... Reinforced concrete 3.1 General 3.2 The historical development of reinforced concrete 3.3 General principles of reinforced concrete 3.4 Reinforced concrete in bending 3.5 The cracking of reinforced concrete ... 44 m diameter spherical concrete dome, resting on concrete walls that are some 30 m high In order to reduce the thrust of the roof, it is made of lightweight concrete, of which the density reduces ... function of each of the components of a bridge deck Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13 describe the different types of bridge deck Chapters 14 and 15 are devoted to the methods of construction of bridge...
... physical damage of a structure or a structural member Significant deformation limits are onset of cracking, onset of yielding of extreme tension reinforcement, cover concrete spalling, concrete compression ... forces ofconcrete and reinforcement, the depth of the concrete compression zone can be calculated Then the moment capacity can be calculated by integrating the moment contributions ofconcrete ... • Design of Joint Shear Reinforcement 38.1 Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the concepts and methods used in modern seismic design of reinforced concrete bridges Most of the design...
... modulus of elasticity ofconcrete modulus of elasticity ofconcrete at transfer of stress modulus of elasticity of prestressing strand modulus of elasticity of steel flexural stiffness of compression ... strength ofconcrete at time of initial prestress concrete stress immediately after transfer at center of gravity of prestressing steel f& = concrete bearing stress under anchor plate of post-tensioning ... percent of basic allowable stress (Chapter 5) ratio of area of bars cut off to total area of bars at section ratio of long side to short side of concentrated load or reaction area ratio of maximum...
... curve ofconcrete in compression; (b) average stress-strain curve ofconcrete in tension; (c) average stress-strain curve of steel bars in concrete; (d) average stress-strain curve ofconcrete ... strength of this concrete should be established to prevent web-crushing failures The strength of this concrete is a function of 1) the presence or absence of cracks and the orientation of these ... rotating angle softened-truss model considers the reorientation of the crack direction that 445R-24 MANUAL OFCONCRETE PRACTICE Fig 3.9—Constitutive laws ofconcrete and steel: (a) softened stress-strain...
... Curing Concrete 325.9R Guide for Construction ofConcrete Pavements and Concrete Bases 330R Guide for Design and Construction ofConcrete Parking Lots 504R Guide to Sealing Joints in Concrete ... strength Modulus of subgrade reaction (k)—also known as the coefficient of subgrade reaction or the subgrade modulus; is the ratio of the load per unit area of horizontal surface of a mass of soil to ... coefficient of subgrade (of subbase) resistance to slab movement, taken at 1.5 or greater depending on the type of subbase;36 w = density of concrete, kg/m3 (2400 kg/m3 for normalweight concrete) ;...
... DESIGN OF STEELCONCRETE COMPOSITE BUILDINGS JEYARAJAN SELVARAJAH (B.Sc.Eng.(Hons),University of Moratuwa; M.Sc, NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ... University of Singapore for his PhD research study in Singapore i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES xii LIST OF FIGURES xv LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvi LIST OF ABBREVIATION ... properties ofconcrete 46 Table 3.6: Joint details .59 Table 3.7: Details of test specimens 70 Table 3.8: Properties ofconcrete .70 Table 4.1: Details of composite...
... anchorage of this type of textured interface inhibits formation of cracks in infill concrete core and enhances bonding at steel -concrete interface, thus increasing static load carrying capacity of SCS ... Variation of unit work in loading and unloading process of a static loop 191 Figure 5.14 Variation of energy dissipation with increase of number of load cycles 192 Figure 5.15 Graphical expression of ... hogging moment load condition .268 xviii List of Symbols LIST OF SYMBOLS A Area of cross section of interface b Width of sandwich component B Width of the steel plate or sandwich beam Bt Width...
... to explain the behaviour ofconcrete under rapid loading Exploring the similarities of theories for the creep and dynamic behaviour ofconcrete is beneficial in view of the application of creep ... Stress-Strain Relation For Concrete 19 Figure 2.1 Strain Development ofConcrete under Creep Phenomena 39 Figure 2.2 Components ofConcrete Deformation at Creep 39 Figure 2.3 Components ofConcrete Deformation ... Cross-section of the Specimen member a Specific contents of aggregate ofconcrete C (t , t ' ) Specific creep function C0 Creep compliance rate c Specific contents of cement ofconcrete C Creep...
... References 458 12 Overview of Fixed Offshore Structures 461 12.1 Introduction 461 12.2 Types of Offshore Platforms 462 12.2.1 Fixed Offshore Platforms 462 12.2.1.1 ... foundations under this type of equipment The design of these foundations will be illustrated in Chapter by defining the data and the philosophy of operation of each piece of equipment Steel structures ... and disadvantages of each type of protection against each cause of corrosion are discussed from both technical and economic viewpoints The processes of repairing the reinforced concrete structures...
... 28 Design properties of materials 29 2.1 Introduction 29 CONCRETE 2.2 Composition ofconcrete 30 2.3 Strength ofconcrete 30 2.4 Deformation ofconcrete 34 2.5 Predictions of the creep coefficient ... Professor Gilbert on committees of the Standards Association of Australia and his involvement in the development of the Australian Standard for Concrete Structures, AS 3600–1988 The scope of ... part of the authors’ involvement in research and the teaching of prestressed concrete to graduate students at the University of New South Wales The work has also gained much from the membership of...
... Reinforced concrete 3.1 General 3.2 The historical development of reinforced concrete 3.3 General principles of reinforced concrete 3.4 Reinforced concrete in bending 3.5 The cracking of reinforced concrete ... sense The roof is a 44 m diameter spherical concrete dome, resting on concrete walls that are some 30 m high In order to reduce the thrust of the roof, it is made of lightweight concrete, of which ... function of each of the components of a bridge deck Chapters 10, 11, 12 and 13 describe the different types of bridge deck Chapters 14 and 15 are devoted to the methods of construction of bridge...
... the penetration of water into porous concretes but probably don’t help dense, well-cured concretes very much 1.11 Properties ofConcrete A thorough knowledge of the properties ofconcrete is necessary ... Shear Stresses in Concrete Beams, 223 Lightweight Concrete, 224 Shear Strength of Concrete, 225 Shear Cracking of Reinforced Concrete Beams, 226 Web Reinforcement, 227 Behavior of Beams with Web ... Modulus of Elasticity Concrete has no clear-cut modulus of elasticity Its value varies with different concrete strengths, concrete age, type of loading, and the characteristics and proportions of...
... Tangent modulus of elasticity of normal weight concrete at a stress of σc = and at 28 days Ec,eff Effective modulus of elasticity ofconcrete Ecd Design value of modulus of elasticity ofconcrete Ecm ... Secant modulus of elasticity ofconcrete Ec(t) Tangent modulus of elasticity of normal weight concrete at a stress of σc = and at time t Ep Design value of modulus of elasticity of prestressing ... strength ofconcrete Mean value of axial tensile strength ofconcrete Tensile strength of prestressing steel Characteristic tensile strength of prestressing steel 0,1% proof-stress of prestressing...
... for moisture content of % ofconcrete weight cp.peak = 1470 J/kg K for moisture content of 1,5 % ofconcrete weight cp.peak = 2020 J/kg K for moisture content of 3,0 % ofconcrete weight And linear ... specific heat ofconcrete [J/kgK] fck(θ) characteristic value of compressive strength ofconcrete at temperature θ for a specified strain fck,t(θ) characteristic value of tensile strength ofconcrete ... Basis of Structural Design Actions on structures Design ofconcrete structures Design of steel structures Design of composite steel and concrete structures Design of timber structures Design of...