International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

Korea Concrete Institute (한국콘크리트학회)
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Computer Aided Design of RC Structures

  • Islam, S.M. Shahidul (School of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of New South Wales) ;
  • Khennane, A. (School of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of New South Wales)
  • Received : 2012.08.05
  • Accepted : 2012.12.31
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

After reviewing the background and motivations for using modern computational methods for the design of reinforced concrete structures, an algorithm making use of the object oriented programming language Python and professionally developed finite element software is presented for the sizing and placement of the reinforcement in RC structures. The developed method is then used to design the reinforcement of a deep beam. To validate the design, two identical deep beam specimens were manufactured with the obtained steel, and then tested in the laboratory. It was found that the experimental results corroborated those predicted with the finite element design method.

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