Now updated to reflect the latest ACI 318-05 Building Code, this cutting-edge book analyzes the design of reinforced concrete members through a unique and practical step-by-step trial and adjustment procedure. Supplements narrative with flow charts to guide readers logically through the learning process. Provides ample photographs of instructional testing of concrete members to decrease the need for actual laboratory testing. Uses Strain Limits Design Method in all design examples as mandated in the new code, using the new load factors and strangth reduction factors. Updates chapter on seismic design of buildings to comply with the major changes to the ACI 318 Code and the new International Building Code provisions on seismic design. Adds chapter on the LRFD design of bridge deck structures in accordance with AASHTP 2002, including a summary of the various pertinent load and design provisions and equations. Offers an expanded section on the strut-and-tie modeling for the design of reinforced concrete deep beams. A useful construction reference for engineers.

Revised to reflect the ACI 318 Building Code, this text offers an approach to examining the design of prestressed concrete members in a trial and adjustment procedure.

High performance concrete is a key element in virtually all-large construction projects, from tall office and residential buildings to bridges, tunnels and roadways. The fully updated Second Edition helps professionals to understand the performance capabilities of these construction materials when selecting the type of concrete to use for particular projects. The author is one of the worlds acknowledged experts on high performance concrete.

This new handbook fills the need for in-depth coverage of concrete construction engineering and technology. It features discussions on what design engineers and contractors need to know about concrete materials and systems - one of the most versatile materials available. The Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook focuses on these important topics:

Of Step-by-Step Trial-and-Adjustment Procedure for the Service-Load Design of Prestressed Members -- Design of Composite Post-Tensioned Prestressed Simply Supported Section -- Ultimate-Strength Flexural Design -- Load and Strength Factors -- ACI Load Factors and Safety Margins -- Limit State in Flexure at Ultimate Load in Bonded Members: Decompression to Ultimate Load -- Preliminary Ultimate-Load Design -- Summary Step-by-Step Procedure for Limit at Failure Design of the Prestressed Members -- Ultimate Strength Design of Prestressed Simply Supported Beam by Strain Compatibility -- Strength Design of Bonded Prestressed Simply Supported Beam Using Approximate Procedures -- SI Flexural Design Expression -- Shear and Torsional Strength Design -- Behavior of Homogeneous Beams in Shear -- Behavior of Concrete Beams as Nonhomogeneous Sections -- Concrete Beams without Diagonal Tension Reinforcement -- Shear and Principal Stresses in Prestressed Beams -- Web-Shear Reinforcement -- Horizontal Shear Strength in Composite Construction -- Web Reinforcement Design Procedure for Shear -- Principal Tensile Stresses in Flanged Sections and Design of Dowel-Action Vertical Steel in Composite Sections -- Dowel Steel Design for Composite Action -- Dowel Reinforcement Design for Composite Action in an Inverted T-Beam -- Shear Strength and Web-Shear Steel Design in a Prestressed Beam -- Web-Shear Steel Design by Detailed Procedures -- Design of Web Reinforcement for a PCI Standard Double Composite T-Beam -- Brackets and Corbels.

The first book of its kind to provide, in one volume, a highly practical and concise guide to the subject. It starts by reviewing the fundamentals of cement technology and then proceeds to deal with applications in producing high strength high performance concretes using the various means and mineral admixtures to produce such concretes.