Reinforced Concrete Design
Design of RC structural members — beams, columns, slabs, footings, and retaining walls — based on the Egyptian Code of Practice (ECP 203).
Fundamentals of RC theory, material properties, limit state design philosophy, and beam design for bending and shear (ECP 203).
Column design (short & slender), combined footings, flat slabs, and staircase design with worked examples.
Lecture slides covering concrete & steel material behavior, stress–strain curves, and design philosophy.
Flexural design of rectangular sections, T-sections, balanced and over-/under-reinforced conditions.
Shear mechanisms, diagonal cracking, stirrup design, combined shear and torsion for beams and slabs.
Structural Analysis
Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures — trusses, beams, frames, and arches — using classical and matrix methods.
Comprehensive handbook covering determinate structures, influence lines, force method, displacement method, and moment distribution.
Influence lines for beams, trusses, and frames; Müller-Breslau principle; moving load analysis.
Introduction to matrix structural analysis — element stiffness matrices, assembly, boundary conditions, and worked MATLAB examples.
Step-by-step solved examples: multi-span beams, sway and non-sway frames, settlement and temperature effects.
Finite Element Analysis of Structures
Theory and application of the finite element method for structural analysis — 1D, 2D, and 3D elements, nonlinear FEA, and implementation in SAP2000 / Marc-Mentat.
Full handbook: variational formulations, element types, mesh refinement, convergence, nonlinear and dynamic analysis.
CST and Q4 elements, numerical integration, assembly procedures — with companion FEA 2D online tool.
Material and geometric nonlinearity, concrete constitutive models, crack propagation modeling, fatigue-life prediction.
Foundation Engineering
Soil–structure interaction, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, shallow and deep foundation design per Egyptian code requirements.
Soil classification, bearing capacity theories (Terzaghi, Meyerhof, Hansen), settlement calculations, and pile foundation design.
Spread footings, combined footings, mat foundations — bearing capacity factors, immediate and consolidation settlement.
Driven and bored piles, group effects, negative skin friction, pile load testing, and construction methods.
Steel Structures Design
Design of steel members and connections — tension members, beams, columns, plate girders, and welded/bolted connections per ECP 205.
Steel member design: tension, compression, bending, combined loading, plate girders, and connection design (bolted & welded).
Advanced plate girder design, flange buckling of corrugated web girders — based on Dr. Drar's published research (Eng. Structures, 2021).
Worked problems for high-strength bolted connections, fillet welds, moment-resisting connections, and base plates.
Advanced Structural Materials & Strengthening
FRP, FRCM, and NSM strengthening systems for RC structures — material characterization, design models, and case studies from cutting-edge research.
Externally bonded and NSM FRP/FRCM systems — debonding failures, nonlinear FEA modeling, design guidelines. Based on published research.
Fatigue mechanisms in RC slabs, plain-bar reinforcement, bridging stress degradation concept, and life-prediction under moving loads.
Nano silica / magnetite core-shell additives for cement mortar — mechanical and morphological property enhancement.