CE 434/534: Prestressed and Reinforced Masonry Design

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

CE 434/534: Prestressed and Reinforced Masonry Design Spring 2006

Instructor: Mohamed ElGawady, Ph.D. Office: Sloan Hall, Room 117 email: [email protected]

Course Information: Lectures: Tu, and Th Noon:1.15 Students are expected to come to class prepared and willing to participate in Q& A during the class.

Office Hours: Instructor: Tuesday & Thursday 1:15-2:15 pm Friday 1:30-2:30 pm T.A.: Monday & Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm

Grading: Homework: 20% Two Midterm Exams: 40% Final Exam: 40% (for 434), 20% (for 534) (Monday April 30) Project: 20% (for 534) Extra Credit Project: 20% (for 434)

Homework policy: Homework assignments will be graded and returned. Neat solutions are required, with principle results clearly indicated. Use suitable fonts, write down each equation that you use, write down the values that you will use for substitution. Collaboration is permitted, but written solutions must represent your own thought process (no copying). Do not relay on the calculations of your colleagues, do it yourself. If there is any evident that you copy the answer, students who collaborating in coping the answer will get zero for this question. A solution set will be posted at the course website. Each student is permitted 2 assignments up to 1 week late with no penalty. After that, no late assignments will be accepted.

Course Requirements: The course is a design course and so fundamentals of structural analysis and reinforced concrete is required.

Special Events: Special events will be organized during the course including speakers from industry, visiting manufacturing planet, etc.

Textbook: Required: 1- Prestressed Concrete A Fundamental Approach; Nawy, E. G.; 5th edition; Prentice Hall, 2006 2- MSJC Building Code Requirements and Specifications Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering References: Collins, M. P. and Mitchell, D. (1991) “Prestressed Concrete, A Fundamental Approach” 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Son. Drysdale, R.; Hamid, A.; Baker, L. (1999) “Masonry Structures Behavior and Design” 2nd Edition, The Masonry Society. Schneider, R. and Dickey, W. (1994) “Reinforced Masonry Design” 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall.

Tentative Course Topics (masonry only): 1- History of masonry 2- Materials, block shapes, and different structural masonry elements 3- Mechanical properties of concrete masonry, clay masonry, mortar, grout, and reinforcing steel 4- Allowable stress design versus strength design for reinforced masonry 5- Design of reinforced masonry beams and lintels 6- Design of unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls 7- Design of reinforced masonry piers and columns 8- Analysis and design of rigid masonry diaphragms 9- Anchorage and connections in masonry structures