What Will Learn?

• Course Aims

  The aim of this course is to provide students with the needed knowledge and skills to: ● Understand the various structural design aspects and methods. ● Understand the project design phases. ● Study the properties and behavior of various structural materials. ● Study the flow of forces for bending and membrane structural elements. ● Provide basic design for various bending and membrane structural elements. ● Study the basics of strut and tie method. ● Provide basic design for struts, ties and nodes for various reinforced concrete elements.

Requirements

Description

• English Description
  
  Design philosophy. Basics of design and design methods and process. Ultimate limit state design. Performance based concept. Load path method. Theory of elasticity for flow of forces. Physical meaning of straining actions on different structural elements: columns; beams; slabs; …etc. Design using strut and tie method. Safety concept for different structural materials. Overall view about the design codes and their role.
• Arabic Description
  
  Design philosophy. Basics of design and design methods and process. Ultimate limit state design. Performance based concept. Load path method. Theory of elasticity for flow of forces. Physical meaning of straining actions on different structural elements: columns; beams; slabs; …etc. Design using strut and tie method. Safety concept for different structural materials. Overall view about the design codes and their role.