Civil · Structural Design
Reinforced Concrete Building Design
Advanced 6 weeks 40-70 hours
Cast small concrete beam samples (with and without rebar/wire reinforcement) and load-test them to failure. Measure how reinforcement changes strength and failure mode.
Major
Civil
Focus area
Structural Design
Total hours
40-70 hours
What you'll need
- load cell 5kg with HX711 amplifier weight sensor kit
- Arduino Uno R3 ATmega328P microcontroller board
- quick setting concrete mix small bag
- steel wire rod for reinforcement
- silicone concrete beam mold set
- dial indicator gauge 0.001 inch measurement tool
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Steps
- Calculate expected failure loads for plain and reinforced beams.
- Cast beam samples in the molds, some plain and some with steel wire reinforcement.
- Let the samples cure for at least 7 days.
- Set up a three-point bending test with the load cell and dial indicator.
- Load each beam to failure and record load, deflection, and crack pattern.
- Compare plain vs. reinforced results and document them for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Cast beam samples
- load-deflection curves
- reinforced vs plain comparison
- failure analysis
Resume bullet starters
Copy one, then swap in your own numbers.
Designed and built a reinforced concrete building design using Structural engineering, concrete testing, reinforcement
Applied mechanical testing to implement, test, and validate the system end-to-end
Quantified performance with [insert your result, such as accuracy, error reduction, response time, or load capacity] after iterative tuning
Skills you'll show off
Structural engineeringconcrete testingreinforcementmechanical testing