Synopses & Reviews
For courses in architecture and civil engineering.
Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design uses the theory of reinforced concrete design to teach readers the basic scientific and artistic principles of civil engineering. The text takes a topic often introduced at the advanced level and makes it accessible to all audiences by building a foundation with core engineering concepts. The Seventh Edition is up-to-date with the latest Building Code for Structural Concrete, giving readers access to accurate information that can be applied outside of the classroom.
Readers are able to apply complicated engineering concepts to real world scenarios with in-text examples and practice problems in each chapter. With explanatory features throughout, the Seventh Edition makes the reinforced concrete design a theory all engineers can learn from.
Synopsis
For courses in architecture and civil engineering.
Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design uses the theory of reinforced concrete design to teach readers the basic scientific and artistic principles of civil engineering. The text takes a topic often introduced at the advanced level and makes it accessible to all audiences by building a foundation with core engineering concepts. The
Seventh Edition is up-to-date with the latest Building Code for Structural Concrete, giving readers access to accurate information that can be applied outside of the classroom.
Readers are able to apply complicated engineering concepts to real world scenarios with in-text examples and practice problems in each chapter. With explanatory features throughout, the Seventh Edition makes the reinforced concrete design a theory all engineers can learn from.
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Synopsis
Key Benefits: Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design uses the theory of reinforced concrete design to teach readers the basic scientific and artistic principles of civil engineering. The text takes a topic often introduced at the advanced level and makes it accessible to all audiences by building a foundation with core engineering concepts. The
Seventh Edition is up-to-date with the latest Building Code for Structural Concrete, giving readers access to accurate information that can be applied outside of the classroom.
Readers are able to apply complicated engineering concepts to real world scenarios with in-text examples and practice problems in each chapter. With explanatory features throughout, the
Seventh Edition makes the reinforced concrete design a theory all engineers can learn from.
Key Topics: Introduction; The Design Process; Materials; Flexure: Behavior and Normal Strength of Beam Sections; Flexural Design of Beam Sections; Shear in Beams; Torsion; Development, Anchorage, and Splicing of Reinforcement; Serviceability; Continuous Beams and One-Way Slabs; Columns: Combined Axial Load and Bending; Slender Columns; Two-Way Slabs: Behavior, Analysis, and Design; Two Way Slabs: Elastic and Yield-Line Analyses; Footings; Shear Friction, Horizontal Shear Transfer, and Composite Concrete Beams; Discontinuity Regions and Strut-and-Tie Models; Walls and Shear Walls; Design for Earthquake Resistance
Key Market: This book is useful for anyone studying architecture or civil engineering.
About the Author
James K. Wight received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Michigan State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1973. He has been a professor of structural engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan since 1973. He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes on analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures. He is well known for his work in earthquake-resistant design of concrete structures and spent a one-year sabbatical leave in Japan where he was involved in the construction and simulated earthquake testing of a full-scale reinforced concrete building. Professor Wight has been an active member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) since 1973 and was named a Fellow of the Institute in 1984. He is a Past-President of ACI and a past Chair of the ACI Building Code Committee 318. He is also past Chair of the ACI Technical Activities Committee and Committee 352 on Joints and Connections in Concrete Structures. He has received several awards from the American Concrete Institute including the Delmar Bloem Distinguished Service Award (1991), the Joe Kelly Award (1999), the Boise Award (2002), the C.P. Siess Structural Research Award (2003 and 2009), the Alfred Lindau Award (2008) the Wason Medal (2012) and the Charles S. Whitney Medal (2015). Professor Wight has received numerous awards for his teaching and service at the University of Michigan including the ASCE Student Chapter Teacher of the Year Award, the College of Engineering Distinguished Service Award, the College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, the Chi Epsilon-Great Lakes District Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award. He has also received Distinguished Alumnus Awards from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments of the University of Illinois (2008) and Michigan State University (2009).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Design Process
Chapter 3: Materials
Chapter 4: Flexure: Behavior and Normal Strength of Beam Sections
Chapter 5: Flexural Design of Beam Sections
Chapter 6: Shear in Beams
Chapter 7: Torsion
Chapter 8: Development, Anchorage, and Splicing of Reinforcement
Chapter 9: Serviceability
Chapter 10: Continuous Beams and One-Way Slabs
Chapter 11: Columns: Combined Axial Load and Bending
Chapter 12: Slender Columns
Chapter 13: Two-Way Slabs: Behavior, Analysis, and Design
Chapter 14: Two Way Slabs: Elastic and Yield-Line Analyses
Chapter 15: Footings
Chapter 16: Shear Friction, Horizontal Shear Transfer, and Composite Concrete Beams
Chapter 17: Discontinuity Regions and Strut-and-Tie Models
Chapter 18: Walls and Shear Walls
Chapter 19: Design for Earthquake Resistance
Appendix A: Design Aids
Appendix B: Notation
Index