Reinforced Concrete Beam Design as per AS3600

Design of rectangular reinforced concrete beam sections for bending as per AS3600 (ultimate strength design method)

This course includes a full and detailed process of designing a rectangular reinforced concrete section for bending as per the ultimate strength design method and requirements of AS3600 (Australian standard for concrete design) with working examples. In this course, you will learn about: 1. Different ultimate design conditions of concrete beams and assumptions as per ultimate strength design theory. 2. The important requirements of AS3600 such as maximum neutral axis depth ratio, minimum reinforcement, and capacity reduction factor for reinforcement concrete beams. 3. Concrete beams design for a Balanced Beam and how to understand if tensile and compressive reinforcement in a concrete beam section is at yield or not. 4. Concrete beam design for a Ductile Beam or Under-Reinforced beam followed by some important code requirements such as : concept of the minimum height of the concrete beam, flexural strength (modulus of rupture), minimum strength requirement. 5. The step by step design of a reinforced concrete beam as per the ultimate strength design method. We will also have three working examples of beam design for a comprehensive study of all design conditions with ultimate strength design method: Working example 1: Design of a reinforced concrete beam with minimum reinforcement as per ultimate strength design method (load condition No.1) Working example 2: Design of a reinforced concrete beam as per ultimate strength design method with reinforcement larger than minimum reinforcement and no compressive reinforcement and calculating the minimum height of the beam (load condition No.2) Working example 3: Design of a reinforced concrete beam with compressive reinforcement as per ultimate strength design method and calculating the minimum height of the concrete beam (load condition No.3) By the end of this course, you will learn about the full and detailed process of designing a rectangular reinforced concrete section for bending as per the ultimate strength design method and requirements of AS3600. THIS COURSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR: • Structural engineers • Civil engineers • Graduate engineers • University students