Technical Talk on Structural Elements and its behaviour

Faculty Coordinator: Dr.Vimala Swamy.
Course: Structural systems and Building Construction
Speaker: Er. Sridharan V (Structural consultant)
Faculty Participants: Asst Profs Er. Nagaraj, Ar. Kiruthikaselvi K J & Ar. UjjalHalder.
Venue: Lecture capturing room-213, C V Raman block.
Time: 11.00am to 3.30pm.
Students: 5th sem - 73
                3rd sem - 70
 
The School of Architecture, REVA University organized lecture session a “Technical talk on Structural Elements and its behaviour” by Er. Sridharan V a structural consultant for the students of 3rd and 5th semesters as part of their curriculum on 14th November 2019. 

The following points were covered in the Lecture session: 

• Introduction to structural elements in a building and its load distribution.
• Explanation on Different types of slabs like flat slabs, waffle slabs, filler slabs and Deck slab. 
• Details on types of Reinforcement provided in the structural components like one way, two way and Cantilever slabs.
• The talk included Stress diagram of singly reinforced and doubly reinforced beams.
• General instruction on structural codes practiced in-sight of calculating of dead loads in a building and the recent material used in the construction industry.

It was an informative and interactive session for students. The students actively participated and acquired immense knowledge on structural components and its behavior, the practices and calculations were involved. 

We would like to thank Management REVA and our Director, School of Architecture, Dr. Vimala Swamy, for the organizing such lecture. We would like to thank Er.Sridharan.V for his valuable knowledge sharing