This new edition of Edward G Nawy's highly acclaimed work reflects the very latest ACI 318-05 Building Code and includes these major changes and additions:
- All design examples conform to the Strain Limits Design Method, using the applicable load factors and strength reduction factors.
- An updated chapter on seismic design of buildings to comply with the major changes in the ACI 318 Code, and the new International Building Code provisions (IBC 2000-2003) on seismic design. The chapter has several additional new examples on confinement, frames, and shear wall design.
- A chapter on LRFD design of bridge deck structures in accordance with AASHTO 2003.
- An expanded section with new examples on the strut-and-tie modeling for the design of reinforced concrete deep beams and corbels, with extensive design examples using the ACI 318-05 appendix provisions for this method.
- A comprehensive chapter on concrete materials and design of concrete mixtures for normal strength and high-strength, high-performance concretes, as well as provisions for environmental structures.
A self-contained textbook, Reinforced Concrete: A Fundamental Approach can be used for a one-semester undergraduate level course and a one-semester graduate level course in reinforced concrete in standard civil engineering programs. It is equally useful for the practicing engineer. It is the only book that closely and systematically uses and follows procedures in numerous flowcharts within each chapter that simplify the understanding and application of the subject in design.
This edition provides thorough coverage of short- and long-term material behavior, design of concrete mixtures, reliability and structural safety, serviceability behavior of beams and two-way slabs and plates, torsion and shear, design of two-way structural slab and plate systems, continuity in concrete structures, LRFD design of bridge decks, and seismic design of high-rise buildings in earthquake zones.
The book includes an extended appendix of monograms and tables using the new load factors, strength-reduction factors, and limit strains design procedures mandated by the new ACI 318-05 Code. Comprehensive sketches and sets of working drawings, end-of-chapter problems, pictures of actual structural tests to failure, and flowcharts appear throughout the book.
About the Author
Edward G Nawy is a distinguished professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He has been active in the ACI and PCI since 1959 and is internationally recognized for his extensive work in the fields of reinforced and prestressed concrete, particularly in the areas of crack and deflection control. Dr Nawy has published more than 175 papers in numerous technical journals worldwide. He is also the author of several books, including the Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook. He has been the recipient of several major awards, including the Henry L Kennedy Award of the ACI, the ACI Concrete Research Council Award, the ACI Design Practice Award, an honorary membership of the ACI, an honorary professorship with the Nanjing Institute of Technology, and has been an Evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, and Florida, a chartered engineer overseas, and has been a consultant in forensic engineering to agencies throughout the United States. |
