Time-Dependent Behaviour of Concrete Structures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Time-Dependent Behaviour of Concrete Structures write by Raymond Ian Gilbert. This book was released on 2010-09-15. Time-Dependent Behaviour of Concrete Structures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Serviceability failures of concrete structures involving excessive cracking or deflection are relatively common, even in structures that comply with code requirements. This is often as a result of a failure to adequately account for the time-dependent deformations of concrete in the design of the structure. The serviceability provisions embodied in
Compressive Force-Path Method
Compressive Force-Path Method - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Compressive Force-Path Method write by Michael D Kotsovos. This book was released on 2013-10-04. Compressive Force-Path Method available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents a method which simplifies and unifies the design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures and is applicable to any structural element under both normal and seismic loading conditions. The proposed method has a sound theoretical basis and is expressed in a unified form applicable to all structural members, as well as their connections. It is applied in practice through the use of simple failure criteria derived from first principles without the need for calibration through the use of experimental data. The method is capable of predicting not only load-carrying capacity but also the locations and modes of failure, as well as safeguarding the structural performance code requirements. In this book, the concepts underlying the method are first presented for the case of simply supported RC beams. The application of the method is progressively extended so as to cover all common structural elements. For each structural element considered, evidence of the validity of the proposed method is presented together with design examples and comparisons with current code specifications. The method has been found to produce design solutions which satisfy the seismic performance requirements of current codes in all cases investigated to date, including structural members such as beams, columns, and walls, beam-to-beam or column-to-column connections, and beam-to-column joints.
Serviceability Limit State of Concrete Structures
Serviceability Limit State of Concrete Structures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Serviceability Limit State of Concrete Structures write by FIB – International Federation for Structural Concrete. This book was released on 2019-09-01. Serviceability Limit State of Concrete Structures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Serviceability limit states are essential for appropriate function and durability of concrete structures. The attention is paid especially to the stress limitation, crack width analysis and deflection analysis. The document provides supplementary information to the fib Model Code 2010 (MC2010), where a limited space did not allow for a detailed description of individual procedures. The principles used in MC2010 in chapter 7.6 are explained in detail within this document. The stress analysis is focused on stresses in concrete and steel including the stress redistribution due to the long-term load and cracking of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete elements. Crack width analysis explains the mechanism of cracking under mechanical loading and due to deformation restraint. Cracks in prestressed concrete elements are also discussed. Deflection analyses with different levels of accuracy are described including the shear effects. Examples illustrate the practical application of rules defined in the MC2010 of individual serviceability limit states. Simplified and more general methods are used. An important part of the bulletin shows the development and extension of the serviceability limit states after publishing of the MC2010 and alternative approaches. Special attention is paid to deflections of prestressed concrete beams, shear effects on deflection, slenderness limits and influence of the concrete cover. The final part deals with an application of numerical simulations.
Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames
Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames write by Jostein Hellesland. This book was released on 2013-02-13. Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is focused on the theoretical and practical design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and frame structures. It is based on an analytical approach of designing normal reinforced concrete structural elements that are compatible with most international design rules, including for instance the European design rules – Eurocode 2 – for reinforced concrete structures. The book tries to distinguish between what belongs to the structural design philosophy of such structural elements (related to strength of materials arguments) and what belongs to the design rule aspects associated with specific characteristic data (for the material or loading parameters). A previous book, entitled Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames – Mechanics and Design, deals with the fundamental aspects of the mechanics and design of reinforced concrete in general, both related to the Serviceability Limit State (SLS) and the Ultimate Limit State (ULS), whereas the current book deals with more advanced ULS aspects, along with instability and second-order analysis aspects. Some recent research results including the use of non-local mechanics are also presented. This book is aimed at Masters-level students, engineers, researchers and teachers in the field of reinforced concrete design. Most of the books in this area are very practical or code-oriented, whereas this book is more theoretically based, using rigorous mathematics and mechanics tools. Contents 1. Advanced Design at Ultimate Limit State (ULS). 2. Slender Compression Members – Mechanics and Design. 3. Approximate Analysis Methods. Appendix 1. Cardano’s Method. Appendix 2. Steel Reinforcement Table. About the Authors Jostein Hellesland has been Professor of Structural Mechanics at the University of Oslo, Norway since January 1988. His contribution to the field of stability has been recognized and magnified by many high-quality papers in famous international journals such as Engineering Structures, Thin-Walled Structures, Journal of Constructional Steel Research and Journal of Structural Engineering. Noël Challamel is Professor in Civil Engineering at UBS, University of South Brittany in France and chairman of the EMI-ASCE Stability committee. His contributions mainly concern the dynamics, stability and inelastic behavior of structural components, with special emphasis on Continuum Damage Mechanics (more than 70 publications in International peer-reviewed journals). Charles Casandjian was formerly Associate Professor at INSA (French National Institute of Applied Sciences), Rennes, France and the chairman of the course on reinforced concrete design. He has published work on the mechanics of concrete and is also involved in creating a web experience for teaching reinforced concrete design – BA-CORTEX. Christophe Lanos is Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Rennes 1 in France. He has mainly published work on the mechanics of concrete, as well as other related subjects. He is also involved in creating a web experience for teaching reinforced concrete design – BA-CORTEX.
Limit States Design in Structural Steel
Limit States Design in Structural Steel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Limit States Design in Structural Steel write by Geoffrey L. Kulak. This book was released on 2016. Limit States Design in Structural Steel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Tenth Edition of this text introduces the changes in the 2014 edition of CSA-S16 standard and the 2013 edition of CSA-G40.20/G40.21. Since this textbook is intended to be used in conjunction with the 11th edition of the CISC Handbook of steel construction, the changes in the Handbook have also been adopted in the textbook. These changes, which reflect changes in the steel inductr4y, include adjustments to rolled steel shapes section properties to reflect a change in the flange to web transition radius, the deletion of some rolled shapes and welded wide flange (WWF) sections that are no longer produced in North American mills. With an expanding global market, some structural steel shapes, such as rolled wide flange sections, are becoming more prevalent in American steel grades (ASTM classification) whereas some shapes, such as plates, are still readily available in Canadian steel grades (CSA-G40.21 classification). Therefore American grade steels have been introduced in some of the design examples. Furthermore, since metric size bolts are only rarely used in the construction industry, the design tables for bolts and bolted connections presented in the CISC Handbook have abandoned metric size bolts. Therefore, imperial size bolts are mainly used in this new edition of the text. Divided into 11 chapters, the book covers tension members, flexural members, columns, beam-columns, stability, fatigue behaviour, connections, plate girders, composite construction, and types and grades of structural steel.
