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Courses and seminars
SCT 34 Prestressed Concrete Design and
Practice
CPD
Points - 2,5
The
Duration of the course will be 24 hours, typically 16h00 -
20h00, on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
The course is aimed at practising engineering graduates with either
little or no experience in the design of prestressed concrete
structures, or those who would like to refresh their skills in this
field. The course is divided into two parts; Part I addressing the
fundamental aspects and Part II focussing on more advanced topics. A
complete set of lecture notes with examples is provided as part of the
course.
Minimum entrance requirement: BSc Engineering degree or
equivalent qualification.
Dates, venues & Course fees
Syllabus
- General principles
- Material properties
- Prestressing systems and procedures
- Design for flexure
- Prestressing losses
- Shear
- Effects of continuity
- Deflections
- Anchorage zone design
- Prestressed concrete slabs
- Detailing
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SCT 35 Concrete
Structures - Analysis and Design
CPD Points - 6
The
Duration of the course is 48 hours typically 4 hours from
16h00 - 20h00. The course is aimed at practising civil and structural
engineers who wish to refresh their reinforced concrete design skills.
The course is divided into two parts: the first covering the basic
principles of reinforced concrete design and the second applying these
principles in designing elements. A complete set of lecture notes with
examples is provided as part of the course.
Minimum
entrance requirements: BSc Engineering degree or equivalent
qualification.
Dates, venues
& Course fees
Syllabus
PART I
- Introduction
- Properties of reinforced concrete
- Principles of limit state design
- Analysis of the structure
- Analysis and design for flexure
- Flexure combined with thrust
- Design of beams for shear
- Bond and anchorage
- Design for serviceability
- Design of beams
PART II
- Design of suspended floors:
- One-way spanning slabs
- Two-way edge supported slabs
- Flat slabs and punching shear
- Ribbed slabs
- Design of columns
- Design of footings
- Design of stairs
- Calculating crack widths and deflections
- Design for torsion
- Introduction to prestressed concrete
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SCT
36 Properties of Concrete for the Structural Designer and Constructor
(1 day)
CPD points-1
The subject
matter covered in this course is based on the most common defects
observed over a period spanning many years. The course is aimed at
senior staff in the design and construction industry who have had some
years of experience in their field.
Dates, venues
& Course fees
Syllabus
- Constituent materials of concrete and
their roles
- Mix proportions, batching and mixing
- Formwork, placement and compaction
- Concrete temperature, curing and joints
- Compressive strength and acceptance of
cube crushing results
- Tensile, bond and shear strength
- Resistance to abrasion
- Cracking in the plastic and hardened
states
- Moisture, thermal & chemical
expansion & contraction
- Deformation under load: the importance
of the E-value
- Durability of reinforced concrete in
aggressive environments
- Specification of concrete
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SCT 38 Structural
Masonry Design and Masonry Materials
The duration of
the course is 24 hours, typically 4 hours from 16h00 to 20h00. The
course is aimed at the practicing civil and structural engineer,
techologist and technician who wish to use design structural masonary
and have an overall appreciation of the structural behaviour of masonry
materials.
Minimum Entrance requirement: Degree
or Diploma at a tertiary institution in the field of civil engineering
A sound knowledge of the 'SANS 10160: South African Standard Code of
Practice for the general use and loadings to be adopted in the design
of buildings' is recommended.
Dates,
venues
& Course fees
Syllabus
- Unreinforced Masonry
- Introduction and historical
background
- Definitions and terminology
- Masonry materials
- Good detailing practise
- SANS Standards and applications
- Specifications
- Defects, diagnoses and repair
- Design considerations
- Design of masonry subjected to axial
compression
- Design of masonry subjected to bending
- Design of masonry subjected to
combined axial compression and bending
- Accidental damage
- Reinforced Masonry
- Design of reinforced masonry subject
to axial compression, bending and combined stresses
- Design of prestressed masonry subject
to axial compression, bending and combined stresses
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