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With its accessible approach and streamlined coverage of theory, engineers will quickly learn how to apply the concepts in the eighth edition. Design of Reinforced Concrete, 8th Edition, has been updated to conform to the 2008 building code of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-08). New spreadsheets are included that arm the reader with tools to analyze and design reinforced concrete elements and quickly compare alternative solutions. A new chapter on seismic design explores the issues related to the design of reinforced concrete structures to resist earthquakes. The new materials section also provides engineers with details and examples on how to design shear walls for combined axial load and bending moment.
From the Preface
Audience
This textbook presents an introduction to reinforced concrete design. We authors hope the material is written in such a manner as to interest students in the subject and to encourage them to continue its study in the years to come. The text was prepared with an introductory three-credit course in mind, but sufficient material is included for an additional three-credit course.
New to this Edition
Updated Code
With the eighth edition of this text the contents have been updated to conform to the 2008 building code of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-08). Changes to this edition of the Code include:
- Numerous changes in notations and section numbers.
- A change in the treatment of the design of lightweight aggregate concrete throughout the Code.
- The strength reduction factor for columns was increased and headed deformed bars were introduced as an alternative to hooks for providing development length.
- Clarifications for development length of galvanized, stainless steel and bundled bars.
- Use of small concrete cylinders was introduced, allowing 4 x 8 in. cylinders instead of 6 x 12 in.
- Earthquake-resistant design requirements are now related to the Seismic Design Category (SDC) to be consistent with other documents that prescribe design loads.
Updated Material
Most of the chapters have been modified reflecting the viewpoints of the new coauthor, with the concurrence of the original author.
Discussion of the variable factor in Chapters 3, 4 and 10 has been revised and expanded. It now includes a generalized equation for the factor for any yield strength.
A graph showing the effect of the factor on the design moment strength is added to Chapter 3 to show the impact of the variable factor on design.
Bundled bar development lengths have been clarified by the new code and changed accordingly in Chapter 7.
An interaction diagram showing the effect of the variable factor has been added to Chapter 10.
Inelastic redistribution of moment section has been revised and updated in Chapter 14.
Equations for distribution of moment to column and middle strip have been added to supplement the tables in Chapter 16.
Design of walls loaded out-of-plane has been expanded, and an example of the rational design of a foundation wall has been added in Chapter 18.
Excel Spreadsheets
The new spreadsheets included with the text were created to provide the student and the instructor with tools to analyze and design reinforced concrete elements quickly to compare alternative solutions. Examples are given at the end of the chapters to illustrate how to use the software on Examples previously worked.
Seismic Design
A new Chapter 21 on seismic design was added. This chapter is intended only as an introduction to the topic. An entire textbook could be written on this subject alone. It does, however, familiarize the student with issues related to design of reinforced concrete structures to resist earthquakes. Chapter 21 includes two new example problems illustrating some of the new code requirements.
Shear Wall Design
The section on shear wall design in Chapter 18 has been expanded. The new material gives details and examples on how to design shear walls for combined axial load and bending moment. Interaction diagrams developed for columns in Chapter 10 are applied to design of shear walls.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Flexural Analysis of Beams. Chapter 3: Strength Analysis of Beams According to ACI Code. Chapter 4: Design of Rectangular Beams and One-Way Slabs. Chapter 5: Analysis and Design of T Beams and Doubly Reinforced Beams. Chapter 6: Serviceability. Chapter 7: Bond, Development Lengths, and Splices. Chapter 8: Shear and Diagonal Tension. Chapter 9: Introduction to Columns. Chapter 10: Design of Short Columns Subject to Axial Load and Bending. Chapter 11: Slender Columns. Chapter 12: Footings. Chapter 13: Retaining Walls. Chapter 14: Continuous Reinforced Concrete Structures. Chapter 15: Torsion. Chapter 16: Two-Way Slabs, Direct Design Method. Chapter 17: Two-Way Slabs, Equivalent Frame Method. Chapter 18: Walls. Chapter 19: Prestressed Concrete. Chapter 20: Formwork. Chapter 21: Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structure. Appendix A: Tables and Graphs: U.S. Customary Units. Appendix B: Tables in SI Units. Appendix C: The Strut-and-Tie Method of Design.
About the Authors
Jack C. McCormac is a retired Clemson civil engineering professor named by the Engineering News Record as one of the top 125 engineers or architects in the world in the last 125 years for his contributions to education. McCormac has authored or co-authored seven engineering textbooks, with more than half a million copies now in print. His current books have been adopted at more than 500 universities throughout the world. McCormac holds a BS in civil engineering from the Citadel, an MS in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Doctor of Letters from Clemson University. Named an Alumni Distinguished Professor, he taught at Clemson for approximately thirty-four years before retiring in 1989. He is included in the International Who's Who in Engineering.
Russell H. Brown chaired the Civil Engineering Department at Clemson University for 17 years and recently retired. He received his BS degree from the University of Houston and his Ph.D. from Rice University. He is former chairman of ASTM Committee C15, former chair of the Flexure and Axial Loads Subcommittee of the Masonry Standards Joint Committee, and Founding Member and Honorary Member of the Masonry Society. He received the John Scalzi Award for his research in structural masonry and twice received ASTM's Alan Yorkdale Award for his research publications.
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