DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS
 

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
CE 473
Fall 2009

MWF, 9:30AM-10:20AM, Aug 24 - Dec 19, 2009, MSEE B012

Recitation: (Div 01) M 2:30-5:20PM SC 231

                   (Div 02) T  2:30-5:20PM SC 231

Office Hours: 10:30AM-12:00PM MWF, CIVL 4118

TA Office Hours: 10:30AM-12:30PM, TTH CIVL 4129

THE GRAND MINIATURE-BEAM COMPETITION OF 2009

Rules Update: Each team will be provided with 40ft of 16-gage steel wire.

Measured Material Properties

An approximate stress-strain curve for the 16-gage wire to be used

Prizes: +5 points in Final Exam to all members of the winning team in each category (plus glory and fame)

The total extra credit for the Final exam shall not exceed 8 points.

Construction LIVE

Syllabus

Handouts and Presentations

FLECHA (Moment-Curvature Analysis Spreadsheet)

INTERACTION-PC (Spreadsheet for Calculation of Moment-Axial Load Interaction Diagrams)

Homework and Workshop Assignments and Solutions

  C o d e

"Spiral" Column after an earthquake (http://www.world-housing.net/)

Observe that four longitudinal bars and ties to support them were provided outside the confined core - bars is the core are not visible because the core retained its integrity.   This column appears to have had a gross section with square shape and a circular core. 

NEES

Learning From the Experience (WATCH)

FREE VIDEO (From The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute http://www.crsi.org)
Mill Production of Rebar
(See how reinforcing Bar is made, from scrap metal to completed bars.)