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 (W5-104) / 3-4 Fri (W5-104)
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.