PREFACE III

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Reinforced Concrete Structures

1.2 Design of Structures

1.3 A Brief Historical Sketch

1.4 Special Features of this Course

CHAPTER 2 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

2.1 Reinforcing Steel

2.2 Concrete

2.3 Concerted Action of Concrete and Steel

CHAPTER 3 LIMIT STATE DESIGN

3.1 Limit State of a Structure

3.2 Load Effect and Structural Resistance

3.3 Reliability Analysis

3.4 The Current Chinese Code Practice

3.5 An Example of Design by Reliability Analysis

CHAPTER 4 REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS

4.1 Experimental Phenomena of Reinforced Concrete Beams

4.2 Analysis of Stress on Section under Flexure

4.3 Basic Assumptions

4.4 The Equivalent Stress Block

4.5 Balanced Section

4.6 Ultimate Moment of a Rectangular Section with Tension Reinforcement

4.7 Section with Compression Reinforcement

4.8 Tee-Section

4.9 Ductility of Section under Flexure

CHAPTER 5 DIAGONAL SECTION STRENGTH UNDER FLEXURE

5.1 Diagonal Cracks and Web Reinforcement

5.2 Members without Web Reinforcement

5.3 Web Reinforcement

5.4 Details of Web Reinforcement

5.5 Design Procedure of Web Reinforcement

5.6 Moment Resistance of the Diagonal Section

5.7 Example

5.8 Bar Schedule

5.9 Shear Stress in Beam of Variable Section

CHAPTER 6 GIRDER-BEAM-SLAB SYSTEM

6.1 Reinforced Concrete Girder-Beam-Slab System

6.2 Load Transmission of Girder-Beam-Slab System

6.3 Elastic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Continuous Beams

6.4 Plastic Redistribution of Moment

6.5 Design of One-way Slab

6.6 Design of Beams

6.7 Design of Girders

6.8 Example of One-way Slab Design

6.9 Two-way Slabs

CHAPTER 7 COLUMNS

CHAPTER 8 TENSION MEMBERS

CHAPTER 9 TORSION

CHAPTER 10 LIMIT STATE OF SERVICEABILITY

CHAPTER 11 CONTINUOUS REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

CHAPTER 12 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

APPENDIX

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

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