AR3028: Advanced Structures syllabus for B.Arch 2021 regulation (Professional Elective-VI)

Advanced Structures detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Bachelor of Architecture 10th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 10th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to B.Arch Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of advanced structures is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE 10 Losses of Prestress. Design requirements. Design of determinate beams.

Unit II

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Unit III

HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS 7 Introduction. Load action in high rise buildings. Various structural systems. Waffle slab. Approximate analysis of frames for gravity and horizontal loadings.

Unit IV

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Unit V

SHELLS, DOMES AND FOLDED PLATES 10 Shells of translation. Shells of revolution. Classification of shells and different forms. Domes. Types of folded plates. Space frames.

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. B.C. Punmia, ‘Reinforced Concrete Structures, Vol. 1 & 2’, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, 1994.
2. N. Subramanian, ‘Principles of Space Structures’, Wheeler, 1998.
3. Thandavamoorthy T.S, ‘Advanced Structures of Architecture’, Eswar Press, 2008.
4. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, ‘Structural System for Tall Buildings’, McGraw Hill, 1995.
5. Milo.S.Ketchum and Mark.A. Ketchum, ‘Types and Forms of Shell Structures, 1997.

Reference Books:

1. P. Dayaratnam, P.Sarah, ‘Prestressed Concrete Structures’, Medtech, 2017.
2. Wolfgang Schueller, ‘High Rise Building Structures’, John Wiley & Sons,1976.
3. Frei Otto, ‘Tensile Structures Volume 1 & 2’ The MIT Press, 1973.
4. Bryan Stafford Smith, Alex Coull, ‘Tall Building Structures – Analysis & Design’, John Wiley, 1991.
5. Thomas Herzog, ‘Pneumatic Structures’, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London, 1977.
6. Bandyopadhyay J.N, ‘Thin Shell Structures: Classical and Modern Analysis’, New Age International, 2007.
7. Ramaswamy G.S, ‘Design and Construction of Concrete Shell Roofs’, CBS, 2005.

For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture 10th Sem, visit B.Arch 10th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

For all Bachelor of Architecture results, visit Anna University B.Arch all semester results direct link.