Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures
The main objective of this note is to provide students with a rational basis of the design of reinforced concrete members and structures through advanced understanding of material and structural behavior. Topics covered includes: Strength and Deformation of Concrete under Various States of Stress, Failure Criteria, Concrete Plasticity, Fracture Mechanics Concepts, Fundamental Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structural Systems and their Members, Basis for Design and Code Constraints, High-performance Concrete Materials and their use in Innovative Design Solutions, Slabs: Yield Line Theory, Behavior Models and Nonlinear Analysis, and Complex Systems: Bridge Structures, Concrete Shells, and Containments.
Author(s): Prof. Oral Buyukozturk
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Detailing of Reinforcement in Concrete Structures
This note explains Guiding principles, Sources of tension, Detailing of beams, Flexural cracking, Restrained shrinkage cracking in slabs, Detailing of columns, Detailing of beam column connections, Detailing of corbels, Design of corbels, Control joints, Typical control joint locations, Alternative shrinkage strip details, Expansion joint details, Alternative structural hinge joints at base of a column.
Author(s): R I Gilbert
82 Pages
This note covers the following topics: Methods of Analysis and Design, and Properties of Concrete and Steel, Philosophies of Design by Limit State Method, Limit State of Collapse - Flexure, Doubly Reinforced Beams, Flanged Beams, Shear, Bond, Anchorage, Development Length and Torsion, Limit State of Serviceability, Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Staircases, Compression Members, Foundations - Theory and Design, Yield Line Analysis for Slabs, Tension Members, Redistribution of Moments, Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures.
Author(s): Prof. J.N. Bandopadhyay
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