NPTEL Syllabus

Advanced Structural Design - Web course

COURSE OUTLINE
The fundamental design philosophies of concrete and steel structures have
b e e n introduced in the basic courses for undergraduate students of civil
engineering.
This course "Advanced Structural Design" deals with the design aspects of a
few special structures with a view to simulation of realistic behavior as closely as
possible.
For each type of structure, the modeling and analysis aspects will be initially
discussed. The underlying design philosophies will be emphasized along with
the procedure.
The Indian and international design guidelines for each type of structure will be
referred to along with case studies.
The categories of structures which are going to be dealt with in this course are
reinforced concrete frame buildings, liquid retaining structures, earth retaining
structures, gantry girders, steel railway truss bridges and steel railway plate
girder bridges.
This advanced course material on structural design is expected to be useful to
undergraduate students, postgraduate students, teachers and practitioners.
Contents:
Modeling of RC building frames, load calculations with detailed emphasis on
seismic loading, analysis and design using computer programs.
Design philosophies and procedures for liquid retaining structures, earth
retaining structures, gantry girders, steel railway truss bridges and steel railway
plate girder bridges.
COURSE DETAIL

Sl.
No.

Topics

Reinforced Concrete RC Building Frames:

No. of
Hours

Development of structural framing plan from

architectural plan.
Modeling of R/C Frames using line elements based on
gross, transformed and cracked section properties.
Equivalent 2D idealization of building frames for
simplified 2D Analysis.
Simplified 2D analysis under gravity loads as per IS:
456-2000.

Design Loadings for Building Frames:

Calculations of design level dead load, live load, wind
load, snow load and loading combinations for

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Pre-requisites:
1. Design of Concrete Structures,
Design of Steel Structures-I,
Design of Steel Structures-II.
Additional Reading:
1. Literature on behaviour of
building frames and steel
bridges; international codes of
practice and guidelines on
buildings and bridges.
Coordinators:
Dr. Kaustubh Dasgupta
Department of Civil EngineeringIIT
Guwahati

simplified 2D analysis of building frames in

accordance with the relevant Indian codes of practice
(IS: 875-1987 (5 parts) and IS: 456-2000).

Earthquake Loads on Building Frames:

10

Estimation of equivalent lateral static force.

Basic concepts of Seismic Coefficient and Response
Spectrum Methods of analysis.
Calculation of design horizontal seismic base shear
and story.
forces on framed building structures based on the
response spectrum method as per IS:1893-2002.

3D analysis and design of Building Frames:

3D modeling and analysis of RC Framed Building

Structures under design load combinations including
earthquake loads using standard commercial software
such as STAAD Pro, SAP 2000 etc.
Post-processing of analysis results for design of
structural Elements.
Comparison with design output of the software.

Liquid Retaining Structures:

Basic design philosophy.

Analysis and design of single cell rectangular water
tanks subjected to hydrostatic loading based on plate
theory.

Earth Retaining Structures:

Basic design philosophy.

Calculation of lateral earth pressure based on
Rankine's theory.
Analysis and design of RC gravity walls, cantilever
walls and Counterfort walls.
Introduction to soil-structure interaction.

Gantry Girders:

Introduction to function and general arrangement of

crane girders.
Calculation of design loading as per IS criteria,
simplified modeling and analysis of crane girders
under vertical, horizontal and torsional moments,
design of built-up gantry girder.

Steel Railway Truss Bridges:

Economical span of railway truss bridges.
Economical truss configuration.
General Arrangement and preliminary design.

Preliminary design.
Calculation of dead loads, live loads (Broad Gauge),
wind loads, centrifugal loads, racking loads as per
Bridge Rules (IRS), analysis and design of truss
members .

Steel Railway Plate Girder Bridges:

Concepts of flexural and shear buckling of web plates.

Design of plate girders for steel railway bridges stiffeners, curtailment of flange plates and riveting.

References:
1. S.U. Pillai and D. Menon, "Reinforced Concrete Design", Tata McGraw
Hill, 3rd Edition.
2. B.C. Punmia, Ashok K. Jain and Arun K. Jain, "Reinforced Concrete
Structures, Vol, 1", Laxmi Publications, 1992.
3. M.L. Gambhir, "Fundamentals of Reinforced Concrete Design", Prentice
Hall of India Private Limited, 2006.
4. P.C. Varghese, "Design of Reinforced Concrete Foundations", Prentice
Hall of India Private Limited, 2009.
5. MacGregor, J.G., and Wight, J.K., (2005), Reinforced Concrete Mechanics
and Design, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
6. T. Paulay and M.J.N. Priestley, "Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete
and Masonry Buildings", John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1992.
7. P. Agarwal and M. Shrikhande, "Earthquake Resistant Design of
Structures", Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, 2006.
8. S.K. Duggal, "Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures", Oxford
University Press, 2007.
9. Braja M. Das, "Principles of Foundation Engineering", Thomson Brooks
Cole, 2004.
10. P. Dayaratnam, "Design of Steel Structures", S. Chand Group.
11. Ram Chandra, "Design of Steel Structures, Vol-1", Standard Book House,
7th Edition, 1991.
12. Ram Chandra, "Design of Steel Structures, Vol-2", Standard Book House,
10th Edition, 1992.
13. N. Subramaniam, "Design of Steel Structures", Oxford University Press,
2008.
14. R. Englekirk, "Steel Structures: Controlling Behaviour through Design",
Oxford University Press, 2008.
15. IS 456:2000, Indian Standard Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of
Practice, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
16. IS 875 (Part 1):1987, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads
(Other than Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 1 Dead Loads Unit Weights of Building Materials and Stored Materials, Bureau of Indian
Standards, New Delhi.
17. IS 875 (Part 2):1987, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads
(Other than Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 2 Imposed
Loads, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.

18. IS 875 (Part 3):1987, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads
(Other than Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 3 Wind Loads,
Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
19. IS 875 (Part 4):1987, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads
(Other than Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 4 Snow Loads,
Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
20. IS 875 (Part 5):1987, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design Loads
(Other than Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures Part 5 Special Loads
and Combinations, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
21. IS:1893-1984, Indian Standards Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design
of Structures, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
22. IS:1893 (Part 1)-2002, Indian Standards Criteria for Earthquake Resistant
Design of Structures, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
23. IS:13920-1993, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Ductile Detailing of
Reinforced Concrete Structures subjected to Seismic Forces, Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
24. IS:1080-1985, Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Shallow
Foundations in Soils (Other Than Raft, Ring and Shell), Bureau of Indian
Standards, New Delhi.
25. IS:1904-1986, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design and
Construction of Foundations in Soils: General Requirements, Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
26. IS:6403-1981, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Determination of
Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations. Bureau of Indian Standards,
New Delhi.
27. IS:3370 (Part I) - 1965, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Concrete
Structures for the Storage of Liquids Part I General Requirements. Bureau
of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
28. IS:3370 (Part II)-1965, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Concrete
Structures for the Storage of Liquids Part II Reinforced Concrete
Structures. Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
29. IS:3370 (Part IV) -1967, Indian Standard Code of Practice for Concrete
Structures for the Storage of Liquids Part IV Design Tables. Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
30. IRS Standards for Superstructure Design of Railway Bridges.
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