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✅Understand the structure and philosophy of Eurocode 2 for concrete design
✅Review key reinforced concrete design checks for beams, columns, and slabs
✅Understand durability and exposure class requirements
✅Explore crack control, shear design, and reinforcement detailing rule
✅See a practical reinforced concrete building design example
1. Introduction to Eurocode-Based Concrete Design
· Structure and philosophy of Eurocode 2
· Limit state design approach
· Role of National Annexes in adapting Eurocode to local conditions
2. South African National Annex – Key Parameters
· Nationally determined parameters in reinforced concrete design
· Material partial safety factors
· Reinforcement and concrete strength considerations
3. Durability and Exposure Class Requirements
· Exposure classes in reinforced concrete structures · Durability considerations for building structures
· Concrete cover requirements and environmental considerations
4. Reinforced Concrete Member Design
· Flexural design of beams and slabs
· Shear design considerations
· Column design fundamentals
· Punching shear checks for slab-column systems
5. Serviceability Design Considerations
· Crack width control
· Deflection limits
· Long-term behaviour considerations
Practical Building Design Example
· Structural modelling workflow
· Load combinations and analysis
· Member design checks
· Reinforcement detailing and design verification
· Discussion and Q&A
Sumant Kushwaha is a technical support engineer at MIDAS IT with over 5 years of consultancy experience in global infrastructure and building design. At MIDAS IT, he provides advanced technical guidance and engineering solutions for users of MIDAS GEN NX, and MIDAS FEA NX, helping engineers optimize through training and troubleshooting. With expertise in FEA and master's degree in Structural engineering from IIT Guwahati, Sumant is passionate about bridging structural design principles with cutting-edge software technology to empower engineers worldwide.