Prefabricated Structures detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil 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 Civil Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of prefabricated structures is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9 Need for prefabrication -Advantages and limitations – Principles of prefabrication – Modular coordination – Standarization- Loads and load combinations- Materials – Production -Transportation – Erection.
Unit II
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Unit III
DESIGN PRINCIPLES 9 Design philosophy- Design of cross section based on efficiency of material used – Problems in design because of joint flexibility – Allowance for joint deformation – Demountable precast concrete systems- Design for stripping , stacking ,transportation and erection of elements
Unit IV
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Unit V
DESIGN FOR ABNORMAL LOADS 9 Progressive collapse – Codal provisions – Equivalent design loads for considering abnormal effects such as earthquakes, cyclones, etc., – Importance of avoidance of progressive collapse -case study.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Bruggeling A.S. G and Huyghe G.F. “Prefabrication with Concrete”, A.A. Balkema Publishers, USA,1991.
- Lewitt,M. ” Precast Concrete- Materials, Manufacture, Properties And Usage ,CRC Press, 2019
- Alfred Steinle, Hubert Bachmann, Mathias Tillmann, Philip Thrift . “Precast Concrete Structures”, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2019.
Reference Books:
- Koncz T., “Manual of precast concrete construction”, Vol. I, II and III, Bauverlag, GMBH, 1976.
- “Handbook on Precast Concrete Buildings”, Indian Concrete Institute, 2016.
- ” Precast concrete connection details”, Structural Design manual, Society for the studies in the use of precast concrete, Netherland Betor Verlag, 2009.
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