Structural and Geotechnical Engineering:

Soil mechanics

• Physical properties of soil (Phase relationship diagrram, examples) 

• Lateral earth pressure (Rankine's lateral earth pressure, Coulomb's lateral earth pressure) 

Foundation Analysis and Design

• Bearing Capacity (Terzaghi, Mayorhof, bearing from SPT number, Effect of water table) 

• Foundation settlement (stress under footing, consolidation settlement)

• Spread Footing Design (Size, shear, flexural reinforcement, square footing, rectangular footing, wall footing)

• Combined Footing Design (Size, structural analysis, RC design of combined footing, Examples)

• Strap Footing Design (Size, structural analysis, RC design of stripe footing, Examples)

• Cantilever Retaining Wall (stability analysis, RC design)

• Sheet Pile Wall Design (Cantelever sheet pile wall, anchored sheet pile wall)

Load calculation

• Dead and live load

• Seismic load  (ASCE 7-05, 10 Seismic load) 

• Wind load (ASCE 7-05 wind load, ASCE 7-10 wind load)

• Snow load

• Ice load (ASCE 7-05 ice load)

• Structural Dynamics

Reinforced Concrete Design

• General  (Concrete properties, Load combination) 

• RC beam design (ACI 318-05)

• RC column design (Short column, Long column - non-sway & Long column - sway)

• RC slab design

• RC shear wall

• RC load bearing wall (Emperial method)

• RC Pile cap design

• Slab on grade

Structural Steel Design

• General  (compact and non-compact sections)

• Steel  beam design (AISC 13th ed. & 89 ed.)

• Steel  column design (AISC 13th ed & 89 ed.)

• Steel connection design

• Steel joist metal roof

Masonry Design

• General  (Properties of concrete masonry, rebar splice & development length) 

• Unreinforced masonry wall design

• Reinforced concrete masonry lintel

Timber Design

• General  (Mechanical Properties of timber) 

• Design of sawn timber beams and joists

• Design of swan timber columns

Aluminum Design

• General  (Mechanical Properties of aluminum) 

• Design of aluminum tension member

• Design of aluminum compression member

Construction

• Concrete  (ASTM C-94  requirement)

 

Topics:

Soil mechanics

Foundation analysis and design

Load calculations

Reinforced concrete design

Structural steel design

Masonry design

Timber design

Aluminum design

Construction