Simplified design of concrete structures

For over sixty years, the primary source for design of concrete structures--now revised and updated

Simplified Design of Concrete Structures, Eighth Edition covers all the latest, commonly used concrete systems, practices, and research in the field, reinforced with examples of practical designs and general building structural systems. Updated to conform to current building codes, design practices, and industry standards.

Simplified Design of Concrete Structures, Eighth Edition is a reliable, easy-to-use handbook that examines a wide range of concrete structures, building types, and construction details. It includes a wealth of illustrations, expanded text examples, exercise problems, and a helpful glossary. Highlights of this outstanding tool include:
* Its use of the current American Concrete Institute Building Code for 2005 (ACI 318) and the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) method of structural design
* Fundamental and real-world coverage of concrete structures that assumes no previous experience
* Valuable study aids such as exercise problems, questions, and word lists enhance usability

Author Notes

JAMES AMBROSE is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He practiced as an architect in California and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He was also a professor of architecture at the University of Southern California.

PATRICK TRIPENY is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah's Graduate School of Architecture.

Preface to the Eighth Edition	p. xi
Preface to the First Edition	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
1 Structural Use of Concrete	p. 10
1.1 Concrete as a Structural Material	p. 10
1.2 Common Forms of Concrete Structures	p. 11
1.3 Primary Situations for Investigation and Design	p. 13
1.4 Materials and Nature of Structural Concrete	p. 14
1.5 Significant Properties of Concrete	p. 18
1.6 Reinforcement	p. 22
1.7 Prestressed Concrete	p. 26
1.8 Design of Concrete Mixes	p. 30
1.9 Special Concretes	p. 31
2 Considerations for Production of Concrete	p. 33
2.1 General Concerns for Concrete	p. 33
2.2 Concerns for Structural Concrete	p. 34
2.3 Sitecast Concrete	p. 35
2.4 Design and Production Controls	p. 38
2.5 Inspection and Testing	p. 39
2.6 Installation of Reinforcement	p. 41
2.7 Precast Concrete	p. 42
2.8 Mixed Systems: Sitecast and Precast	p. 47
2.9 Concrete Masonry	p. 48
3 General Requirements for Reinforced Concrete Structures	p. 50
3.1 Code and Industry Standards	p. 50
3.2 Practical Considerations	p. 51
3.3 Control of Cracking	p. 55
3.4 General Requirements for Steel Reinforcement	p. 56
4 Investigation and Design of Reinforced Concrete	p. 59
4.1 Situations for Investigation and Design	p. 59
4.2 Methods of Investigation and Design	p. 61
4.3 The Stress Method	p. 62
4.4 The Strength Method	p. 62
4.5 Investigation of Columns and Beams	p. 63
4.6 Investigation of Column and Beam Frames	p. 72
4.7 Approximate Investigation of Indeterminate Structures	p. 78
5 Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)	p. 83
5.1 Limit States Versus Service Conditions	p. 83
5.2 Loads for Design	p. 84
5.3 Resistance Factors	p. 85
5.4 Strength Design Processes	p. 86
6 Reinforced Concrete Flexural Members	p. 87
6.1 General Flexural Actions	p. 87
6.2 Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams	p. 88
6.3 Investigation and Design for Flexure	p. 90
6.4 Beams in Sitecast Systems	p. 101
6.5 T-Beams	p. 104
6.6 Beams with Compression Reinforcement	p. 110
6.7 Spanning Slabs	p. 117
6.8 Deflection Control	p. 122
7 Shear in Concrete Structures	p. 125
7.1 General Concerns for Shear	p. 125
7.2 Shear in Beams	p. 126
7.3 Shear Reinforcement for Beams	p. 127
7.4 Design for Beam Shear	p. 133
8 Anchorage and Development of Reinforcement	p. 142
8.1 Development of Stress in Tension Reinforcement	p. 143
8.2 Hooks	p. 146
8.3 Bar Development in Continuous Beams	p. 148
8.4 Splices in Reinforcement	p. 149
8.5 Development of Compressive Reinforcement	p. 150
8.6 Developed Anchorage for Frame Continuity	p. 153
9 Flat-Spanning Concrete Systems	p. 154
9.1 Slab and Beam Systems	p. 155
9.2 General Considerations for Beams	p. 162
9.3 Other Flat-Spanning Systems	p. 167
9.4 Design Aids	p. 178
10 Concrete Columns	p. 180
10.1 Effects of Compression Force	p. 180
10.2 Reinforcement for Columns	p. 182
10.3 Types of Columns	p. 184
10.4 General Requirements for Columns	p. 186
10.5 Combined Compression and Bending	p. 187
10.6 Considerations for Column Shape	p. 189
10.7 Columns in Sitecast Frames	p. 191
10.8 Multistory Columns	p. 192
10.9 Design Methods and Aids	p. 194
10.10 Approximate Design of Tied Columns	p. 195
10.11 Round Columns	p. 202
10.12 Special Concerns for Concrete Columns	p. 204
10.13 Vertical Concrete Compression Elements	p. 205
10.14 Concrete Masonry Columns and Piers	p. 208
11 Column and Beam Frames	p. 210
11.1 Two-Dimensional Frames	p. 211
11.2 Three-Dimensional Frames	p. 212
11.3 Mixed Frame and Wall Systems	p. 214
11.4 Special Problems of Concrete Framed Bents	p. 217
12 Concrete Walls	p. 221
12.1 Sitecast Walls: General Concerns	p. 221
12.2 Concrete Bearing Walls	p. 223
12.3 Concrete Basement Walls	p. 226
12.4 Concrete Shear Walls	p. 230
12.5 Precast Concrete Walls	p. 230
12.6 Concrete Masonry Walls	p. 231
13 Foundations	p. 233
13.1 General Concerns for Foundations	p. 234
13.2 Soil Conditions Related to Foundation Design	p. 235
13.3 Foundation Design: Criteria and Process	p. 237
13.4 Shallow Bearing Foundations	p. 238
13.5 Wall Footings	p. 240
13.6 Column Footings	p. 249
13.7 Special Column Footings	p. 258
13.8 Pedestals	p. 259
13.9 Foundation Walls and Grade Beams	p. 266
13.10 Deep Foundations	p. 270
14 Miscellaneous Concrete Structures	p. 277
14.1 Paving Slabs	p. 277
14.2 Framed Floors on Grade	p. 280
14.3 Cantilever Retaining Walls	p. 281
14.4 Abutments	p. 291
15 General Considerations for Building Structures	p. 296
15.1 Choice of Building Construction	p. 296
15.2 Structural Design Standards	p. 297
15.3 Loads for Structural Design	p. 298
15.4 Dead Loads	p. 298
15.5 Building Code Requirements for Structures	p. 301
15.6 Live Loads	p. 303
15.7 Lateral Loads (Wind and Earthquake)	p. 306
15.8 Load Combinations	p. 310
15.9 Determination of Design Loads	p. 310
15.10 Structural Planning	p. 312
15.11 Building Systems Integration	p. 313
15.12 Economics	p. 313
16 Building Structures: Design Examples	p. 316
16.1 Building One: General Considerations	p. 317
16.2 Building One: Support and Site Structures	p. 317
16.3 Building Two: General Considerations	p. 326
16.4 Building Two: Design for Gravity Loads	p. 326
16.5 Building Two: Design for Lateral Loads	p. 329
16.6 Building Two: Alternative Structure	p. 340
16.7 Building Three: Alternative Structure One	p. 341
16.8 Building Three: Alternative Structure Two	p. 344
16.9 Building Three: Alternative Structure Three	p. 348
16.10 Building Four: General Considerations	p. 349
16.11 Building Four: Concrete and Masonry Structure	p. 353
16.12 Building Four: Design for Lateral Loads	p. 359
16.13 Building Four: All-Concrete Structure	p. 361
16.14 Building Five: General Considerations	p. 364
16.15 Building Five: Masonry and Frame Structure	p. 368
16.16 Building Five: The Concrete Structure	p. 374
16.17 Building Five: Alternative Floor Structure	p. 398
Glossary	p. 401
Study Aids	p. 405
Terms	p. 405
Questions	p. 408
Answers to Questions	p. 411
Answers to Exercise Problems	p. 415
References	p. 419
Index	p. 421

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