This short course is intended to overview modern and effective procedures for the design for steel structures and reinforced concrete structures for oil and gas industry.

The course will be containing extensive workshop as a hand calculation for reinforced concrete and steel structure element which use in oil and gas industry as pipe rack and frame structures in plant process.

This course will increase the knowledge and assist in using new tools for designing and reviewing the design for new project or modify the existing one.

For those engineers with limited practical experience the course will illustration of real design issues that may assist the designer to provide concrete and steel a structural steel that is safe, economical and constructible.

The rule of thumb to check the concrete and steel structure design with associated check list.

The course will be started from the basics to ensure the full participation of all attendees.

Civil engineers and supervisors who are interesting  in learning about concrete and steel design may attend the course.

• Design structural engineers
• Supervision engineer
• Construction engineers

Day 1:

• Introduction
• The fundamental of concrete technology.
• Fundamental of steel structures
• Basic concept of concrete and steel design.
• Effect of different loads on the building.
• Earthquake , wind load effect
• Blast load for control buildings
• Loads affect pipe rack, static equipment and tanks foundations.
• Comparison Between different structure systems.
• Principal, limitations for different codes in concrete (ACI, BS codes).
• Define the appraise, select and define step in design of structure projects
• Main features for LRFD in concrete ant steel.
• Codes of practice for design, evolution from allowable stress to LRFD and limit state design.
• Codes and standards Philosophy

Day 2:

• Flexural design of beams and slabs
• Design for shear and torsion
• Design of columns
• Serviceability and durability requirements

Day 3:

• Types of slabs with their dimensions and load limits

How to select the best type

• Design of slabs
• Strut and tie method
• Principal of finite element
• Modeling of reinforced concrete structures using finite element method

Day 4:

• Design of structural steel members
• Types of steel structure system
• Composite members
• Design Detailing of connections
• Design of connections
• Design of bolted and welding connection
• Anchor bolt design
• Example about crane track girder in workshop

Day 5:

• Liquid retaining structures
• Sample design for retaining wall and dikes around tanks
• Pre-stressed and Post Tensioned Structures
• Foundations (Shallow & Deep)
• Raft foundation modeling

Sample calculation and workshop for Foundation design

Sample calculation for ring beam under tanks

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration