CONTENTS 1 Introduction to Reinforced Concrete 1-12 1.1 Concept of RCC 1 1.2 Advantages of Providing Constituent Materials in RCC 2 1.3 Grades of Concrete 2 1.4 Grades of Steel 3 1.5 Working Stress Method 3-4 1.6 Equivalent Bending Stress Diagram 4 1.7 Concepts of Prestressed Concrete 5-11 1.8 Short Questions 11-12 2 Limit State Method 13-22 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 Types of Limit States 13-15 2.3 Characteristic Strength 15 2.4 Partial Safety Factors 15-17 2.5 Detailing of Reinforcement for slab and beam 19-21 2.6 Effective span 21-22 2.7 Short Questions 22 3 Singly Reinforced Section 23 - 60 3.1 Introduction 23 3.2 Limit State of Collapse - Basic Assumptions 23-25 3.3 Stress Block Parameters 25-26 3.4 Balanced , Under-reinforced, Over-reinforced Sections 27-28 3.5 Properties of Singly Reinforced Section 28-33 3.6 Illustrative Examples 33-41 3.7 Types of Problems 41-57 3.8 Short Questions 57-58 3.9 Long Questions 58-60 4 Doubly Reinforced section 61 - 88 4.1 Introduction 61 4.2 Properties of Doubly Reinforced Section 61-67 4.3 Types of Problems 68-70 4.4 Illustrative Examples 71-86 4.5 Questions 86-88 5 89 - 116 (A) SHEAR 89 - 107 5.1 Introduction 89 5.2 Nominal Shear Stress 90 5.3 Minimum Shear Reinforcement 90 5.4 Maximum Shear Stress 91 5.5 Design Shear Strength of Concrete 91 5.6 Forms of Shear Reinforcement 93 5.7 Design of Shear Reinforcement 94-96 5.8 Illustrative Examples 96-107 (B) BOND 108 - 113 5.9 Introduction 108 5.10 Types of Bond 108 5.11 Development Length and Anchorage Length 109 5.12 Bends and Hooks 110 5.13 Illustrative Examples 111-113 5.14 Short Questions 114-115 5.15 Long Questions 116 6 Flanged Section 117 - 136 6.1 Introduction 117 6.2 Effective Flange Width 118 6.3 Properties of Flanged Section 119 6.4 Illustrative Examples 120-133 6.5 Short Questions 134 6.6 Long Questions 134-136 7 Slab 137 - 176 7.1 Introduction 137 7.2 Deflection Control in Design 137 7.3 Design of Slab 140 7.4 Design of One-way Slab 141-159 7.5 Two-way Slab 159-163 7.6 Illustrative Examples 163-174 7.7 Questions 175-176 8 Staircase 177 - 188 8.1 Introduction 177 8.2 General Guide Lines 178 8.3 Classification of Stairs 178 8.4 Effective Span 178 8.5 Distribution of Loading on Stairs 181 8.6 Illustrative Examples 183-188 9 Axially Loaded Column 189 - 206 9.1 Introduction 189 9.2 Related Definitions for Column 189 9.3 Classification for Column 192 9.4 Necessity and Requirement of Reinforcement 192 9.5 Assumptions 194 9.6 Axially Loaded Short Column 195 9.7 Column with Helical Reinforcement 196 9.8 Illustrative Examples 198-205 9.9 Questions 205-206 10 Footing 207 - 230 10.1 Introduction 207 10.2 Types of Footings 207 10.3 Design of Isolated Pad Footing 209 10.4 Illustrative Examples 214-230 10.5 Questions 230 11 Introduction to Earthquake 231 - 243 11.1 What is Earthquake ? 231 11.2 Earthquake Magnitude 232 11.3 Earthquake Zones 233 11.4 Causes of Failure/Damage due to Earthquake 234 11.5 Principles of Constructing Earthquake Resisting Buildings 234 11.6 Ductile Detailing 236-243 APPENDICES Appendix - A, A-1 - A-2 Table A-1 Reinforcement data A-l Table A-2 Area of steel bars for number-diameter combinations A-1 Table A-3 Area of steel bars for combination of Bar diameter and spacing A- 2 Index A-3 - A-5