Load Combinations - Architectural Structures - Guide, Study notes of Structural Design and Architecture

Study Guide for Quiz 6

This guide is not providing “answers” for the conceptual questions. It is a list of topical concepts

and their application you should be familiar with. It is an aid to help prepare for the quiz.

Covers material of Lectures 22, 23, 24 & 25

 Constituents to make concrete

 Construction: cast-in-place, prestress, post-

tension, ... & finishing/casting terms

 Resistance Factors

 “Design” values vs. “Capacity”

 Density of materials and relation to weight

 Load types (and directions) (like D, L, S ...)

 Load combinations

 Minimum Design Loads & Requirements

 Serviceability and limits

 Creep

 “composite”

 Transformed section

 Effective depth vs. depth of a beam

 Reinforcement grades

 Reinforcement ratio

 Under-reinforced vs. over-reinforced

 Purpose of minimum reinforcement area

requirement

 Why development length is necessary

 Use of Strength Design Curves (Rn)

 Depth with respect to span length and shape

 Purpose of stirrup requirement when concrete

 Shrinkage

 Cracks

 T-section behavior and stresses in flange

 Precast load tables

 One-way slabs design and “unit” strip

 One-way shear vs. two-way shear (load &

strength)

 Stirrup strength

 Location of maximum shear in beams

 Why torsional shear stirrups are “closed”

 Torsional (shear) stress (and where maximum

occurs)

 Shear stress in round, rectangular, open and

closed thin-walled sections

concentrations) and increase deflections

 Openings should be reinforced for stresses

and deflection control

 Continuous beam or slab analysis with

coefficients

 Composite construction

 Space frame behavior

 Space frame supports and loads

 Folded plate behavior

 Folded plate buckling and stiffness