Reinforced Concrete Design / W.H. Mosley, J.H. Bungey and R. Husle

Properties of reinforced concrete Composite action Stress-strain relations Shrinkage and thermal movement Creep Durability Specification of materials. Limit state design. Characteristics material strengths and characteristic loads. Partial factors of safety. Global factor of safety. Analysis of the structure. Loads. Load combinations. Analysis of beams. Analysis of frames. Shear wall structures resisting horizontal loads. Redistribution of moments. Analysis of the section. Stress-strain relations. The distribution of strains and stresses across a section. Bending and the equivalent rectangular stress block. Singly reinforced rectangular section in bending. Rectangular section with compression reinforcement at the ultimate limit state. Flanged section in bending at the ultimate limit state. Moment redistribution and the design equations. Bending plus axial load at the ultimate limit state. The rectangular-parabolic stress block. The triangular stress block. Shear, bond and torsion. Shear. Anchorage bond. Laps in reinforcement. Analysis of section subject to torsional moments. Serviceability, durability and stability require. Detailing requirements. Span-effective depth ratios. Calculation of deflections. Flexural cracking. Thermal and shrinkage cracking. Other serviceability requirements. Stability. Design of reinforced concrete beams. Preliminary analysis and member sizing. Design for bending. Design for shear. Bar spacing. Continuous beams. Cantilever beams and corbels. Design for torsion. Design of reinforced concrete slabs. Simplified analysis. Shear in slabs. Span-effective depth ratios. Reinforcement details. Solid slabs spanning in one direction. Solid slabs spanning in two directions. Flat slab floors. Ribbed, waffle and hollow block floors. Stair slabs. Yield line and strip methods. Column design. Loading and moments. Column classification and failure modes. Reinforcement details. Design of short columns. Non-rectangular sections. Biaxial bending of short columns. Design of slender columns. Walls. Foundations. Pad footings. Combined footings. Strap footings. Strip footings. Raft foundations. Piled foundations. Design of pile caps. Water-retaining structures and retaining walls. Water-retaining structures. joints in water-retaining structures. Reinforcement details. Design methods. Retaining walls. Prestressed concrete. Principle of prestressing. Methods of prestressing. Analysis of concrete section under working loads. Design for the serviceability limit state. Analysis and design at the ultimate limit state. Composite construction. The design procedure. Design of the steel beam for conditions during construction. The composite section at the ultimate limit state. Design of shear connectors. Transverse reinforcement. The composite section at the serviceability limit state.

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