UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BCE701

Advanced Structural Design

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Civil Engineering · Sem 7 (Core)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Basics of Structural Steel Design & Connections

8 hrs
  • Overview of structural steel and IS 800:2007 — design methods and code philosophy
  • Types of loads: dead, live, wind, seismic, and their effect on steel structures
  • Bolted & riveted connections — types, failure modes, bearing vs shear, efficiency
  • Welded connections — types (butt, fillet), design strength, failure, and inspection
Unit2

Unit 2: Structural Steel Design for Tension & Compression Members

8 hrs
  • Design of tension members — gross/net area, rupture and yielding strength
  • Details of splicing, lug angles, and gusset plates
  • Design of compression members — slenderness ratio, effective length, buckling
  • Introduction of Built-up columns — lacing, battens, column splices; eccentric loading
Unit3

Unit 3: Plastic Analysis & Design

8 hrs
  • Introduction to plastic behavior of steel sections
  • Plastic moment capacity, shape factor, plastic hinge concept
  • Collapse mechanisms: beam and frame
  • Static and kinematic methods of analysis
  • Principle of virtual work, load factor, comparison with elastic design
Unit4

Unit 4: Introduction to Prestressed Concrete

8 hrs
  • Introduction, Advantages & disadvantages of PSC over RCC
  • Methods of prestressing
  • Losses in prestress.
  • Analysis of simple prestressed rectangular section
Unit5

Unit 5: Limit State Design of Water Tanks

8 hrs
  • Basics of water tanks and Introduction to IS 3370:2021, Limit State Method for liquid-retaining structures
  • Types of tanks — circular and rectangular, underground and overhead.
  • Design rules using limit state method — loads, safety, and crack control.
  • Step-by-step design of underground circular and rectangular tanks.
  • Reinforcement layout and drawing as per the code.
Course Objectives5 points
  • To introduce the basic design principles of structural steel and prestressed concrete structures.
  • To explain the behavior and design of tension, compression members, and beam elements in steel.
  • To familiarize students with bolted and welded connections used in steel structures.
  • To introduce the concepts of plastic analysis in structural members.
  • To provide an understanding of design and detailing of liquid-retaining RCC structures like water tanks.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Describe structural steel design philosophy and differentiate types of loads and steel connections.K1, K2
  2. CO2Apply codal provisions to design tension and compression members, including built-up sections.K2
  3. CO3Analyze plastic behavior in steel beams and frames using plastic moment theory.K3, K4
  4. CO4Explain prestressing techniques and compute stress and losses in simple PSC members.K2, K3
  5. CO5Interpret IS code provisions and apply them to design RCC circular and rectangular water tanks.K2, K3

Suggested Reading Materials

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  2. Indian Standard Codes: IS 456:2000; IS 800:2007; IS 3370; IS 1343; IS 13920
  3. N. Krishna Raju — Prestressed Concrete /
  4. S.K. Duggal — Limit State Design of Steel Structures
  5. Ramamrutham — Prestressed Concrete
  6. Punmia—RCC & Steel Design

Official AKTU syllabus

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