2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Advanced Course on Reinforced Concrete Structure
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Koshiro Nishimura
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue / 3-4 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.S405
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 31, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course covers structural design methods and theories for reinforced concrete buildings. It covers modeling of structural members and stress calculations; performance-based design for long-term loads, short-term loads, and large earthquake motions; seismic evaluation of existing buildings; and classification of damage after an earthquake.
Course description and aims
Understand the structural performance evaluation in the structural calculation of reinforced concrete buildings, and be able to perform simple performance examinations. Understand the seismic evaluation method of existing buildings and the classification of damage degree after earthquakes, and be able to perform simple evaluations.
Keywords
reinforced concrete (RC), allowable stress calculation, lateral load carrying capacity, seismic evaluation, disaster degree classification
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The instructor gives lectures. Calculation exercises are assigned for comprehension. The classes in odd-numbered years are given in Japanese, and those in even-numbered years are given in English.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Outline of seismic design | Deciding design procedure |
| Class 2 | History of AIJ Standards | Time history response analysis |
| Class 3 | Structural planning of an RC building | Eccentricity ratio in plan |
| Class 4 | Stress calculation of frame structures | Stress diagram |
| Class 5 | Modelling of members, part 1 | Bending moment in a frame |
| Class 6 | Modelling of members, part 2 | Restoring force model of a column |
| Class 7 | design of flexural members for shear | Shear capacity of a beam |
| Class 8 | Column/beam with wall | Flexural capacity of a column with wall |
| Class 9 | Design of wall and reinforcement around openings | Calculating capacity of wall with openings |
| Class 10 | Design of wall and reinforcement around openings | Examining reinforcement around openings |
| Class 11 | Lateral load-carrying capacity, part 1 | Calculating lateral load-carrying capacity |
| Class 12 | Lateral load-carrying capacity, part 2 | Calculating lateral load-carrying capacity |
| Class 13 | Outline of seismic evaluation | Seismic evaluation |
| Class 14 | Outline of deciding disaster degree classification | Deciding disaster degree classification |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 30 minutes preparing for class and another 30 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to references and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Architectural Institute of Japan, AIJ Standard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Architectural Institute of Japan, AIJ Standard for Lateral Load-carrying Capacity Calculation of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exercises, homeworks, and final report are considered.
Related courses
- ARC.S404 ： Composite Structure
- ARC.S403 ： Advanced Course on Design of Prestressed Concrete Structure
Prerequisites
It is desirable that courses on structural mechanics and concrete structures in undergraduate school are completed.