Reinforced Concrete: A Fundamental Approach (Prentice Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics) - Hardcover

Edward G. Nawy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0137717679 ISBN 13: 9780137717675

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1990

Synopsis

Introduces the properties of plain concrete and its components and progresses to the study of structural behaviour. New chapters in this edition cover continuous reinforced concrete structures and prestressed and high-stressed concrete.

About this title

From the Publisher

Extensively revised to reflect the new ACI 318 Building Code, this cutting-edge text analyzes the design of reinforced concrete members through a unique and practical step-by-step trial and adjustment procedure. Supplementing text material with flow charts to logically guide students through the learning process, the book decreases the necessity of actual laboratory testing by offering ample photographs of instructional testing of concrete members. This illustrates the failure of various types of structural members as well as demonstrates how the designed member behaves at ultimate load.

From the Back Cover

* Numerous alternate solutions using SI Units and lists of equations in SI format for the various topics
* A completely rewritten chapter on seismic design of buildings to comply with the major changes in the ACT 318 Code and detailing the new International Building Code provisions (IBC 2000) on seismic design which replaced all other existing codes in the US. The chapter has several new examples on confinement, shear wall design, and detailing in accordance with the IBC 2000 Code
* A new section with design examples on the new provisions for crack control
* a new section on flexure using the limits strain approach of Appendix B in the ACI Code. All examples in the previous edition using the standard stress approach have also been solved by the strain limits approach
* A new section on biaxial bending with new design examples using the reciprocal load approach as well as an easier to use Modified Load Contour method
* A comprehensive chapter on concrete materials and design of concrete mixtures for normal strength and for high strength, high performance concretes

A self-contained textbook, it can be used for a one-semester undergraduate level course and a one-semester graduate level course in reinforced concrete in standard civil engineering programs.

It is equally useful for the practicing engineer. It is the only book that closely and systematically uses and follows procedures in numerous flowcharts within each chapter that simplify the understanding and application of the subject design.

This volume provides thorough coverage of short and long term material behavior, design of concrete mixtures, reliability and structural safety, serviceability behavior of beams and two-way slabs and plate systems, continuity in concrete structures, and seismic design of high rise buildings in earthquake zones.

It has an appendix on computer programs in Q-Basic, with typical program documentation and solutions, and an extended appendix of monograms and tables. Comprehensive sketches and sets of working drawings, end-of-chapter problems, pictures of actual structural tests to failure, and flowcharts appear throughout the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0137717679
• ISBN 13: 9780137717675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 734