic
1 Jan. 14 Lecture 1 Chap. 1 General introduction to the course and discussion of concrete construction. Short tutorial on Visual analysis. First homework assignment was assigned. The homework is given HW 1, work the basic and advanced cases.
Jan. 16 Lecture 2 Chap. 1
Jan. 18 Lecture 3 Chap. 1
2 Jan. 21 No class 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. The second homework assignment was given HW 2.
Jan. 23 Lecture 4 Chap. 2
Jan. 25 Lecture 5 Chap. 3
3 Jan. 28 Lecture 6 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 Friday's lecture discusses the analysis of doubly reinforced beams and how to handle the steel under compression.
Jan. 30 Lecture 7 Chap. 4
Feb. 1 Lecture 8 Chap. 5
4 Feb. 4 Lecture 9 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. Discussion on single reinforced beams, doubly reinforce beams, and t beams. A homework assignment is given Assignment 3. The solution to the homework is Solution 3.
Feb. 6 Lecture 10 Chap. 4
Feb. 8 Lecture 11 Chap. 4
5 Feb. 11 Lecture 12 Chap. 3 The lecture 12 covered pan joists and load factors for design of beams. Lecture 13 begins the developing the design of singly reinforced beams for known dimensions and unknown dimensions. Lecture 13 covers load factors, strength reduction, resistance factors, cover, bar spacing and design procedures for singly reinforced beams. Lecture 14 were a listing of example problems worked in class.
Feb. 13 Lecture 13 Chap. 4
Feb. 15 Lecture 14 Chap. 4
6 Feb. 18 Lecture 15 Chap. 3 Lecture 15 shows the procedure for designing a doubly reinforced beam for known dimensions and worked an example problem in class. Lecture 16 covered the design of doubly reinforced beams with unknown dimensions. It covers the step by step procedure and set up an example problem. Lecture 17 cover the design procedure for T-beams with known dimensions and discusses how to find the beff for the flange in tension and compression.
Feb. 20 Lecture 16 Chap. 4
Feb. 22 Lecture 17 Chap. 4
7 Feb. 25 Lecture 18 Chap. 3 Lecture 18 discusses bar development length, flexural reinforcement in slabs, spacing of bars in slabs, minimum reinforcement and spacing due to thermal expansion and contraction, types of bar failures due to bar development, factors on development and hooks. Lecture 19 worked an example for development in a beam and column. Lecture 20 deals with bar cutoff and splicing of bars and works an example problem using the tables from the back of the book for bar cutoff and development length. A homework assignment is given Assignment 4. The solution to the homework is Solution 4.
Feb. 27 Lecture 19 Chap. 4
Mar. 1 Lecture 20 Chap. 4
8 Mar. 4 Lecture 21 Chap. 3 Lecture 21 continued with the bar development and cutoff example. It started the discussion on shear reinforcement of a beam for elastic beams. The lecture discusses various type of failure in shear. Lecture 22 covers the shear reinforcement, types of shear stress calculations, stirrup requirements, and design procedure on how to layout stirrups, spacing, size, etc. Sets up an example problem for shear design. Lecture 23 finishes up the example problem and begins the discussion on one-way slab design, bar cutoff, joist design and shear failure.
Mar. 6 Lecture 22 Chap. 4
Mar. 8 Lecture 23 Chap. 4
9 Mar. 18 Lecture 24 Chap. 3 Lecture 24 covered an example problem on one-way slab design. Lecture 25 deals with columns, definitions, reduction factors, tied and spiral columns, design procedures, steel reinforcement, spacing requirements, and calculation of a concentrical load column (example problem). Lecture 25 covers the development of an interaction diagram for a column, how to get the Pn, Mn, and eccentricity of load, variability of the reduction coefficient, and starts to work a problem generating a interaction diagram. Lecture 26 goes through the requires and the example problem. A homework assignment is given Assignment 5. The solution to the homework is Solution 5.
Mar. 20 Lecture 25 Chap. 4
Mar. 22 Lecture 26 Chap. 4
10 Mar. 25 Lecture 27 Chap. 3 Lecture 27 finishes up the example an discuss splices and shear in columns and begins to discuss how to use the interaction diagrams for design of columns and works an example problem using an interaction diagram. Lecture 28 starts to discuss biaxial bending and axial loading on a column and works through an example problem on biaxial loading.
Mar. 27 Lecture 28 Chap. 4
Mar. 29 Good Friday Chap. 4
11 April 1 Lecture 29 Chap. 3 Lecture 29 covers the topic of "long" columns and how it effects the design of the column and covers the design of a short column using the interaction diagrams from the book. Lecture 30 introduces the topic of serviceability limit states; crack width control, why crack control is important, and works through an example problem on crack development. Lecture 31 covers deflection control, premissible deflection, calculation of moments of inertia, deflection response of RC beams in flexure, cracked transformed sections for singly reinforced beams, doubly reinforced beams and t-beams. Start an example problem for a doubly reinforced beam to find the centriod, moment of inertia, and cracked moment. A homework assignment is given Assignment 6. The solution to the homework is Solution 6.
April 3 Lecture 30 Chap. 4
April 5 Lecture 31 Chap. 4
12 April 8 Lecture 32 Chap. 3 Lecture 32 covers using superposition tables to find the maximum deflection sustainable loading and presents an example problem. The example problem is used to find the maximum allowable deflection and crack control. Lecture 33 introduces the topic of two-way slabs, calculating h, determining as and starts an example on a two-way slab with beams. Lecture 34 discuss how to find the thickness for two-way slabs and discusses shear failures (one-way and punch out or two-way shear), the shear reinforcement at the columns and worked through an example problem for shear reinforcement at a column.
April 10 Lecture 33 Chap. 4
April 12 Lecture 34 Chap. 4
13 April 15 Lecture 35 Chap. 3 Lecture 35 introduces the direct design method for two-way slabs, covers column strips and middle strips, minimum slab thickness, distributed moments, amounts of steel, transverse distribution of moments, pattern loading and reinforcement in the slab with develop length. Lecture 36 consists of two example problems for a flat plate floor system (no beams) interior and exterior panels. Lecture 37 consists of two examples of two-way floor design: the first is an interior panel with beams and second example covers slab design with drop down panels.
April 17 Lecture 36 Chap. 4
April 19 Lecture 37 Chap. 4
14 April 22 Lecture 38 Chap. 3 Lecture 38 deals with footings, types of footings, soil pressure, design considerations, size of footings, shear problems, flexural strength and reinforcement, bearing capacity, doweling, development length, and design requirements. A simple wall foundation example problem was worked. Lecture 39 consisted of 2 problems, the first was a square footing design and the second was a rectangular footing design. Lecture 40 consists of two problems; the first is a multiple column design footing and design of a column with a moment. Also settlement and bearing questions are discussed. A homework assignment is given Assignment 7. This is homework 7 's Solution 7.
April 24 Lecture 39 Chap. 4
April 26 Lecture 40 Chap. 4
15 April 29 Lecture 41 Chap. 3 Lecture 41 deals with
April 30 Lecture 42 Chap. 4



Last modified: 21:50 April 24, 2002
Dr E.W. Sandt
Civil Engineering Department
Texas A&M University

esandt@stommel.tamu.edu