Structural Design-1

A good structural design often involving elaborate computations is a worthwhile exercise if only it is
followed by good detailing and construction practices. In normal design practices it is often seen that analysis
of structures for stress resultants and design of individual members (critical sections of beams, slabs and
columns) for maximum load effects(bending moments, shear, torsion and axial forces) are done regularly with
insufficient attention given to supposedly lesser important aspects e.g. termination, extending and bending of
bars, anchorage and development, stirrup anchorage, splices, construction details at joints or connections (slabbeam, beam-column etc.), provision of continuity and discontinuity at connection of members , construction
sequencing and reinforcement placement