Structural Concrete

Structural Concrete examines the behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures under working load and ultimate load conditions.

This eight-chapter text deals first with the analysis of concrete structures as a particular branch of structural mechanics. Other chapters explore the empirical methods and the practical design and detailing procedures. Considerable chapters describe the mechanical behavior of structural concrete, with a particular emphasis on the elastic behavior. The final chapters examine the behavior of continuous beams, frames, and slabs. These chapters also look into the models for structural concrete.

This book is intended primarily to undergraduate civil engineering students.

Preface

Notation

1. The Properties of Structural Concrete

Strength and Deformation Properties of Concrete

Strength and Deformation Properties of Reinforcing and Prestressing Steels

Forms of Construction

Permissible Stresses

2. Behavior of Axially Loaded Members

Reinforced Concrete Columns

Tension Members

Prestressed Concrete Members

Losses of Prestress

3. Elastic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams

Singly Reinforced Concrete Beams

Shrinkage Stresses

Doubly Reinforced Concrete Beams

Shear, Bond and Anchorage

Deflections

4. Elastic Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Beams

Stresses due to Prestressing and Applied Loads

Deflections due to Prestressing

Shear Stresses and Principal Tensile Stresses

5. Ultimate Load Theory for Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Beams

Reinforced Concrete Sections

Types of Failure

Prestressed Concrete Sections

6. Behavior of Continuous Beams and Frames

Nature of Problem

Reinforced Concrete Structures

Prestressed Concrete Structures

7. Behavior of Slabs

Behavior of Slabs Under Load

Limit Analysis

Yield-Line Theory

Lower-Bound Solutions

8. Models for Structural Concrete

Use of Models

Laws of Structural Model Analysis

Materials for Direct Models

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index