BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani
Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division
FIRST SEMESTER 2025-26
COURSE HANDOUT
Date: 02.08.2025
In addition to part -I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No. : CE F320
Course Title : DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Instructor-in-charge : MANOJ KUMAR
Tutorial Instructors : Dipendu Bhunia and Suresh S (RS)
1. Course Description:
Design Philosophies: Introduction to working stress design philosophy; Concepts of Limit State Limit
state design philosophy, Limit State design of Singly and doubly reinforced rectangular and flanged
section beams; one-way and two-way slabs in flexure; Design of beams and slabs for shear; Design of
beams and slabs for bond, anchorage and development length; Design of beams and slabs for
serviceability; Limit state design of columns subjected to axial load, and axial load plus uni-axial and
bi-axial bending; Design of footings under the columns; Design of simple staircases.
2. Scope and Objective of the Course
In this course, the students will be introduced to the various design philosophies used in the design of
Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures, with a particular focus on the Limit State Design method. The
course will provide an in-depth discussion of the concepts of Limit State Design method. Subsequently,
the Limit State Design method will be employed to the design of singly and doubly reinforced
rectangular- and T-section beams and one-way and two-way slabs, for flexure, shear, anchorage, bond,
and serviceability requirement. Additionally, the course will cover the design of columns subjected to
axial loads, and axial load plus uniaxial and biaxial moments, as well as footings under axially loaded
columns. Furthermore, the course will explore different types of staircases, with a specific emphasis on
the design of dog-legged staircases. At the end of this course, students will be able to design the basic
structural elements of an RC buildings.
3. Text Book and References
TB: S. Unnikrishan Pillai and Devdas Menon, “Reinforced Concrete Design”, 4th Ed., 2022, McGraw
Hill, New Delhi
RB1: A K Jain, Reinforced Concrete: Limit State Design, Pearson, 2024.
RB2: J. N. Bandhopadhyay, “Design of Concrete Structures”, PHI Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2008
RB3: Subramanian, N., “Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures,” Oxford Univ. Press, 2013, New Delhi
RB4: Varghese, P. C., “Limit State Design of Reinforced Concrete”, 2nd Ed., PHI, New Delhi
RB5: IS 456:2000 “Code of practice for Plain and Reinforced concrete”, BIS, New Delhi
RB6: Special Publication SP-16: Design aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS 456:1978, BIS, New Delhi.
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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani
Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division
4. Course Plan:
Lec. Ref. to
Module TB Learning outcomes
No.
1-3 Ch. 1-2 Objectives of Structural Design, structural systems, RC buildings,
Structural analysis and design, Design codes and Handbooks,
Introduction
characteristic Load, Constituent Materials of Reinforced concrete,
properties of concrete and steel including stress-strain curve
4-5 Ch. 3 Design Considerations, introduction to different design
Concepts and Principles of
philosophies, concept of Limit state design method, design stress-
LSD Method
strain curves for concrete and steel
Analysis of beams and 6-10 Ch.4: Analysis of singly and doubly reinforced rectangular and Flanged
one-way slab for Flexure 4.7-8 section beams and slabs for flexure at Ultimate Limit State
Design of beams and 11- Ch. 5 Requirements for Flexural Reinforcement and Deflection control,
one-way slab for Flexure 16 guidelines for selecting the section dimensions, Design of singly
reinforced Rectangular section beams and one-way slabs, Design of
continuous one-way slabs, Design of doubly reinforced Rectangular
section beams, Design of singly and doubly reinforced Flanged
section beams, curtailment flexural tension reinforcement.
Design of Flexural 17- Ch. 6 Shear stresses in beams, behaviour of reinforced concrete beam under
members for Shear 20 shear, Critical Section for Shear Design, Design shear strength of
plain concrete and reinforced concrete, Additional comments on shear
Reinforcement Design,
Design of Flexural 21- Ch. 8 Mechanism of bond and types of bond: Flexural and Anchorage bond,
Members for Bond 24 design of flexural members for bond
Design of Flexural 25- Ch. 10 Serviceability Limit State of deflection, short term deflection, long
members for Limit State 28 term deflection, Serviceability Limit State of flexural cracking,
of Serviceability
Design of two-way Slabs 29- Ch. 11: Two-way slab systems, Design of two-way slabs supported on walls,
33 11.1-3 Design of two-way slabs supported on beams,
Design of Staircases 34- Types of staircases, structural Classification of staircases, Loads on
Ch. 12
36 stair slabs, Design of Transversally spanning staircases, Design of
Longitudinally spanning staircases,
37- Ch. 13: Classification of columns, estimation of effective length of columns,
Design of Compression 42 13.1-5 code requirements for the columns, Design of axially loaded short
Members columns, Design of short columns under axial load plus uniaxial
bending.
Design of Footings 43- Ch. 14: Types of Footings, soil pressure under isolated footing, Design
44 14.1-5 considerations for footings, design of isolated footings.
5. Evaluation Scheme
S. N. Evaluation Component Weightage Duration Date & Time Comments
1 Surprise Quizzes 10% During Class Hr. M3 T8 W3 Open Class Notes
2. Evaluative Tutorials 20% 50 Min Th1 Open Book [TBA]
3. Mid-semester Exam. 25% 90 Min TBA Close Book
4. Compre. Exam. 45% 180 Min 2/12 AN Close Book
6. Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in the class.
7. Notice: Notice if any, concerning this course will be communicated via Nalanda or via institute e-mail.
8. Make-up Policy: Make-up will be granted only to genuine cases. For cases related to illness, prior
permission with proper documentary evidence is essential.
Instructor-in-charge, CE F320
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