Reinforced Concrete Design (9^th Ed.)

For courses in reinforced concrete.

A practitioner?s guide to reinforced concrete design
Reinforced Concrete Design integrates current building and material codes with realistic examples to give readers a practical understanding of this field and the work of its engineers. Using a step-by-step solution format, the text takes a fundamental, active-learning approach to analyzing the design, strength, and behavior of reinforced concrete members and simple reinforced concrete structural systems. Content throughout the 9th edition conforms to the latest version of ACI-318 Code. It expands discussion of several common design elements and practice issues, and includes more end-of-chapter problems reflecting real-world design projects.

1. Materials and Mechanics of Bending, Concrete Slab Systems and Gravity Load Distribution in Concrete Slab Systems
2. Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs: Tension Steel Only, Slabs-on-Grade
3. Reinforced Concrete Beams: T-Beams and Doubly Reinforced Beams
4. Shear and Torsion in Beams, and Corbels and Brackets
5. Development, Splices, and Simple Bar Cut-offs, Structural Integrity Reinforcement
6. Continuous Construction Design Considerations
7. Serviceability: Deflections, Cracking, and Floor Vibrations
8. Structural Walls — Retaining Walls, Basement Walls, Bearing Walls, and Shear Walls
9. Columns: Axial Load plus Bending, Biaxial Bending, and Slender Columns
10. Foundations: Spread Footings, Strip Footings, Combined Footings, Eccentrically Loaded Footings, Strap Footings
11. Prestressed Concrete Fundamentals
12. Concrete Formwork
13. Detailing Reinforced Concrete Structures
14. Practical Considerations in the Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Abi Aghayere is a professor of structural engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia and has more than 20 years design experience in the structural engineering consulting field. He is the co-author of Structural Wood Design (ASD/LRFD), 2nd Edition, and Structural Steel Design: A Practice Oriented Approach, 2nd Edition.

Focus on the latest standards in concrete design and practice

• Updated - Content throughout the text conforms to the latest ACI-318 standard needed to stay current.
• Expanded - Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 9 reflect new information on common design elements that need attention, including concrete mixes, gravity load distribution in concrete floor systems, slabs-on-grade, design of corbels, design for bi-axial bending of columns, design of slender columns, and diaphragms, drag struts, and chords.
• Expanded - Chapter 6 provides new information on two-way slab design using the direct design method together with an introduction to the equivalent frame method.
• Expanded - Chapter 10 provides new information on the design of pile caps and deep beams using the strut and tie method.
• Expanded - Chapters 7 and 14 provide new information on common practice issues that need attention, including floor vibrations, load testing of concrete structures, one-way slabs subjected to concentrated loads, and closure or pour strips in reinforced concrete floors.
• Expanded - Chapter 14 addresses fire resistance of concrete structural elements and specifications for concrete buildings as two common practice and design issues that need attention.
  
  

Practical, real-world applications

• Expanded - More end-of-chapter problems throughout the text mirror aspects of real-world design situations and allow instructors to focus on their areas of interest.
• Updated - Practical, real-world examples reflect the most current version of ACI-318 Code.
• A step-by-step solution format ensures the text is learner-centered.
  
  

Preparation for engineering work

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