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Advanced Structural Design Overview

This document outlines the course objectives, modules, and references for an advanced structural design course. The course covers the design of various special structural elements like road bridges, shell structures, industrial buildings, plate girders, and steel bridges. It is a 4-credit course consisting of 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials per week. The modules cover topics like the design of T-beam bridges, box culverts, cylindrical shell roofs, trusses, purlins, bracings, plate girders, and plate girder bridges. References for codes and design manuals are also provided.

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Advanced Structural Design Overview

This document outlines the course objectives, modules, and references for an advanced structural design course. The course covers the design of various special structural elements like road bridges, shell structures, industrial buildings, plate girders, and steel bridges. It is a 4-credit course consisting of 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials per week. The modules cover topics like the design of T-beam bridges, box culverts, cylindrical shell roofs, trusses, purlins, bracings, plate girders, and plate girder bridges. References for codes and design manuals are also provided.

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CE010 801 ADVANCED STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Teaching scheme:
3hours lecture and 2 hours tutorial per week

Credit: 4

Objective:
To familiarize students with behavior and design procedure of some of the special
structural elements so that they can perform better in the analysis and design of these
structures in practical situations.
Module 1 (15 Hrs)
Road bridges: IRC Loadings and Specifications-T beam bridges box culvert
(DesignforIRCClassALoadingonly)- Bearings(Theory only)
Module 2 (15 Hrs)
Shell structures: general principles for membrane theory for symmetrical uniformly
distributed load- design of a simply supported single barrel cylindrical shell for
membrane stresses. Folded plates: general principles- structural behaviour of plates
(design not required)
Module 3 (14 Hrs)
Industrial buildings: roof loads- design of trusses ( analysis not required ) -design of
purlins-design of bracings and supporting system. (Problems not expected.)
Module 4 (15 Hrs)
Design of Plate girders and gantry girders- welded compound sections
Module 5(16 Hrs)
Steel bridges: IS specifications-design of highway and railway bridges of plate girder
type.(Design of bracings not required.)
Note:
Sketches only required for reinforcement details. Detailed drawing in drawing sheets
not required.
REFERENCES
1. IRC Bridge code,Indian railway bridge code, IS 456.IS 800,IS 875
2. Victor J D, Design of concrete bridges, oxford & IBH publishing
company,new delhi
3. Krishna Raju, Advanced design of concrete structures, oxford & IBH
publishing company,new delhi
4. Ramchandra, Design of steel structures vol 2 standard book house, delhi
5. Ramaswamy G S Design and construction of concrete shell roofs, Mc Graw
Hill

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