Overview

This unit of study aims to provide students with skills and knowledge to design reinforced concrete structures including beams, slabs, columns and footings according to Australian Standards AS3600.

Requisites

Prerequisites
EAT10002 Engineering Mechanics
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-August-2026
01-November-2026
Last self-enrolment date
16-August-2026
Census date
01-September-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
22-September-2026
Results released date
08-December-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Recognise the basis for codified design when designing concrete structures
  • Perform structural analysis when designing concrete structure
  • Design reinforced concrete beams, one way slabs, two way slabs and columns for buildings
  • Apply relevant standards, regulations and WHS requirements when undertaking the design of concrete structures
  • Perform appropriate design calculations when designing concrete structures
  • Use design aids to assist when designing concrete structures

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)

On-campus
Class

 4.00 16 weeks 64
On-campus
Workshop		 2.00 14 weeks 28
Online
Learning Activities		 2.00 4 weeks 8
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 3.13 16 weeks 50
Total     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULOs
Assignment Individual 25-35 % 1,2,4,6
Examination Individual 25-35 % 2,3,4,5
Test Individual 35-45 % 2,3,4,5

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, students must have achieved:

(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.

Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

Safe design

  • WHS, environmental requirements, risk and control measures associated with concrete structures
     

Design methods

  • Limit states design and working stress design
     

Design of concrete structure

  • Flexural behaviour under load
  • Design loads, design moment and design shear
  • Design for bending, durability and fire
  • Design for shear
  • Deflection calculation by simplified method
  • Crack control
  • Detailing of reinforcement
     

Beams

  • Rectangular beam design from first principles
  • T-beams and L-beams
  • Detailing of reinforcement
     

Slabs

  • One-way slabs,  two-way slabs
  • Flat slabs, punching shear
  • Detailing of reinforcement
     

Footings

  • Reinforced strip and axially loaded pad footings
  • Unreinforced footings
  • Detailing of reinforcement
     

Columns

  • Short  columns
  • Detailing of reinforcement
  • Use of design Aids

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.